Every semester many optimistic students sign up for courses, but how many actually stay in them, and of those, how many participate? Every semester when an instructor assigns weekly discussion board activities for online or hybrid courses, it surprises me how many people begin falling away from the course. In one of my psychology courses [...]
There are topics that do not get mentioned in this blog. That is something that is known to many of my readers. This in the past has never presented to be a problem, until now. There is something going on in my life right now that is very special to me, something marvelously exciting, but [...]
My enthusiasm for Standard Ceramic Company’s 563 clay body has been short lived. Upon going to get a fresh batch this morning I was informed that it has been discontinued. I am now in posession of Standard’s 220 clay body. Supposed to be very similar, but I will determine that. I liked how well 563 [...]
I am not quite as worried about my psychology courses as I was before. I just finished my quiz in Theories of Personality on Freud and I got a perfect score. I am beginning to feel a little better about these courses. I believe my lack of performance in the courses may be related to [...]
My network is primarily a Microsoft Active Directory domain, with a majority of clients being member systems. An Ubuntu Linux system does not, in its default state, fit in to that network. Using a tool called Likewise Open I was very easily able to add my Ubuntu system to the Windows domain. Once the tool [...]
When it comes to digital photography assignments lately I am finding myself in one of two categories, and no where in between. Those categories are having pretty much no clue fora subject for the assignment, or having an overabundance of inspiration. My current project is macro, so I am very comfortable already with doing it, [...]
What is a cup of flour? Densly packed or lightly packed? Perhaps sifted? Volume is no way to measure things like flour, or grated carrot for that matter. So many things in cooking involve air, it is nearly impossible to measure by volume and have the correct amount. Kitchen scales are more likely to be [...]
I am beginning to realize that I spend a lot of time on academics in my life. I have 18 credit hours this semester. 18 hours does not translate to just 18 hours per week, it is around double that for proper preparation and work on various assignments. I spend more time than I probably [...]
I do not know how this happened, but I am somehow back on a nocturnal sleep pattern. I recall something over a week ago, where I had to get up at 7 am, and then somehow that has slipped now to being awake during the night and greeting the sun from the wrong side again. [...]
This week I have a fair number of things going on academically. Digital Photography Studio – I have to get my second project done by Tuesday at 3PM. I have to do a motion blur, which should be easy, given that my instructor accused my first assignment of being a motion blur and not a [...]
