A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Chip sent this to me over the weekend. The photo was taken in 1985, and shows me demonstrating a MIDI sequencer to a bunch of kids. I don’t remember if it was a Boy Scout troop, or what. Chip, my nephew, is the dark-haired kid in the picture. The equipment shown includes a Commodore 64 … Read More “Memories of an Alphageek” »
I haven’t been writing much about the Furman Paladins, and with good reason. Their season hasn’t been going so well. Saturday was the App State game, and quite honestly I hoped that it just wouldn’t be a total blow-out. It wasn’t pretty, and App did win, but Furman tried a rally late in the game. … Read More “Furman Paladins 2007” »
Well, its a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance ‘neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow And I’m trying to please to the calling Of your … Read More “Moondance” »
A long, tiring drive from Myrtle Beach, and when I get to my own street, this is what I found… It was a bit of a surprise. As tired as I was, I grabbed a camera and walked around the neighborhood to see what other signs there might be. I guess they really are going … Read More “A Sign of the Times” »
Well, today certainly was mixed. I was up very early getting my gear packed and checked out of the hotel. I arrived at the convention center in plenty of time to check out the room, and get acclimated to the smell of mold. We’re in a different room for this morning’s presentations, and there is … Read More “EdTech 2007 – Last Day” »
When I’m presenting at conferences, it often leaves very little time for actually attending conference sessions. There are nine concurrent sessions. Of those, I’m presenting during three of them, and trying to get ready for those presentations during most of the others. Regardless, I was able to catch a few. This year Google Earth and … Read More “A Very Spatial Edtech 2007” »
IDM, DMZ, SCRAPI, CPS, ASCII, PCS, W2K3, HTTP, HTTPS, RDP, VPN, OS, MS, EEDA, IGP, SASI, SCOIS, ASWAB, ACT, CRI, RFP, LDS, SUNS, IAAA, LDAP, SDE, SSO, API, CPSI, SDM, UA, ZIS, ODS, TDS, DVRE, VRA, SIF, ETL, XML, SCDE, RAM, RAID, HR, SIS, IIS, FTE, DBA, TLS, SQL, CSV, DB4, DB2, ODBC, JDBC, ADO, … Read More “Acronym Overload – again” »
It’s that time of year again. Once more, I’m headed to the armpit of the state (Myrtle Beach) for EdTech 2007, our annual technology conference. This year is going to be especially busy for several reasons. I had funds to bring all of my tech team down. We are basically leaving our district helpless, so … Read More “EdTech 2007 – Arrival” »
Monday night I had to give a presentation to our school board regarding what we do to protect children on the Internet. I have to do this on a regular basis as part of the requirements for the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in order to retain federal funding for things such as data lines, … Read More “Think Before You Post” »
When I first started this job, I left my home at 8:00 am and got to the office at 8:30. Traffic was pretty bad on I-85 that time of morning, so sometimes I’d get stalled in traffic and have to call in that I would be a running a bit late. After a year or … Read More “Commuting Creep” »