Lately I have been sucked into the Social Networking scheme. Â I think someone is trying to tell me something about individuality and the need to collaborate, but I have been creating social networking logins all over the scene. Â It started with my sister-in-law convincing my sister to sign up …
Generally I don’t change designs of a site, mostly because I’m not a big design person. Â But today I found a really cool Steampunk theme that I just had to implement. Â I really like it, and I hope you all do too. Â ^_^Â I think I’ll stick with this one, …
This week we took my son in to the Psychologist for another evaluation. Â His intelligence was evaluated, as well as his motor skills, and a huge focus on his interaction. Â The psychologist was a little distant, perhaps a little exhausted by the end of the day, but did a fantastic …
Recently I purchased some land in Second Life, on the prestigious island of Caledon. Â For those that are not in Second Life, Caledon is a Victorian/Steampunk island (or group of islands), with a great community. Â Many are dedicated to education in all it’s forms, so getting help is quite easy. …
Lately I have been feeling disappointed. Â It seems that more companies are determined to keep their “proprietary” baggage with their products, instead of taking advantage of the open source projects out there. Â Personally, I blame the Dot-Bomb period of the 90′s when everyone and their dog funded kids that had …
I’ve never really gotten into the whole “social networking” thing, mostly because I’m not that sociable to begin with. Â There are times when I go into some social environments, like World of Warcraft or Runescape, but that’s mostly to check on the platform. Â After a while (usually about a month …
For quite a while I have been looking for a hosting service that will give me a large amount of flexibility in what I want to accomplish. Â Namely, I wanted to find a service that will allow me to host my blog, set a home page, link in a site …
Recently our department suffered a minor disaster that left our entire building without power for 36+ hours, and effected 45% of the University of Utah campus. For other departments, they were lucky enough to have this happen during Spring Break. For Continuing Ed, unfortunately, we were left with classes that …
This weekend I finally finished History of Food by Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat (ISBN 9780631194972), as translated by Anthea Bell. I’ve mentioned this book before as I began it, and covered the development of societies and the gender roles that were naturally created from the hunter-gatherer society. but the book is more …
This week I have been teaching Mac OS X Support Essentials, and I’m really excited with this group. I have two students from New Mexico, one from Idaho, one from Wyoming, and the final student from Park City, Utah. It seems that our Apple classes are starting to draw a …
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