As a kid, I was a voracious reader of science fiction. Anything by Clark. Anything by Asimov. Tolkein. Anything by Heinlein (also, I can’t believe my parents let me read Heinlein as a kid – I’m guessing they’d never read some of the pervier stuff…). And, of course, every Star Trek novel I could get my hands on. Later, I sucked in anything by Greg Bear. Gregory Benford. And on and on…
2010/06/03: Think of a favorite childhood sport, game, or activity. Make a nostalgic photo today. (@muffett68) #ds200
Evan tells a story he crafted as part of a storytelling workshop at his school.
I carved off a small portion of the basement to serve as a dedicated home office area – the “real” home office was converted into guest bedroom / storage. I took over an old bookcase that was storing useless old crap books, moved it into my Les Nessman inspired office, and started setting up shop. Eventually, a desk, comfy chair, table, light, beer fridge, drywall, iMac, etc… will fit in. And the pool table is nice and handy…
My copy of Postman and Weingartner’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity was delivered in the mail today, thanks to the speedy Amazon.com shipping system. It’s got a fresh, blank Page 61 and I’m looking forward to having it filled up. I also picked up a copy of Technopoly. I decided to not go ahead and buy the other dozen books in my shopping cart in an effort to avoid credit-card-related domestic difficulties…
I checked out our copy of Neil Postman’s Teaching as a Subversive Activity, published in 1969. The year I was born.
My copy of Will‘s book “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” just came in. Looks like it’s going to be a pretty good read, providing the perspective of an in-the-trenches teacher, rather than just the geek echochamber I usually expose myself to…
The book is definitely on top of my nonfiction reading list (my fiction reading, on the bus ride commute, is currently another Gregory Benford book I’m deliberately reading out of sequence…)
My copy of Will‘s book “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” just came in. Looks like it’s going to be a pretty good read, providing the perspective of an in-the-trenches teacher, rather than just the geek echochamber I usually expose myself to…
The book is definitely on top of my nonfiction reading list (my fiction reading, on the bus ride commute, is currently another Gregory Benford book I’m deliberately reading out of sequence…)
I just went to sign into my safari.oreilly.com account, and it was doing something odd… It somehow identified me as “University of Calgary”, and was offering the entire catalog for me to read! Wow. What an awesome thing! I assume our library bought a campus-wide license (and the safari website must be detecting my IP domain), or, perhaps this is available for all campuses now?
Regardless, very cool! 1165 technology books available at my desktop. Freaking amazing! Thanks to whoever did this!
UPDATE: Looks like it’s part of the University’s subscription to ProQuest – the same subscription that gets us the online journals and newspapers.
UPDATE: IP detection is preventing access from home… Must remember to load up with content while in the office… /sw/bin/wget -r anyone? 🙂
I just went to sign into my safari.oreilly.com account, and it was doing something odd… It somehow identified me as “University of Calgary”, and was offering the entire catalog for me to read! Wow. What an awesome thing! I assume our library bought a campus-wide license (and the safari website must be detecting my IP domain), or, perhaps this is available for all campuses now?
Regardless, very cool! 1165 technology books available at my desktop. Freaking amazing! Thanks to whoever did this!
UPDATE: Looks like it’s part of the University’s subscription to ProQuest – the same subscription that gets us the online journals and newspapers.
UPDATE: IP detection is preventing access from home… Must remember to load up with content while in the office… /sw/bin/wget -r anyone? 🙂
