Mars Phoenix Mission “Ends”

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Watching the landing of the Mars Phoenix probe was one wonderful geek highlight last Spring. Alas, I’ve gotten a bit busy and haven’t been paying as much attention as I should. Then I heard the following sad message on Monday: From Gizmodo: This is My Farewell Transmission From Mars If you are reading this, then [...]

The Matrix Runs on Windows (XP, NOT VISTA!)

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Sometimes after all of the political stuff and musings on religion it takes a giant step in the direction of silliness for it all to make sense. Thank god for YouTube and CollegeHumor… See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. And just in case you were still taking your life too seriously…

It’s a New Day

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From the time I voted on the Wednesday before and up through election night I held my hope close to my chest for fear that I was just setting myself up for disappointment. Having voted in every election since Jimmy Carter in the 70s it certainly wasn’t for fear that somehow the Democrats were going [...]

…And then the next morning

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November 4th, 2008

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As much as I’ve wanted to, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and do any serious blogging. Thus, I’ve had to resort to recording my feelings on this important day via the 140 character repository of wisdom and subtlety known to most as Twitter… Here’s my feed from this amazing day: happy [...]

Obama Saturday Morning & Beer Foggy Afternoon

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Decided to get off my ass and do something about the world at large and volunteered to spend my Saturday helping the Obama campaign. In this case I went down to the local O office and then went out and knocked some doors. I was under the impression that I had twittered the whole time, [...]

Technologically Rich but Quality of Life Poor

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I have a very good job in Florida teaching masters students how to use media and technology in their classrooms and businesses. I left a very uncertain situation in public education in California where most of my co-workers are going to have to look for other teaching jobs or interview to keep the jobs they [...]

Needing a Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna. Don’t know about the novel it was based on, but I’m a sucker for historical fiction. One coworker didn’t like the novel, saying something about the Italian government denying the film version of the story. Okay. Given the number of times God’s name is envoked, it seemed pretty clear that Spike [...]

Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty

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This item crossed my consciousness via Twitter, thanks to the EdTech blog “willisays.” I love the serendipity of the web. Visiting the site, I see links to Publish, Donate & Promote. I’m not going to wait until October 15th to begin the conversation… Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.  

Pondering the Meaningless of It All

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Not me, you silly goof… BTW, just in case you are not familiar with the Onion News Network, this is a parody/comedy website. But that doesn’t dismiss the actual thoughts presented in this “dramatization” of a football team falling apart because one member of the team and then eventually the whole team succumbs to despair [...]

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