The new vehicle showed up after midnight. I took the next driving shift and got us about 100miles into Kansas. Luis took the following shift, so I curled up in the back to get some rest. Now it is light out and we are only hours from the destination.

So the flight was canceled after hours of delays… No more flights out of Denver. Next possible flight option wouldn’t get to Springfield till late Sunday evening. Who knew that the Denver airport shuts down at 6pm on a Saturday? We decided that it would be better to drive. At 12+ hours it might be […]

We were supposed to have a 2hr layover in Denver. Now going on 3 with the sign still just blinks “DELAYED” At least Luis and Karen are here to keep me company.

The age of video on the Web is here! Both content creators and users have high expectations and you may become caught in the middle. Learn how to create an accessible media interface that will allow your institution to deliver high quality Flash video with closed captioning, convey a consistent design across your Web presence, […]

The HighEdWeb 2008 conference: “Infinite Solutions” is from October 5-8 in Springfield Missouri. This year, I will be wearing several hats: Presenter [UAD5] This will be the second year that I am presenting at HighEdWeb and the presentation will be similar to the previous one. However, there will also be a lot of new information […]

Is that they are used to manage both content and presentation. Here is a good example One of our contribute users simply wanted to center a heading:

Ripe tomatillos = salsa verde time!

As the days get shorter, I find myself riding in the dark more and more. Wanting to improve my visibility, I tracked down the components listed in the Daylight Visible Bike Light instructable. However, I gave the project a twist by embedding the light (plus circuit + batteries) in my helmet. The thing is really […]

I was asked to give a presentation on “new media” during the 2008 ELC Inservice. Beforehand, I contacted a few of the faculty that planned to attend. They helped me decide to go the 101 route which ended up working well. For each topic, we covered: What is this thing? The good, the bad… Getting […]

Rob Beschizza over at boingboing gadgets writes: Anyone who writes will eventually be guilty of writing something bad. Most do so only incidentally, as a result of error or ignorance. It’s a sin of professional writers, however, to be systematically bad. Following are some of the worst things that I’ve ever done … and worse! […]