Friday 31 May 2013

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Tuesday 28 May 2013

Monday 27 May 2013

Wiener Linien Online Shop - Tarifanpassung

As of July 1st, the prices for most public transport tickets in Vienna are increasing. The annual ticket prices will remain the same, however.

Wiener Linien Online Shop - Tarifanpassung

Sunday 26 May 2013

Friday 24 May 2013

GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

Interesting game of guessing the locations throughout the world. 9818 points in the initial run.

GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world!

Wednesday 22 May 2013

PBS - Empires Series

PBS - Empires Series
Interesting documentaries from PBS:
  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
  • Napoleon
  • Islam: Empire of Faith
  • Queen Victoria's Empire
  • The Roman Empire in the First Century
  • Egypt's Golden Empire
  • Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
  • Martin Luther
  • Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (link)
  • The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (link)

Power vs. Truth

Episode from The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. The whole series is available on YouTube.
Documentary.

Thursday 16 May 2013

Floor Plans

Here are some floor-planning sites:

  • Floor Planner (link)
  • Autodesk Home Planner (link)

Wednesday 15 May 2013

Open Education

As the concept grows, there are more and more resources available to the interested. Here are a few I found useful.
  • Open Education tag at Creative Commons (link), and
  • Education at Creative Commons (link)
  • Article in the Economist (link)
  • Feed your mind for free online, article (link)
as well as some of my previous posts: More online education (link)

Providers

Resources 

  • MIT Open Courseware (link)
  • Cultus (link)

Textbooks - Boundless (link)

Also see the following post - More Online Education (link)

Wednesday 8 May 2013

BBC - Future

Here is an interesting site, perfect for stretching imagination beyond present day.

BBC - Future