For those of you who have never heard of him, Eric Meyer is a css god. And the latest css “breakthrough” I’ve discovered over on his site is A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show. Basically, the “tool” provided is a slideshow template that you can use to create an XHTML file that (using css and javascript)…

Check out this article by Charlie Lowe, a writing professor at Florida State University. Looks like he’s been using PostNuke as an alternative to Blackboard for one of his writing classes. He does some interesting, practical analysis of PostNuke vs. Blackboard. I’ll be interested in further purusing his blog for other entries on this topic.

Following a conversation that I virtually participated in at this year’s Educause, I am getting interested in the topic of bots. Rather than recap that conversation here, I’ll point you to other places where it has already been discussed and summarized: Gardner’s blog about the NLII VCOP session and the wiki Vicki Suter set up…

Last night I finished reading Gulliver’s Travels. I’m ashamed to admit that I never read it in its entirety before–just excerpts in high school. And about a week ago I was in need of some “comfort reading” and turned to my recently unpacked shelf of the children’s classic illustrated library, and there was gulliver looking…

I came across this article today (featured on Educause’s newly redesigned Web site) about the changing landscape of defining IT strategy in higher education. On the whole, it was an interesting article, and maybe later I’ll comment on the general thesis. But what struck me most today was the first few pages describing the technology-savvy…

Check out this article at wired.com on the use of Second Life (an online, three-dimensional metaverse) in the classroom. The two faculty quoted in this article are using SL in classes that deal specifically with technology development and urban/space planning. But SL also seems like an interesting example of a possible general learning space and,…

Ok, I admit I still haven’t managed to wrap my head around this whole blog thing. The idea of regularly posting to this place is a little daunting. I think this is partly because I’m not sure what I want to say. I think it’s also partly because I’m a little uncomfortable with “putting myself…

You know I hate to beat a dead horse but. . . I’ve just been told that in order to finalize our closing papers, the mortgage company needs some proof that we are currently living at the address we say we are. Apparently, a utility bill made out to the address or a bank statement…

Well, the good news is that our inspection went well and our contract is finalized. And after a few more painful days of mortgage application woes, we seem to be in good shape. Of course, the stress of the last few weeks hasn’t exactly been conducive to generating excitment over this move, but I’m working…

It has been a long time since I felt like math could bring me to tears–sometime in the 12th grade probably. But the other night, as I tried desperately to compare mortgage terms among different lenders, I thought it would happen again. This past weekend, Erik and I put a contract in on a great…