The Geek's Classroom

So, since you're on the Internet, are you planning to learn Chinese?

This post was prompted by a comment in the NSBA T+L2 final keynote address this morning by Guy Garcia, author of The New Mainstream : How the Multicultural Consumer Is Transforming American Business.

Labels: funny, geeks

So, for today's NSBA T+L2 quote, we go once again to the keynote speaker, Tiffany Shlain, founder and chairperson of The Webby Awards and the on-air Internet expert for ABC's Good Morning America. Tiffany relayed a story of a conversation that she had with a friend:

"So, I told him that I love him... I decided to do it in an e-mail... I Cc'd his family... And I Bcc'd his ex-girlfriend..."

Labels: geeks

I am currently attending the National School Board Association's Technology, Learning and Leadership Conference here in Denver. (I know it sounds so exciting to EVERYBODY that reads my blog - whatever - but keep reading....)

Today's keynote speaker was Prof. Neil Gershenfeld from MIT and the director of The Center for Bits and Atoms. He talked today about his Fab Lab project (http://fab.cba.mit.edu/). His presentation contained a video that had a student (showing a bike he built in the Fab Lab) that actually said:

"I love this bike! So, I emailed it [the bike] to my sister - and now it's the bike that she rides too!"

Labels: geeks

per RockyPreps.com

10/22/2005 2:00PM DOUGLAS COUNTY at ARAPAHOE Won 31-24

7-1? 6-2?

Labels: schools

I caught you a delicious bass.

Labels: entertainment

Thanks to Melissa's post yesterday, and Sherrie's reply, I "got" to take another test. I turned out as an ISTJ (with the I and S being a slight designation). Anyway one of the explanation pages at the end of the test had the followinganalysis of famous ISTJs:

Famous ISTJs:

Thomas (Christ's disciple)

U.S. Presidents:
George Washington
Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
Herbert Hoover
George H. W. Bush

Paul Coverdale (U.S. Senator, R-GA)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (U.S. Olympic athlete)
Evander Holyfield, heavyweight boxing champion

Fictional ISTJs:
Joe Friday
Mr. Martin (hero of James Thurber's Sitting in the Catbird Seat)
Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh)
Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)
Puddleglum, the marshwiggle (Chronicles of Narnia)
Cliff (Cheers)

Labels: family, personality

There are benefits for not jumping at brand new technologies. Two and a half years ago, I bought a Tablet PC - they had just come out two months prior. The Toshiba model that I had, had a bad digitizer on it -which I got replaced twice. So, what's a digitizer? Let's just say that it was like having a MagnaDoodle with the eraser bar not pushed all the way to the edge. Well, two weeks ago, I got a new Tablet - an HP TC1100. It is 100% functional. Last week's paper for my master's class - I wrote by hand, just because I could. (I'm also handwriting this post - ICYC.) (Also a great graduation gift idea for those seniors out there...)

Now, today I went and bought a new SPOT watch. I've had one for about two years - again it was very new technology when I bought it the first time. The old one was an Abacus - and the battery was loose enough that it would disconnect if the watch was jostled, and so a couple of times a day it would lose its time. (A cool watch, but I couldn't trust it for the time.) It generally reset the time between 15 minutes and 3 hours after it reset - it's an "atomic" watch, so it sets itself. My new watch is a Suunto n3. It's already much better that the Abacus! (So, now you can IM my watch with MSN IM. My IM is set up with my school email address - available here. I'm smarter than to publish an email address directly on a blog.)

So, question: What should I do with the XBox360?

Labels: geeks, tech support, Xbox

(but that's what blogs are for)

5A Denver Regional Marching Band Competition was tonight at LPS stadium
(3 bands were to perform last night, but it got snowed out and postponed, so the rankings are subject to change)

10 - The P-school - 70.00 points
9 - Cherry Creek High School - 70.94 points
8 - Northglenn High School - 73.43 points
7 - Heritage High School - 73.47 points
6 - Lakewood High School - 74.95 points
5 - Fairview High School - 75.05 points
4 - Chatfield High School - 75.06 points
3 - Douglas County High School - 77.18 points
2 - Arapahoe High School - 80.92 points
1 - Pomona High School - 86.95 points

A few random comments:

In math, we call Pomona a statistical outlier - data that is generally ignored. Not saying that they didn't do great - they always do, but part of that is because the entire feeder area is marching band/drum corp focused. Even the elementary school band teacher marched corp in high school and college.

Although I am excited that DCHS got third and had a decent point spread over Chatfield (notice that the difference between DCHS and CHS is 2.12 and the spread of the next 5 places is less than that...)

But definite congratulations go to my alma mater: AHS (I was drum major in 89 - things have changed... a BIT....). AHS moved all the way up from 75.71 at state finals last year - It is very likely that they will receive most improved band after make-ups are done... Congrats to Dr. Cannava and the Arapahoe High School Band!

Labels: marching band

So, I get two weeks of "fall break" in my master's schedule.... And so, now I have all this free time.... Break is almost over and what do I have to show for it? One blog entry and very sore thumbs from playing Lego Star Wars every night....

Perhaps on Sunday when my life gets busy again, I'll be able to find time to blog! Go figure!

Labels: breaks, masters program, Xbox