Hocus Pocus

We’ve just had a little fun on Twitter — with a collective game of Mad Libs. I think you’ll recognize the base text here, and this is the finished product. more »

I attended the HighEdWeb Association’s 2009 conference in Milwaukee (October 4–7) and benefited from the experience. Here are some of my reflections. This post will definitely remain under progress as I add and revise. more »

In what’s becoming an annual tradition, I have asked derek becker and Jim Boyd for music recommendations so that I could get some fresh music in my collection. Here are the items they’ve recommended (with notes as I acquire some of them): more »

In June of 2007, I asked respected friends for music recommendations so that I could get some fresh music in my collection. Both derek becker and Jim Boyd gave fascinating tips, and I bought eight of the albums they plugged: more »

Shannon: “Moonboots never come off the farm.”

“Monkeys Control a Robot Arm With Their Thoughts”

— New York Times, May 29, 2008

Here are all the clocks I have to reset twice a year for daylight-saving time: more »

Two things I want for icons in the Macintosh Finder:

1. Color-labeling icons in the Finder is OK — but I wish applying a label would wash the whole icon in color or surround it in a colored halo so that it were even more emphatic.
2. And speaking of emphatic, I wish I could adjust the size of individual icons in any window (not just change the size of them all).

I wish that when viewing Google Maps, I could see civilian aircraft when they’re located overhead (derived from the open air-traffic-control data). more »

I want a refrigerator whose entire front surface is a digital display, programmable to show pictures, text, websites, anything.