I’ve got to stop this. I keep procrastinating each week, so I end up with a bunch of homework to do on Sunday. Blah. I know perfectly well that I shouldn’t do that because I can’t count on being able…
Winter Semester Grades
A week into the Spring semester, I finally got my Winter semester grades: 99.7 in the career class, 97.6 in the project management class. I should still have a 4.0, then. I’ve got to get my and Katie’s FAFSAs done.…
I want to see Darkon
An LJ friend posted about this movie today, with a link to Feel the Sting of My Foam Sword: A must-see documentary about LARPing. I haven’t LARPed, but I’m fascinated. It sounds as if the documentary was done with respect…
SBQ: What do you do with completed patterns?
This week’s question is the first of some recycled questions. It was first asked back in 2005, and I don’t think I even knew about SBQ then, so I doubt that I’ve answered it before. After you stitch a pattern…
Bookcase Bedroom!
New tiles for the Uroko house Originally uploaded by akamé I suppose it could be called a Bookcase Tree, because of its basic design. It wouldn’t be the best choice of design for sleeping quarters for a claustrophobe like me,…
Gary Gygax Died
I heard a rumor about this earlier today but couldn’t find confirmation. Now, though, it’s on CNN and most of the other major news sites: Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies. The Wired article is slightly different from the…
That’s a Good Sign
Our first discussion in one of my new classes is about science vs. technology. Most of my classmates seem to be able to write in sentences and paragraphs! That’s a blessing, and not nearly as common as it should be.
I did blog!
It’s over here today.
Online Courses Not for Everyone
It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that education is not a “one size fits all” endeavor, online or elsewhere. This bit about learning styles, however, did surprise me: “Correlations between learning styles and success in distance education have shown to…
The Insanity of BMI
Kate Harding created this very cool slide show to show just how absurd it is to rely on body mass index to determine whether or not people are at a healthy weight. BTW—I did not “miss” blogging yesterday. February 29…