Historical Archives
I was going to post something all serious, but I think Fridays should be fun. In my job, I reserve Fridays for doing research and exploring new things and when I was teaching, Friday was the day I tried to learn some new technology. Fridays can also drag a bit and sometimes you need a…
Imagine if copy machines had a way of detecting whether you were copying something you printed out yourself or a book or journal article and wouldn’t make copies if it were one of the latter. That’s what many DVD/VHS players do. Yesterday, as I was setting up my brand new, beautiful mini-dv/DVD decks and attaching…
Every year, one or two problems/requests by faculty/staff get under my skin. A post in the spring of this year articulates part of why some things get under my skin. It’s complicated. What it boils down to is that every year, really throughout the year, but it’s most unnerving during the beginning of school when…
Mr. Geeky is heading out of town and since he’s the primary childcare person during the summer months, I’ll be taking over the few days. Mr. Geeky has been taking the kids into work with him every day this summer, letting them play on the computer, enforcing some reading and outside time, and taking them…
Thirteen years ago today, I put on a big white dress and Mr. Geeky put on a tux and we said some things about sticking around with each other forever. It’s hard to believe it’s been this long. When we made it past the 2-year dating mark, I was thrilled, since I’d never hung around…
Last year, I had 6 goals for the school year. I achieved the first goal, of course, finishing the dissertation. The relief of not having that huge project over my head is just now sinking in. I also felt like I did pretty well with numbers 4 & 6. I could certainly do better. The…
Thanks to YouTube, Geeky Boy has discovered Weird Al Yankovic. I’m so proud. No, really, I am. Last night, the Geeky kids and I had a little music history lesson. First, Geeky Boy showed me this: And I said that to fully appreciate the humor, he needed to watch this: Geeky Girl said, “Hey, they’re…
Andrew Keen’s new book is meant to be controversial. He said he wasn’t even aiming for a balanced look at Web 2.0. I knew this going in, so I expected to disagree with him much of the time. And I did. But I didn’t disagree with everything. I do think there are some problems that…
I got a really good night’s sleep and feel completely normal this morning. Crossing my fingers that it stays that way. I’m going to see Rufus tonight–woo hoo! I’ve had these tickets forever and they’re really good seats-front row more than likely (depends on how they set things up–at worst, they’re 3rd row). I got…
I’m currently hooked on two reality shows, “Top Chef” and “Design Star.” I like both of these shows because they represent real jobs that people do, but put people in competitive and odd situations. Both jobs tend to be focused on the skill of an individual and yet, both shows put the contestants in situations…
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