This item crossed my consciousness via Twitter, thanks to the EdTech blog “willisays.” I love the serendipity of the web. Visiting the site, I see links to Publish, Donate & Promote. I’m not going to wait until October 15th to begin the conversation… Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
I was hanging out with friends Saturday night, typical night out downtown with the gang, having a few brewskies, some fondue, a little friendly game of Trivial Pursuit. I was the designated “fifth wheel” so I decided to be the judge of the match between a co-worker, her husband and another coworker and his roommate. …
Saturday Afternoon, The Theater at Avalon Island, Downtown Orlando. The speaker shared his insights into what he called the seven concentric circles of spirituality or mysticism. I’m usually leery of anything that looks like a kind of spiritual “system.” But then as I listened I was reminded of my first year of university, at LMU, …
Leo Laporte predicted that the next Gates/Seinfeld commercial would be about them moving in together…
source: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/12/bill-gatesjerry-seinfeld-commercial-2-i-remain-confused/
Will the disgrace never cease?! The tranquility of this peaceful place has now been replaced by a bold pirate marking his spot in the sand… [sadness]. jbb
Out’a nowhere my 320GB External HD decided to die. Watch the little LEDs go back and forth, but the drive doesn’t want to mount. Argh! jbb My twitter moment-by-moment assessment of the situation follows:
I work with some really really amazing people, but sometimes we are not so hot on the simpler things of life. It keeps us from taking ourselves too seriously and can add a lovable quality to our character. Take for example a problem Dr. Chris was having with his filing cabinet… A Laura Monroe video …
Sunday night football @ mellow mushroom. There’s a presentation for the peace film festival down the street I was thinking of going to which starts in five-minutes. But I have over 1/3 of a beer left and I’d rather not rush it. Cute barmaid is on the stool side of the bar but she has …
It had been a pretty good Monday, a lot of technical and emotional support shared between my EMDT compadres and I (yes, dan, you are now an EMDT compadre), as we began the second half of our 30-day course cycle. It can feel a bit odd, in that I’m the rookie teaching my first course …
Finished the upgrade of the MacMini’s hard drive (from 120GBs to 320 GBs) and the airport wireless from 802.11g to 802.11n last night. Here’s the thing, I think the Apple design, how they creatively cram so much power into such a small case, is a thing of beauty. I’m tempted to leave the case off …