So I ordered a new MacBook Air a week or so ago on a Friday. It started in Shanghai, China and by Tuesday, it was on my doorstep. That amazes me. The device is also pretty nice. It is light, works fast, and I can use it pretty well. The key to efficient working though [...]
So tonight, after an anxious spring wait, I finally saw the fireflies dance in the dusk. I went and unfocused my eyes to see their dance. It was gorgeous. I saw one firefly light up in front of me and dance up the sidewalk, lighting here and there, the dusk light just strong enough to [...]
A good friend just recently got married. **Sigh** Another one falls. But seriously, marriage is wonderful. At one point, somebody asked about advice for the groom. I joked that there should be no compromise. But as I have thought about it, I think it is actually a good idea. Let’s look at a compromise. Two [...]
Okay, so I have been living under a rock and just found out about the end of the world. It makes me sad to think that my lovely little daughter will not get to grow up. But if I believe, I get to go to heaven. Right? Sweet deal. My 6 week old daughter, she [...]
Yesterday , 5/1/2011, was a bad day to give up watching the news…
In my previous post, I wrote about projects I would still like to pursue. I did forget one, one from about age 6: create an interactive fiction game. Perhaps one could play Mord on his adventures? Every encounter and battle must start with “I am Mord. I serve my lord Kord with my greatsword.” or [...]
So I am a new father. I have a beautiful daughter. Both my wife and I are home, full-time taking care of her and it is exhausting. She does sleep quite a bit, but she also cries a lot and we do not know why. We have tried a variety of things, some help for [...]
This is about CMSs and why HTML rocks while custom behavior is bad. My first CMS usage was with Blackboard in 2004. That was horrible. I put some basic materials up and ignored it. I used my own blog software for my students (using perl) and generally it was not pleasant though it was fun. [...]
Tagged Blackboard, Moodle, SakaiSo I just saw a blog blurb referencing an article suggesting that liberal education may do more for thinking than teaching in science and mathematics. I find this hard to believe. The issue is on the nature of the instruction. I just judged at a middle school science fair. Some of the projects were good, [...]
Here is my role-playing game rules, or as I like to think of it, story-playing game. Philosophy: Give a rough form to improv, group story-telling. Think big and imaginative. Reinvent each time. Be inconsistent. Embrace the inner chaos of creation. Setup: Story Generator [SG] (aka GM, DM) sketches out rough plot and has some ideas [...]