I got my guitar back from Peter a couple of months ago. Since then I have been playing with some of the slack key tunings he gave me. It is opening a whole new world for me. I am thrilled to hear those smooth soft sounds coming from my guitar. It is so relaxing and [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Slack Key
Posted in Guitar on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Cynics
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scratch any cynic, and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.
- George Carlin
Tom Waits at Plaza Theater in El Paso, TX
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a hoot! Great show and great crowd. Very diverse. I have wanted to see him for years and was really lucky that he came to El Paso.
The set was real bluesy. Did not dissappoint. He played a bunch of stuff I did not even know. He has so many records.
He growled and stomped his [...]
Clive Thomson Sez:
Posted in Games & Education on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Games propagate technology stealthily, quietly and gradually taking all sorts of skills that only pros used to possess and spreading them across the population.
From his Wired article on Spore.
I like that. I want to put this down as another goal for things I design.
So Far, So Good
Posted in Grad School on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not much new to report. The class is going well. I am actually just trying to be helpful. There are only 3 others in the class and I help w/ multimedia. I should be presenting today. Introducing some cool free and almost free technology. Stuff to use in a classroom, work, and home.
Still struggling with [...]
Cohort
Posted in Grad School on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I met some of the other students in my cohort group yesterday. The two ladies I met are very nice. There are actually 5 of us in this group but 2 did not show. It looks like everyone is confused about what the cohort is and why they are doing it. It is strange and [...]
F2F Starting This Week
Posted in Grad School on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I start my 2 week face 2 face sessions this week. I’m not doing the Multicultural Ed class, so I will only be away in the afternoons. I will blog on how it goes later.
What is important… to me and my *edumacation*
Posted in Games & Education, Grad School, Travels on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Simply and immediately, language acquisition. I am very interested in multicultural education, but for me, it is going to start with language and cultural immersion.
I spoke earlier about the Bafa-Bafa activity. Here are some conclusions:
1. What seems logical, sensible, important and reasonable to a person in one culture may seem irrational, stupid and unimportant to [...]
