This could continue until August when the relief wells are completed. đ
One of the out of session discussions at the Georgia Baha’i School yesterday morning was on how bad online media are for us. (I’ve boiled down what was described to neurotransmitters.) Dopamine: Anticipation with each click will lead to a reward leads to addiction-like behaviors. Oxytocin: Lack of touch leads to feeling lonely. For those…
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The claims in a commercial on WNEG-TV that liberals watch tennis and conservatives watch golf piqued my interest. So I found an article discussing it. Sports Viewers Largely Republican has a decidedly different focus. Liberals watch more TV while Conservatives watch more sports. The top 5 sports I watch are the English Premiership, the UEFA…
Note we don’t usually run single installs. Previous work with clustered installs didn’t present this issue that I know. First run of Blackboard CE/Vista 8 Service Pack 3 Hoftfix 1 installer on a single install gave me: Installation error. Cannot install Java as target directory already exists – /path/to/node/jdk150_13 The installer hung because it went…
Another one of those old articles I started but didn’t finish / publish at the time. This was originally composed April 12th. Thinking about this article I read over the weekend, specifically this point. Closed and proprietary systems are not about learning they are about management. If we want to engage students in learning on…
Sorry, this was originally supposed to be published a few weeks ago. I’m just getting around to posting it. – Ezra Tests after applet patch in development reported chat failures. Chat uses an applet, so I was concerned and investigated the problem. The usual culprits were not affected. setEnv.sh hadĂÂ WEBCT_CONFIG_OPTIONS set to start chat on…
Ran into Alan Bernstein, who hired me for my first job, this morning. Alan has always been both very protective and supportive of his employees. I don’t think I’d be where I am today without him. Kind of freaky to think I’ve been working for for 15 years. First it was in a library, an…
So much to accomplish on my “days off”. Finished grocery shopping and posting meeting notes for one group. Have to figure out the agenda for another meeting later today. Feel like I need a vacation…