Dell GX620

I have a Dell GX620 and I am hoping to use as my infocus computer.  I need to see if it works first.

Found a 2 prong cord

Found a good two prong cord for an Elmo. Apparently several of them went on strike during the summer!

Busy Summer

It has been a very busy summer.  I feel good today.  I have not felt good for a long time, but today I feel good.

Star Trek: Vanguard Precipice by David Mack

Great book!  Original Series Star Trek universe without the main characters.

Here are some of the best lines.

bottom of page 316 - " So be it.  Bidding a slient farewell to her muse, T'Prynn turned her back on the piano.  Then she stepped off the stage and back into the shadows, where she belonged."

page 283 - " Did you steal it? No, I borrowed it.  So whose shuttle is this?  It's not a shuttle.  It's a starship."

page 37  - "The impression one gets of your society from the outside is that it doesn't much care for iconoclasts.  True.  Nevertheless, we exist."

New Hard Drive Enclosure

I got a new hard drive installed into my Dell GX280. I still had stuff on the old hard drive which was starting to flake out. So I got a NexStar3 Hard Drive Enclosure. I hooked it up and got it to run on the first try. The NexStar3 was not too expensive, about forty bucks total including tax, from Comp USA. I will copy my stuff over and then I can recycle the hard drive. Happy Earth Day! Here is a picture!

TUT Dinner on the 20th

The District has a couple of technology items I want to check out. There was one for Audacity and one for Edmodo. I hope to attend both of those. Audacity lets you make podcasts (sound files) for your blog. Edmodo is a microblogging tool. I hope to learn more.

Wrong Sized PowerCord for my HP laptop

I ordered a power cord for my lsptop from Amazon, but the size is wrong. I will see if I can get an exchange or a refund.

Been a While

So many issues. I am hoping to buy my laptop when the district starts to recycle them. My power cord is working, but I need to get a new one.

As soon as TAKS is over. We (my students) should be ok. I still have some technology ideas I want to try with them before the end of the school year.

Can't Retrieve Email from District Server

I can't retrieve sent email from the server. Suppossedly we are switching to Zimba. If I had known this was going to happen, I could have forwarded my email to my google.

Had to Move the Emacs Out due to Read 180

Unfortunately, I had to 86 my Emacs due to the Read 180 class I teach. I was happy to see them go to a good home with another teacher. I had spent time during the summer of 2009 to get them ready for my Dyslexia Reading class and my TAKS 7th grade Reading class and my regular 8th grade Language Arts block. I still have those blocks, and a new block for Read 180.

I need to be dilligent.
I need to do it right.
I need to be ingenious.

from Atul Gawande