Today I received an email announcing new certification courses from Blackboard. Every administrator around our system did as well. We have a large body of certified trainers and administrators with multiple individuals at every campus who have been through the certification plus all the functional support have been through both training and admin certification. I’m…
First: This… is… SPARTA! Then: I… am… BEOWULF! Ironically, Gerard Butler spoke the first in 300 and played Beowulf in Beowulf & Grendel a couple years ago. The second line however is from a CGI (hear the suckking sound already) Beowulf set to debut soon. I haven’t liked anything by Neil Gaiman unless you count…
I cringe every time I see this Sir Harold Kroto Wikipedia article. The photo is one I took. So, its awesome someone would use it, but there isn’t a better one? Maybe the reason they used mine is because I offered stuff at the time with attribution through the Creative Commons license? Someone needs to…
Who knows this better than a Swedish father whose son-in-law plans to divorce his daughter? I’m thinking he should have thought twice before sending an email to US authorities his son-in-law is involved with Al-Qaida. A defamation lawsuit seems only the start to his problems now.
Whois may die. I’ve used it in the past to determine who owns a web site. I’ve even been frustrated that a very negative web site had a privacy blocker in place so I could not determine who ran the site. At the same time, I have the same protection on most of my domains.…
One of my favorite starting of silliness from the Boondocks (season 1). Gin Rummy: But I always say, “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. ” Riley:Â What? Gin Rummy: Simply because you don’t have evidence that something does exist does not mean that you have evidence that something doesn’t exist. Riley:Â …
A mashup of confused and puzzled. Both mean perplexed, so its perplexed squared with a dash of disorder and a hint of complication.
Fear brings out the worst in people. Fear of change or the unknown manifests in criticism, anger, and overreaction. Yes, I am guilty of this like everyone else… I am not somehow above all this. The idea of democracy, I think, where everyone is able to provide input into the making of a decision was…
Stuart, Texas Hold ‘Em Champ, originally uploaded by Ezra F. My boss’ boss asked me to take this picture because of the Georgia v. Georgia Tech rivalry. I was more than happy to comply since I know seriouslyuguys (GT) from years ago. Great job, Stu!