November 6, 2009
November 3, 2009
tuesday….
Today was fairly laid back at work. I went walking in the morning and at lunch time. Recently I started a new google account from scratch. I’m trying to keep it in a more systematic way than I had my other one. So today I added some pictures to my Picasa Web Albums; and put tags and location maps with them…
November 2, 2009
November 1, 2009
links for 2009-11-01
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I compiled a list of wikipedia links and shared them on google docs.
October 30, 2009
October 28, 2009
October 27, 2009
some Old Family Pictures….
I had an easy day at work so I worked on decluttering my desk, scanning some papers to save online, and then shredding them. I found some old pictures that I had scanned onto our server; so I downloaded them to post here and elsewhere…. (more…)
Kid’s Artwork
I scanned some drawings that my daughters had made which used to be taped to my desk at work. When we moved the office I took them off my desk and had them stuffed in some papers. So today I was cleaning my desk drawer and found them and scanned them…. (more…)
October 25, 2009
October 23, 2009
October 22, 2009
October 21, 2009
don’t go naked at home !
Here is another example of extreme stupidty by a government official: Coffee-making naked guy rebuffed by exposure charge – wtop.com
The Fairfax County VA Police should be held up for public ridicule for this one. Hopefully the prosecutor will have some good sense to dismiss the charges. The officer should be fired ! If anyone should be arrested it would be the woman who was cutting through the guy’s yard ! Just outrageous !
October 20, 2009
October 19, 2009
October 18, 2009
print vs digital….
Does the Brain Like E-Books? – Room for Debate Blog – NYTimes.com – each medium has advantages and disadvantages; an example being that hypertext allow one to quickly access supplmental information while also increasing distractions. I find that the web is really good for finding and scanning a wide array of articles, books etc. But generally if I want to read something thoroughly I prefer to print it and then read it.
I recently installed the BN eReader on my netbook. I like it, one advantage is that the books don’t take up “actual” space. Reading from a computer seems to be harder than reading a printed text or book; perhaps that will change with more practice. I doubt that books and printed text will ever be entirely replaced with digital media; but it will be interesting to see how kids growing up with digital media feel about print vs digital as opposed to old guys like me….
