One of the things from week one of the course that really got my head buzzing was how blogs can be used to work out things in your head. Sure, I like to work things out. But do you really need a computer to do it? (What about energy shortages and “global warming”?)Surely that’s what you have a brain for?
A piece of paper and a pen can be helpful tools as well or you can use whatever comes to hand. Take Lieutenant Ray Stewart (1914-2001) of the 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion who wrote his diaries on a roll of toilet paper and several note books during World War II (27 July to 12 September 1942).
Writing it down helped Lieutenant Stewart survive the Second World War and his insights help us to survive too. It could all have been erased if it had been put up on the internet.
Better than that. Making such diaries was illegal in time of war and he could have been penalized if caught. Writing it on toilet paper meant the diaries weren’t only a great legacy to succeeding generations, they could also be fully recyclable!
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