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And for those of you with visual/spatial learners. . .

July 23rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm » Comments (1)

This is a humorous site that still touches on a key element to how some people best understand the world.  Certainly worth a look at your next faculty meeting.
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How Web 2.0 is going to save the world.

July 22nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm » Comments (6)

Ok, so the title is a little over the top.  But I’ve been thinking about how the services which are collectively called “Web 2.0″ work, and what they do to people, and perhaps it’s not hyperbole after all.
This all began with a game I played with friends called the Poll Game.  The idea is that [...]



On the lighter side. . .

July 18th, 2008 at 11:00 pm » Comments (0)

First, an update.  I installed the new motherboard yesterday (kvetch if you want, Dell still has pretty fast response times, as long as you don’t need to talk to them about a computer that’s out of warranty).   And. . . a whole lot of nothing.  I mean, the new board is fine, the install went [...]



It’s my life, thank you very much

July 14th, 2008 at 11:12 pm » Comments (2)

My awful, no good, very bad day.