Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories
What a great little exercise for creativity. Write up a story in 6 words.
Seems like this type of list pops up all over the Web. Regardless, I do especially like this particular list. Especially the number of recommendations about how you should look at various topics or sets of topics. Certainly worth reviewing from time to time.
OrganizedHome.Com Printables Gallery - Printable Planner Forms
A collection of organizing worksheets which help figure out the best layout for your home.
BrainMeld - Bridging The Gap Between Gaming and Education
As we prepare a further experiment with gaming in education, someone announced a new resource on the NMC list today. A quick glance shows some depth and breadth, so it may have some success. And, it always helps to have a good quote on any site:
Video games aren’t for us.
They’re here to entertain the television.
-Mel Brooks
Well, it dawns on me I missed the boat last week. Too busy, but that is an opportunity within itself. This week has flew by and I’ve had to move the sit/stand issue into the workflow.
Overall, it feels good. The only negative aspect being that I am once again split between two computers, causing a bit of an organizational issue. But, otherwise, it feels pretty good. I probably did sit a bit more this week. My energy was diminished a bit by the weather change and my allergies. Nothing major, but a bit of a drag for those of us affected by those things.
Amazingly enough, my back has almost quit hurting. A bit of a twinge now and then, but better overall. My elbow is a bit more tweaked, but not to the point of disuse. I think part of that is going to be helped by the mouse pads I added to the situation. Also, making myself stand much closer to the keyboard seems to help, bringing my arms into a more natural pattern.
Signing off and going home for a three day weekend. Go ahead, be jealous.
I was debating where to put this, but I think it needs to develop a bit more before I want to post further on the premise. I’m assuming the list of books is all they have completed at this point. When they have both the Illiad and the Odyssey, I’ll think more of them.
Apple is shipping Comic software and it certain seems interesting. Nice to know someone has an inexpensive version for the Windows world as well.
Scribus :: Open Source Desktop Publishing for Linux, Mac OS® X and Windows®
I remember running across Scribus back in it’s infancy. Very sad idea of a program back then, but it looks to have shaped up nicely. I’m thinking about doing a personal project developing a printable “map” of the Romanian language and wanted to use an open-source desktop publishing app.
The interesting thing about it is how I found this program. I started at Sourceforge, which is a nightmare to navigate and eventually gave up, intending to do a Google search for desktop publishers. However, my search engine in Firefox was set to Wikipedia and up popped the entry. There was a link to desktop publishing software, so I went to that page and there were two open source apps. Scribus was the one I wanted and now I’m ready to go.
Oh, and the project I’m thinking about is based on somethign I purchased at Barnes and Nobles recently. A Japanese language map. Really nice product for $8. You can see them here: http://bbks.com/products_mapseries.asp
Help2Go - Force Start Menu to Show All Programs
I despise having to click that stupid little button to see all of my programs. Yet, somehow, every PC I currently use does this. Been too lazy to fix it, but today was the last straw. Now, I won’t have to rehash the search terms in Google 14 times before I find the instructions.
Seems this is just kicking off. No 23233 (my home) or 23173 (University of Richmond) yet, but I will put in mine and we’ll see what happens.