Mantex
Blog URL http://mantex.blogspot.com
Located Stockport, Cheshire United Kingdom
Tags literature, music, art, technology, new media, eCommerce, design
Commentary on literature, arts, music, and technology from the digital hub of Manchester UK
Latest Blog Posts
- Moodle 1.9 for Second Language Teaching on Nov 14, 2009 in moodle online learning open sources
I have been critical of these Moodle guides in the past. That's because most of them are not much more than an explanation of Moodle features, but no suggestions about how they might be used to create dynamic eLearning courses, exploiting the interac...
- More on CMS on Nov 10, 2009 in CSS content management systems CMS
The content management system (CMS) continues to preoccupy me as I prepare for a re-launch of my web site. It's been built up over so many years (I now realise) that it has 1,500 pages - many more than most small business sites. And as I've recorded...
- Small Things Considered on Nov 7, 2009 in design design theory product design
Henry Petrowski is professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University, North Carolina. He writes extensively on engineering and design in a populist manner which helps to explain academic and scientific matters to the average reader. And h...
- Joseph Conrad's 'Nostromo' on Nov 1, 2009 in English literature Nostromo Joseph Conrad
This is generally regarded by most Conrad commentators as his greatest novel. It embraces wide ranging themes of political struggle, international capitalism, the expansion of Europe and the United States into Latin America, various forms of persona...
- A Dictionary of Modern English Usage on Oct 25, 2009 in grammar English language dictionaries
Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage was first published in 1926. It was an immediate success on publication, selling 60,000 copies in its first year, and it went on to become the most influential set of guidelines on grammar and the us...
- Shame on the BBC on Oct 23, 2009 in mainstream media democracy BBC
Last night's much over-hyped Question Time was a public disgrace. There was nothing wrong about inviting the BNP leader, Nick Griffin, to participate in a panel discussion format which usually excludes minority views. But the format - and the conduct...
- Peggy Guggenheim: Mistress of Modernism on Oct 19, 2009 in surrealism Peggy Guggenheim modern art
Peggy Guggenheim came from a family of rich Jewish business people who had made fortunes as immigrants in the nineteenth century from trade, mining, and eventually banking. Her father was a womaniser who died aboard the Titanic in 1913 - putting on...
