I’m interested in what information can be obtained from data and charts are a good way to make the information easy to interpret. I found an interesting diagram showing the various chart types and why one should be used vs. another.
Someone at NPS has a good Surf Cam up looking at Del Monte Beach
Interesting article about the regrets people have had on their deathbeds;
Things to keep in mind as you live your life, I’m going to try to.
I saw this post today and love the concept, making furniture out of old pallets.
But there is one argument for why not to do it.
I’d like to begin making outdoor stuff, but now I need to find a source of pallets and the time.
One of my additional interests is dogs and dog training. I love Cesar Milan and his energy and philosophies in dog training/behaviour. I came across someone who has posted cartoons describing various dog behaviors and I wanted to share them.
After years of wanting to learn to surf, I finally got a cheap board, JC bought me a new wetsuit and we went out today. We were only in the water for about 45 minutes but I’m super sore. I was able to stand up a few times. I realized that the board I bought is good as it’s not super easy to ride, which is what I want because I look forward to the challenge as well as have a board that I can turn, which this is what I wanted, although I might regret it now and then.
I’d like to try and surf once or twice a week after work, but we’ll see how that goes.
Because of contract reasons, I’ve been taking some time off, no I didn’t get laid off. It’s been VERY nice, being able to wake up when I want (after the wife leaves early in the morning), answer a few emails, do some stretching, go for a brisk walk, have a late breakfast and then get to work on the house project of the day. Every so often I go into work for some activity, which is fine. I don’t mind being at work when there is work to do, but just being at work while I am waiting for someone to call or email.
This is the right balance between life and work. What is this getting up early to get into work at 8:00am? Maybe it’s time for me to get a part time job…
For the last several years I’ve been doing technology training and support for the NPS learning management system (Sakai) and synchronous meeting tool (Elluminate). I’ve been the guy who shows instructors which buttons to press to have the systems do what they want to do.
Now my boss is getting me involved in working with instructors to discuss ways they can improve their teaching methods using the tools. This type of change takes a special effort on the part of the instructor because they have to do a lot of analysis to figure how what they want to do and how to get there. This is an interesting topic for me because I like being a systems analyst where I listen to instructors desires and figure out a way they can achieve them.
Along these lines I’ve created a page on our wiki which provides suggestions for instructors based on common classroom tasks and how they can be achieved using technology. Any additional ideas of common classroom goals are welcome.
I’ve been helping a friend with his wordpress blog/site. He asked me to post a “maintenance” page while he works on updating his content. So I did some research online and, although it’s not the best or correct solution, I created an additional page, commented out the wordpress lines in the .htaccess page and added a DirectoryIndex line to point to the newly created file.
This process works well for pointing to the domain to the maintenance file, but now I can not access the front page, although I can still access the admin interface at http://example.com/wp-admin/index.php
When my friend starts working on the content of his site he will probably need to view the front end, but I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Update – I found out that my friend can still access the sub-pages but not the home page.