A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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” »
This was the type of day when one feels obligated to do something memorable. The sky was brilliant, no humidity, and warm temps made it impossible to just hang around the house. I grabbed my camera and headed to the Upcountry History Museum. The museum has been in the works for a number of years. … Read More “The Upcountry History Museum” »
I was a fantastic fall afternoon, and Furman was threatening to lose yet another game (they didn’t, though), so I decided to head out and take some photos around town. I’m not sure why, but I wound up at the Saluda Lake Dam on the west side of town. I first turned off on the … Read More “Bit of Afternoon Fall Photography” »
For several weeks now I’ve noticed a rather unusual car as I’ve driven along North Pleasantburg Drive. Today I took the time to stop and take some photos, and do a bit of research on the vehicle. It turns out that the car is a Corbin Sparrow – a single seat, all electric car originally … Read More “Corbin Sparrow” »
It’s been a busy week, and I somehow let this slip past me. On October 10 Google released imagery for several more cities as part of its StreetView project. The list of cities now includes the following: New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Orlando Miami Houston Denver Phoenix Tucson Las Vegas San Diego Los Angeles San … Read More “More Cities for Street View” »
Well, it looks like it’s time to give RandomConnections a bit of a sprucing up. A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and apparently it doesn’t like this particular theme. Several weird things are happening, such as the fact that it won’t show a link to previous entries, and … Read More “Time for a Change” »
Well, if things don’t work out with Purple Haze, at least I know where I can learn a new vocation. And it’s just up the road in Hendersonville.