Reflections

So, This is for you two, Professor Gideon Burton and Professor Daniel Zappala.

Am I learning what I was meant to be learning? Well, that's a tough question for me. Harder perhaps than a recommend interview (just a second Prez, I need to look into the black hole and see if there's at least a night light in there before I answer this one...).

Fire and Algorithms: The Power of God?

Thou shalt - Thou shalt not. The scriptures are replete with God's Algorithms for our lives. Yet the Algorithm is largely unwritten (kinda like Open Source software that has only been sketched out). What? I'll explain.

Eyes bigger than my stomach

So I like food - Who doesn't? (actually... I can think of a few...) But that's not really what this is about.

I have a big appetite for accomplishment and/or achievement. I want everything and I want to do it all on my own. But what I know that I really need is groups that can help me get there. I find this a difficult element. Is it my pride (I'm moving next week and I still can't get my self to call and ask for help - hey, EQ Pres.)? Is it that no-one wants to give up their time for someone who has little to give back (so, when I'm at the top I'll try to get your name right)? Or is it that I just am bad at finding the right people?

Basically, I need your help.

I'm learning how to CONNECT with others!

This weekends Lab assignment asked us to learn a new "thing" on the computer and to teach it to each other and then blog about what we learned. We lost one of our group members in the fierce competition of the blogging jungle and therefore my learned concept is based in digital connection or specifically in Cloud Computing. I was directed to the land of YouTube where I discovered that Cloud computing has nothing to do with the weather forecast. (Ignore the links to Justin Bieber videos - I really don't know how they got there... He's just so small and talented!) I also Found this thorough blog on the subject What Cloud Computing Really Means. Most people have at least heard of Google Docs.... but there are many other simple-to-use programs out there...

Luther and the Reformation

We often talk about the difficulty in progressing the reformation. The opposition new ideas faced and the opposition those with the new ideas faced. But we seldom talk about how difficult it was (for those making the reformation happen) to decide to actually DO IT. Luther, a film made in 2003 starring Joseph Fiennes, chronicles the life of Martin Luther and does an excellent job my father-in-law thinks it was too "theatrical") of displaying the internal struggle Luther went through in bringing about his act of schism and reformation. The internal struggle is where the real fight is located. Are we willing to fight that battle ourselves?

Is anyone looking out for my e-mail interests?

So I'm trying to do this assignment... I have to learn and experience how to use Advanced E-mail Features... Did you know that you could e-mail to more than one person at a time? Did you further know that you could respond to more than one person at a time? And did you even much more further-er know that you could hide who you were sending responses to from the various parties you mass responded too? Oh yeah... and there's this feature called an address book that I guess you can add "recipients" (which I guess stands for people you're gonna send the e-mail to) and then all you have to do is click who to send it too (and you can do more than one at a time - this is great for my sore right index finger. But these (believe it or not) aren't even advanced!

"F"(icient planning for) My Life

It's not really a secret that I am blogging because of a class project... that's a good thing though... However, each post is apparently supposed to have the research effort of a solid essay paper. I'm supposed to try to keep up with and respond to at least 3 other class blogs (not including my instructors shared blog). That equals about a bazillion hours of reading per post - and then I have to be structured, engaging, thoughtful, and interactive and who has time for all of those shenanigans?

The Writing is on the (Bathroom) Wall

I said before that the internet is basically a universal bathroom wall - Well, I didn't say that. I stole that from somebody else... And I'm pretty sure that was stolen from somebody else. - Anybody can write on the wall anything they feel like. And often "true" reading material is scattered about the grimy floor (think ads and pop-ups and spam mail).

The trend towards pornography continues to grow exponentially. Our writing comes with a fascinating link to audio and visual - picture and video. Trashy magazines found in back alleys are now found in search engines hits for "Toys-R-us." Movable type? Everybody's living room or even lap (top) is a printing press beyond anything Gutenberg could have dreamed. So how do we filter out the worthwhile material?