Lunar beauty of the summer seasThis article was published in Diver magazine in 1990. In the sky there is only one moon, but […] 18th August 2016 in Diving, underwater and intertidal / The natural world tagged diving / moon jelly / nature / underwater by Derek Keats
Ndumo: birds of prey with adaptations to the forestWe took a five days in the second week of August 2016 to visit Ndumo Nature Reserve in […] 14th August 2016 in Birds and bird photography by Derek Keats
Rekindling my blog – nature, technology, critical thinkingI have not really kept up with posting to my blog, and it is costing me to maintain […] 14th August 2016 in Uncategorised tagged blog / critical thinking / nature / technology by Derek Keats
My Ubuntu 16.04 post install “script”This is the code I ran after installing Ubuntu 16.04 on my new laptop. I recommend just copying […] 9th July 2016 in Ubuntu by Derek Keats
That is not education, and it is not disruptionPeople talk about disruption in university education as though it has already happened. The learning of theory is […] 8th July 2016 in Education tagged education / meme by Derek Keats
How to make circular arrows in LibreOffice DrawThere are not a lot of videos on working with shapes in Libreoffice, and it took me a […] 4th July 2016 in Free and open source software / LibreOffice tagged diagrams / Draw / LibreOffice / vector graphics by Derek Keats
What would universities be like if they were designed for ...I was born in a small town at the head of Bonavista Bay on the island of Newfoundland, […] 15th June 2016 in Education tagged abundance / scarcity by Derek Keats
Bird photography tips – what you doA few people have asked me how to take pictures of birds, and I often get asked by […] 12th June 2016 in Birds and bird photography / Nature photography tagged photography tips by Derek Keats
The next big hack – university educationUniversities don’t like being considered businesses, but they are, like it or not. Even the public ones. And […] 11th June 2016 in Business / Education tagged billionaire / disruption / higher education / university by Derek Keats
Want to be a billionaire? Hack how we feed ourselvesI have been thinking of the business opportunities inherent in some of the biggest challenges that humanity faces […] 8th June 2016 in Business tagged entrepreneurship / grand challenge / moonshot by Derek Keats
No more secret science as Europe calls for ‘immediate’ open ...Today I read a Science article entitled “In dramatic statement, European leaders call for ‘immediate’ open access to […] 30th May 2016 in All things free and open tagged open access by Derek Keats
A world without bullshit would be more interestingI always thought the organised untruths were the worst that humanity had, things like religion, race, ethnicity, healthfoods, […] 28th May 2016 in Critical thinking tagged philosophy by Derek Keats
Monotheists and atheists are almost in complete agreement 14th May 2016 in Atheism and religion tagged meme / religion by Derek Keats
Emerging & Future Trends in ICT: linking it to the ...This talk was given to the South Africa–Finland Knowledge Partnership on ICT (SAFIPA) conference held at the CSIR 19-20 […] 27th October 2015 in Education tagged #FreeEducation / innovation by Derek Keats
Another way to conceptualise free education: education that paysIn part because of the protests of last week for zero increase in student fees, and ultimately for […] 26th October 2015 in Education by Derek Keats
The higher education crisis in SA – lasting or trivial ...Today will see the Education Spring continue in South Africa. I wonder if the ANC-lead, democratically-elected government will […] 22nd October 2015 in Education by Derek Keats
Student fees and the iron triangle: the solution is easyCurrently in South Africa, here is widespread national protest in higher education institutions against increases in student fees. These […] 21st October 2015 in Education by Derek Keats
Diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius – interesting birdwatchingDiederik cuckoo This blog post is about Diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius, and is illustrated with photos taken at […] 10th October 2015 in Birds and bird photography / Nature photography / The natural world tagged birds / brood parasitism / nature / photography / sexual dimorphism by Derek Keats
Loosely off topic conversations with a “Christian” on FacebookIn response to the absurd tweets by trade unionist Zwelenzima Vavi and former Gauteng Premier and ANC member of […] 15th September 2015 in Atheism and religion tagged critical thinking / delusion / religion by Derek Keats
Why I share my photos freelyI have been doing photography of some sort on and off since I was about 14 years old, […] 13th September 2015 in All things free and open / Nature photography tagged freedom / nature / photography / sharing by Derek Keats
The human endocrine systemThis video The human endocrine system is targeted at the South African Grade 12 CAPS syllabus, STRAND 2:LIFE […] 1st September 2015 in Education tagged CAPS syllabus / endocrine / Life Sciences / Matric revision by Derek Keats