Zamzar came in useful today. Someone sent a WordPerfect document. My Windows XP didn’t know what to do with it, so I found Zamzar off my del.icio.us bookmarks and sent the file for conversion. I was able to open the file no problem. Fantastic! I can see lots of uses for this sort of thing.…
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09:44 One ticket done. Working on second ticket. Third ticket in the queue. # 10:32 @strawpoll Canon takes fantastic pictures and just feels right in my hands. Way more of my friends use it as well. # 13:55 Trying to tease out of the Blackboard Vista iFS schema when a chatroom is marked as deleted.…
18:11 Watching FA Cup: Manchester United v Portsmouth. Ref is a # 18:35 ManU goalie red carded. Defender put in goal. 🙁 Missed the PK. Nutty. # 21:13 Maybe the noise is less obvious over there? # 22:39 The work servers told me to go to bed by severing my connection. I won't disagree with…
19:35 Cause & effect: leave door open… Dog charges @ me walking by. Not her fault. Owner's. # 21:16 @opticalserenity Not attacked. She barked and ran out the door and through bushes. She paused when I faced her. Sniffed me. I walked away. # 21:19 @opticalserenity Earlier a little girl (2 – 2.5 years old?)…
09:11 We can thank Ben Franklin for DST. Energy then was candles. We have A/C. Congress should have done this study first. is.gd/1Pb # 10:38 @strawpoll BMW a Lexus is just a Toyota with leather and fake wood # 13:56 10,000 B.C. looks like the worst movie of the year. At the same time, I…
The modest proposal of having students help teachers learn to dance makes an interesting point. Suggesting the learners do not want to learn is an easy way to avoid the real problem. I hear from higher education faculty, students are unmotivated and fail to see the importance of learning. I hear from academic technical support…
08:07 Listened to a story on NPR about Baha'i children's classes on NPR. # 09:04 Former stu asking me about rebuilding her compy. She said it has a 60MB hd. Explained new hd wouldn't work. Actually a 20GB hd *headdesk* # 10:07 Multi-tasking while paying attention to the GeorgiaVIEW weekly web conference call. # 12:05…
Maybe I need to add a “What were they thinking?” category? A student created a Facebook group for chemistry students to ask peers for help. As these students already collaborate face-to-face in a study room and use official tutoring services, this was just replicating this online. The students claim to just be helping each other.…