Category: random
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Walking amid shadows and light
I took a walk this afternoon at lunchtime here in downtown Oklahoma City. I have not been to ground zero in New York City, but I would guess the feeling here in Oklahoma City eleven years after the McVeigh bombing of the Alfred R Murrah Federal Building is quite a bit different. I actually work…
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Opportunities as advertised
Well, I had a very interesting first day at work filled with new faces and LOTS of new acronyms to learn. Everyone was extremely welcoming and friendly. I know I’ll be writing more about this in the weeks to come, but for now I’ll note that this job is exactly what it was advertised to…
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Congrats Daddy Carvin!
Congrats to Andy Carvin and his wife who did all the work– There’s a new baby in the house! Read the whole story.
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What do I want to do?
The past two weeks have been very demanding, taxing, and challenging for me personally– but also very affirming and motivating as well. Today, I took another vacation day from work so I could share two presentations with educators at “Rethink: The Digital School” events sponsored by Apple Computer. Since the summer of 2005, I have…
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Fight involuntary TV consumption
Here’s a wonderful gift for that special someone in your life who has everything (or maybe even yourself): a TV-B-Gone remote control. Ever been irritated at an airport by the incessant rant of the CNN reporters on the TVs located by every departure gate? Ever notice how no one in your part of the airport…
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Building a boat together
This evening I stumbled upon Fritz Nordengren’s website (www.digitalstoryteller.com) and his delightful photo essay on building a fishing boat with his son several years ago. The story page links to Uncle John’s General Store, which sold Fritz his Jon Boat kit and instructions. A friend of mine here in Lubbock recently built a cajun pirogue…
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Let’s fight for recess
I don’t know about you, but one of the best parts of my elementary school experience was recess. It is not that I was not academically challenged at school– I certainly was in many cases. I attended K-3 at Murfee Elementary School in Lubbock, Texas, half of 4th grade at a Catholic private school in…
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Educational loves
I heard a funny and fairly accurate saying from my friend Maria Henderson this evening that relates to the things teachers at different levels love. This may be a paraphrase of something said more eloquently by someone else, but this is how she shared it: Elementary teachers love their kids. Secondary teachers love their content.…
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21st Century Jukebox
I love living in the 21st century. And I love listening to music! 🙂 Pandora is a web 2.0 music service (available for free or with a subscription to remove visual web ads) that gives me a superb reason to not listen to my own iTunes music library constantly. Visit the site and start creating…
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New personal photo
I am pleased with a new photo my good friend Mark Umstot of Lubbock took back in December that I am now using on my Technorati profile and personal bio page: I am forgoing the previous computer generated image I used for Technorati, which I actually made awhile back with Hoyle Card Games 3 for…