Archive for August, 2005
Cool Photo
This is a new desktop I set up with a picture from NASA’s Image of the Day Gallery. There’s a link at the bottom of the page to the full-res image. It’s a 3mb file.
I am having a real hard time understanding what is actually going on there.Virtuous Circles in Education
Chris introduced me to a concept a few months ago called the virtuous circle. According to Chis,
On the web, the virtuous circle is that which is formed inside communities as investment of intellectual capital (information) into the community increases one’s social capital (standing), in a potentially ever-increasing manner.
A Google search turns up several [...]Pristine
Summer’s end draws near. Next week I move into a new classroom in a new building. My stuff is all there in heaps waiting for me. There is a lot of work to do organizing things - not unlike clearing raw land for a homestead. So this is what a [...]
For the Bored, the Curious, The Obsessed
You can track the behavior of zillions of people’s web browsing habits by using (who knows how many there may be altogether?) at least a couple of different tools. You can go for the graphic method with Vox Delicii, or perhaps you’d prefer the more straightforward but less informative Trendalicious.
The discovery of [...]10 Feet is a Long Way Sometimes
Summer is almost over. I have lots of jobs to do before I dive back into school. One of them is to put a basketball hoop up in our woodsy yard. We have no pavement, no garage, no level ground, and no good place for a basketball hoop. After a fair amount of deliberation and [...]
They Must Not
At Home Depot today only 1 out of the 3 urinals in the men’s room was operational. The other 2 had black plastic trash bags taped over them. You’d think that with all of the plumbing supplies in that place they’d be able to fix a broken toilet.
I always wondered if the people in [...]
