Doing Good with What One Has

My students think I’m rich and my family and friends think I’m nuts because my continuous acquisition of tech toys.. er, tools (he writes while tracking the progress of his Drobo “Data Robot”). But from the beginning it’s not been about shiny new things as much as using the tools available to me and living [...]

If only we could dance like children…

Found this one through the Tekzilla podcast: Menomena “Wet & Rusting.” #62.3 – Menomena – Wet and Rusting Uploaded by lablogotheque These guys shoot music videos in urban areas in one-take, no special lighting, no fast cuts and no special effects. I love it. It’s the brain-child of director Vincent Moon. For more info go [...]

The XO-1 Arrives

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“What is it about a computer that turns old people into infantile morons?” – Steve Dallas from Bloom County Oh crap, my OLPC/XO-1 just arrived. So much for getting anything else done today…! (via Twitter @ 3pm) That probably wasn’t the reaction one would expect from moi, the gadget-dude. But I was just finishing putting [...]

The Last Week of Winter Break

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post-SC Rosebowl romp, 3rd movie in 3 days. “I am Legend” in 7 minutes. L8r IRL & online-Life # having a hard time getting work done at home, lots to do between now and next monday when school restarts. ack # got to get back to work, must stop watching the worldwide twitters on http://twittervision.com [...]

One Look Back at 2007: New York Times Buzzwords for 2007

Beginning 2008 where I left off in 2007, writing my blog, this time taking a brief look back at ’07. On a recent Tech Guy radio show, Leo Laporte, mentioned how tech was becoming more and more mainstream with quotes from a New York Times article on buzzwords used in 2007. I recognize all of [...]

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