My summer vacation

FishingI don’t think I’ve used that as a title since 5th grade so I figured I’d dust it off for this post. Dan wants to know what we’re all up to, so I figured I’d play along. Not sure my summer plans are anywhere near as ambitious as his, (Even after checking wikipedia, I’m not even sure I know what ‘acai‘ is) but here goes…

  1. Go fishing with my soon-to-be 3-year-old. (I can’t believe I have a 3-year-old! When did that happen?)
  2. Give my wife a break and take over some of the night feeding duties with our 4-month-old.
  3. Read with great interest Dan’s posts about the intersection of rap and education.
  4. Not feel guilty only blogging once or twice a week.
  5. Hike.
  6. Convince my new boss that I’d be more effective at my job with a new MacBook Pro. (In my new district, I don’t have to feel like a closeted Mac user!)
  7. Play more guitar.
  8. Resist the temptation to buy an iPhone.
  9. Eat better.
  10. Learn Keynote and Pages now that I can use a Mac at work. (Will we ever see an iLife / iWork ’07 or will we go right to ’08?)

I’ll let you know how this all turns out. As you can see I’ve already got a jump start on #1. I can’t think of a better way to forget all the “junk” in your life than to do something fun with your kids.

Safari for Windows, indeed

Safari on Windows!As soon as the Keynote was over, I zipped over to apple.com/safari to grab a copy of the public beta of Safari for Windows. I figured that I’d better grab a copy quickly since other than those of us who were hitting “Refresh” every 2 minutes while monitoring Engadget or MacRumors, most of the people who’d heard the announcement were still stuck in a throng of 5,000 people waiting to get out of the venue.

Looks interesting, if a bit disturbing, to see the little Safari compass on my Windows desktop. Almost as disturbing as the first time I installed iTunes on a Windows machine. I’m not sure if it will catch on, though, as most Windows users (what is it – like 78%?) are perfectly happy limping along with Internet Explorer and I don’t know if many of them are checking apple.com for the latest Windows browser.

So it’s working fine here on my work machine, but in a few months I’ll be interested to see what kind of penetration Apple has gotten into the Windows web-browser “market.”

Testing, 1… 2… 3…

Well, it looks like all has gone well with my transition to WordPress. I’d hoped to have everything up and running before switching over the DNS, but as an amateur (read: hack), I couldn’t figure out how to get the timing and linking right on that.  Thanks for your patience as I move over my linkies and tweak the template a bit.

Thanks to this outstanding how-to on keeping TypePad permalinks intact, I think I’ve got everything where it should be and even managed to keep my FeedBurner feed intact. Of course, this post will be the real test.

Anybody out there?

Has it really come to this?

Because I’m deep into master schedule creation and have promised our teachers their tentative room and schedule assignments before they leave on Friday, I have not had a lot of time to post. But when I came across this little gem, I just couldn’t resist. It’s topical, it’s about education, and the best part is it’s controversial. Hey – it’s the end of the school year and we could all use a good laugh…

School bus spotted at strip club stirs controversy (via KGW News in Portland)

A few choice quotes:

"We just want to reassure people that is [sic] not your tax dollars at work," said district spokeswoman Sarah Carlin Ames.


“It didn’t feel right.”    

As a tax payer and mother of two girls, Miller is a little concerned about seeing a Portland-marked bus in this context.


Miller urges Laidlaw and the district to make sure the buses are clean        after strip club use.   

“I think it’s disgusting,” said Miller.

Understandably not everyone has the bizarre sense of humor that I have, but for some reason, stumbling onto this article just put a big smile on my face for the rest of the afternoon. I am intrigued by the concept of renting school buses out for private use. I don’t think any of us work in districts that couldn’t use some extra income.

 

Simply successful secrets summary

A while back I was tagged by Scott McLeod to participate in the Simply Successful Secrets meme  group writing project. It all started with a post on the Today is That Day blog back on March 7, 2007.

When I wrote my post, I had no idea that I was participating in something so huge, but nearly 3 months after the initial posting, Aaron Potts has done an incredible job of aggregating and summarizing the more than 150 responses to his original post. Take a look at his powerful summary, or at the individual participants in the project.

Chris Garrett on New Media
Breathing Prosperity
Live the Power
Creating a Better Life
Shards of Consciousness
Make the Most of U
Achieve-IT!
K-L Masina
Evolving Times
Sania Wyatt
Be the Change – Tread the Path
ITtoolbox
The Fast Lane
Vcuisine
Life Optimizer
The Wrong Advices
Thoughts & Philosophies
Bryan Baker
The Reasoner
Casual Keystrokes
SmartWealthyRich.com
Alex Shalman
MomGadget
Smug Puppies
Behind the Glasses
Writing Thoughts
Pink Apple Connections
The Tall Poppy
The Inspired Market-Her’s Blog
Quasi Fictional
Pamil Visions
I’m Forty What??!!
Words of a Broken Mirror
Grow Your Writing Business
Conceive, Believe, Achieve
North Star Mental Fitness
Women Walking in Wisdom’s Footsteps
Raymond L. Burton
I Captured a Blog
LeoChiang.com
Shama Hyder
DebraMoorehead.com
The Power of Trinity
Creating Abundant Lifestyles
Bionic Ear Blog
Home Biz Notes
Kavit Haria
ClickNewz
Adversity University
Creation Thoughts
Content Done Better
Keeping the Secret
The Silence is Golden
Rachel Creative
Blown World
BrianKim.net
Beyond Horizon Coaching
The Urban Monk
Change Therapy
Life Beside the Edge
A Creativist Journal
Andy Wibbels
Made to be Great
Tennessee Text Wrestling
Sylvia’s Insight
Writer in the Making
ZenChill.com
Now
Christy’s Coffee Break
Optimist Lab
Druid Journal
Internet Marketing Sweetie
JaneChin.com
Business Advice Daily
Breeze Debris
Success from the Nest
Finish Strong!
Build a Better Blog
FreeLanceMom.com
Online Fandom
SpinMe.com
The Goat’s Lunch Pail
Juggling Cats
Story Geek
Second Life Education Research
Rule of 5
Life Wealth
SelfHelpSpot.com
Desmond’s Personal Development Site
Blogpreneur
CalvinWoon.com
Strive Success
Momentum Coaching
Money, Meaning, and Beyond
Marketing Qi
Sky Windows
Jeri’s Organizing & Decluttering News
Kathy Calculates
Roni’s Weight Watchen Page(s)
The Ted Rap
Just Another Weigh
Life is Good…Even When It’s Not!
Ed Tech Journeys
Ezine Marketing Center
PatriciaLin.com
FreshBlogger
Dr. B’s Blog
The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins
eJabs
Dangerously Irrelevant
Mr. Fire
The Sovereign Journey
Adventures of a Suburban WAHM
A Teacher’s Life
Around the Corner v2
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
Enhance Life
In Another Place
Life is not a Race to be First Finished
Evenstar Houses of Healing
The Maverick Marketer
Pay O’Bryan
eSoup
Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch
Affordable Internet Marketing
Pour Out
Verve Coaching
The Figurehead
All About Music Blog
Pet Peeving
World Copywriting Blog
FunDiva.com
JustCommunicate
MarketingMoment.com
Out of the Blog, Into the Light
Writing White Papers
Joe Dale – Integrating ICT
The BizTechie Chronicles
E-Commerce Confidential
Create Reality
Do What!?
BurningBush
The Destination is Success…
5 Star Affiliate Programs
Law of Attraction Blog
Living Out Loud
BusinessBlogAngel.com
Coaching Wizardry
The Daily Positive
Judith Morgan
Think Positive Blog
The Growing Edge
Energies of Creation
Ramblings from a Glass Half Full