What happens in Key West stays in Las Vegas.
12:13pm September 3rd 2010 via web
If failure is not an option, and success is not an option, the only remaining option is to avoid reality.
8:53pm September 2nd 2010 via web
@new_edu I think that over time folks will start CC-BY and evolve to BY-SA - now I want a choice so I can experiment with SA here and there
4:32pm September 2nd 2010 via web in reply to new_edu
Gonzalo just gave me the perfect birthday present: http://source.sakaiproject.org/viewsvn?root=svn&view=rev&rev=82070
4:30pm September 2nd 2010 via web
Checking to make sure I have a few cans of whup-ass in stock in case I need 'em. Yup - they have dust on them - the expiration date is OK.
11:38am September 2nd 2010 via web
Testing.
9:52am August 30th 2010 via web
Looking at Apache Cayenne - looks cool - I might have to hack it to add the features I feel are needed :)
6:23pm August 29th 2010 via web
@nickdjones I would stick with 2.7 - you could pull slick features back if you like once they are solid. 2.8 needs a freeze and some QA.
5:46pm August 29th 2010 via web
@AllSpiritsEve - http://www.omg-software.com/omg-03.tar - the problem is with JOINs - I want to write JOINs and use load_from_row
5:43pm August 29th 2010 via web
So sick of flawed ORMs - I wrote my own ORM in PHP http://omg-software.com/ and now I am seriously contemplating writing my own Java ORM
10:46am August 29th 2010 via web
Wandering through Shindig code.
10:59pm August 28th 2010 via web
Well, that hard bug turned out to be easy, actually. All my 2.8 TODOs pretty much wrapped up - waiting for action by others.
3:07pm August 28th 2010 via web
I am down to 3 JIRAs I plan to fix for Sakai 2.8 and then I can focus on teaching things. But one is tricky. Time for a motorcycle ride.
1:32pm August 28th 2010 via web
Spoiled: Spending most of the day grumbling under my breath about having only 2GB of RAM.
10:58am August 28th 2010 via web
I think that Apple should sue FaceBook for the use of the word "Book" because Apple had an Address Book application before FaceBook existed
1:22pm August 27th 2010 via web
The million-dollar-quartet made a lot of progress today.
1:19pm August 27th 2010 via web
It is so much fun working with the tech equivalent of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Quartet
3:46pm August 26th 2010 via web
If Java is too demanding I want the flexibility of PHP. Then the flexibility of PHP results in a bug that the compiler would easily catch
2:01pm August 26th 2010 via web
Just used Google Phone - Uh - bad news for Skype.
1:57pm August 26th 2010 via web
Sometimes when coding in Java I wish I was in PHP and sometimes when coding in PHP I wish it was Java.
1:52pm August 26th 2010 via web
Brent's Band plays tonight - sometime after 7 at Club Xcel in Lansing, MI
11:55am August 26th 2010 via web
Try various words and add "book" to the end and see how many companies Facebook needs to sue. http://bit.ly/b3wL1I
9:35am August 26th 2010 via web
RT @slashdot: Facebook Says It Owns "Book" http://bit.ly/b3wL1I
9:33am August 26th 2010 via web
Just read this cool article about OpenSocial Persistence - http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=The_Persistence_API
9:31am August 26th 2010 via web
Blog Post (2 of 2) about Remedial Math - What should be done at LCC - http://www.dr-chuck.com/csev-blog/ (There are no f-words in this post)
8:54pm August 25th 2010 via web
@Jochen_Hayek Sorry I missed this - I would be happy to do a GAE workshop - lets talk.
12:42pm August 25th 2010 via web in reply to Jochen_Hayek
Blog Post - About remedial Math, Community College, social justice, and the ACCUPLACER test. http://tinyurl.com/27s8vl5
12:33pm August 25th 2010 via web
Most of today will be keyboard free - driving and hauling...
9:48am August 23rd 2010 via web
Worked through some cleanup of old cruft in Sakai's JSR-168 support. Good day - time for bed - pretty tired.
2:03am August 22nd 2010 via web
RT @georgekroner: Laurence Technical University spoofs Old Spice commercials in Blackboard 8->9 upgrade campaign http://bit.ly/aSrMmR ...
8:59am August 20th 2010 via web
Ordered new MacBookPro 13" - I am thinking I will be working on more Java code in 2011 so I need more memory, disk and battery.
8:53am August 20th 2010 via web
RT @trillich: A guy walking his cat -- http://www.wimp.com/catrules/
11:53am August 16th 2010 via web
RT @anya1anya: THE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH--I was quoted at length, approvingly, BY NAME, by Rush Limbaugh. http://bit.ly/cPaN5w
11:52am August 13th 2010 via web
Posted to moodle.org about recent work with Basic LTI in Moodle - http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=119349#p682425
8:56pm August 12th 2010 via web
RT @georgekroner: Blackboard Learn becomes 1st LMS to achieve Gold certification from National Federation of the Blind http://bit.ly/caBAVJ
11:41am August 12th 2010 via web
RT @guzdial: Two examples of computational thinking -- going to the data. http://tinyurl.com/26o62oq
11:33am August 12th 2010 via web
RT @georgekroner: JoePa nominated for Presidential Medal of Freedom http://bit.ly/b32gmR
9:08am August 10th 2010 via web
Inbox at 75 - crazy - how low can it go???
10:00am August 9th 2010 via web
RT @trochee: furthermore, proof that mathematicians are lousy media players: releasing a P ≠ NP proof on a FRIDAY?! http://scr.bi/bQiDKg
10:18pm August 8th 2010 via web
Just finished a 0.9 of the Moodle 1.9 Basic LTI mod with support for IMS Simple Outcomes and distributed to my demo group. Now to the inbox
1:35am August 8th 2010 via web
Google App Inventor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADwPLSFeY8 - nice - MIT Scratch for Android phones - Pretty cool.
6:44pm August 4th 2010 via web
RT @gsiemens: Google Wave is dead: http://bit.ly/bg3ixC At least Google continues to experiment. Nothing wrong in failing.
5:21pm August 4th 2010 via web
Another excellent safety device - Crash Proof Motorcycle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTg7PUSVidI
5:04pm August 4th 2010 via web
Going home tomorrow. Will apply for a new passport next week. This one retires after 10 years, 88 stamps, and > 1 million real miles.
4:50pm August 4th 2010 via web
It is neat sitting in IMS meetings hearing about how standards are letting folks looking at "unsolvable" problems from new perspectives.
8:31am August 4th 2010 via web
Gandhi said, “A ‘no’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘yes’ merely uttered to please, or to avoid trouble.”
4:56am August 4th 2010 via web
RT @LearningImpact: 2nd day of IMS meeting Koblenz. QTI guru Wilbert Kraan introduces a day full of QTI 2.1 demonstrations, including Co ...
5:26am August 3rd 2010 via web
@stevelay would be very proud to see all the IMS QTI 2 interoperability demonstrations going on right now at the IMS meeting in Germany.
5:14am August 3rd 2010 via web
RT @sakaiproject: Meet Sakai 3 Project Director, Alan Marks. http://bit.ly/ax3eRp
3:09am August 3rd 2010 via web
Up late in Germany, can't sleep, catching up on mail and coding whist a gentle rain falls in the middle of a soft, cool night.
9:22pm August 2nd 2010 via web
