Archive for September, 2007
K12 Online Conference
Sunday, September 30th, 2007I’ve mentioned this conference before, and it is going on right now. The great thing is that since it is a virtual conference, you can view sessions even after they’ve been presented. Looking through the session schedule it looks like there is plenty of material for current teachers, and undergraduates preparing for a career in [...]
Grand Canyon of the East
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Josh went rafting in West Virginia a couple of weeks ago and loved it. The New River Gorge area is one that I’m familiar with. My dad’s side of the family settled in the area when my great-grandfather moved there from Pomeroy, Ohio to work in the mines. His son (my grandfather) worked for the [...]
Blender 3D
Saturday, September 29th, 2007I may be working on a large video project, and for part of my logo and graphics work I plan to use Blender, a comprehensive open source 3d graphics suite. I’ve worked with Blender before, and being a neophyte to 3d graphics I can tell you that it is one of the hardest software suites [...]
eBooks
Friday, September 28th, 2007I still think the eBook is a good idea, but I haven’t researched what’s going on with it for a long time. My first PDA used a Microsoft OS, and the only reader available was one that used the Palm .prc format. I wasn’t that impressed, but when Microsoft Reader was released it had what [...]
Photo Gallery
Friday, September 28th, 2007I’ve made a web photo gallery of my favorite shots so far this year. All of these have been posted previously on flickr. If you view the site, it might be best to use your f11 key to go into fullscreen mode. After clicking on a photo on the home page, use your mouse and [...]
The Cell Phone Rant
Friday, September 28th, 2007Right now I’m thinking what’s the point of ranting about cell phone users? I think it’s way past the point where people are going to be convinced to exercise etiquette or plain common sense. John Schinker may be peeved with email issues, but cell phone users are driving me nuts Read this seven-year-old article on [...]
Odds and Ends
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Sorry for the cliche post title. I haven’t posted lately for a couple of reasons: My air conditioning went out last Thursday night, and wasn’t fixed until Tuesday. My computer room was unbelievably hot, and even after air conditioning was restored around 1:00 pm, I still had to wait until the night time outside temperature [...]
Get Ready to Photograph the Fall Season
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007The past couple of years, I’ve been taking my vacation in Autumn so that I can try and get some colorful landscape pictures. Even if you are a casual photographer, you should get out there and grab some nice shots. Here are two sites I check regularly during Fall to find where the maximum color [...]
Sports Photography
Friday, September 21st, 2007Final Frame: On the road with the Cats. The above article mainly focuses on what it is like as a newspaper sports photographer, traveling around the country shooting football games for UK. However, if you know a student that shoots sports for your own school district, there is a great tip near the end of [...]
We Are Marshall on DVD
Thursday, September 20th, 2007I would definitely be remiss if I didn’t discuss We Are Marshall, since I was a Sophomore Music Major at Marshall at the time of the plane crash of November, 1970. In fact, I lived in Hodges Hall, which is the dorm where the football players resided. I knew one or two members of the [...]
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