Thursday evening we had the opportunity to go rappelling off the top of a 10-story building in downtown Oklahoma City. Pictures can be found at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jhjessup/JumpingOffTheTrainingCenter
It was fun.
- Jonathan
Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Complete Online Integration
I'm at a friend's house, and I'm trying to make the most use of my time by working on a school paper via Google Docs. I don't often use Google Docs for document authoring, but it's convenient and accessible.
I'm discovering new features like "email as attachment", "Publish to web", and "Publish to Blog". Oh, and I noticed a few months ago that I have the option in gmail of opening attached documents in Google Docs.
I could do (almost) all my document management via google. It's a bit of a paradigm shift. For example:
Prof. emails me an assignment as a word document, I open it in google docs. I now have a copy of the document in google docs, and never again need to open the attachment from the email. I view the assignment in one tab of the browser, work on the text of the assignment in google docs open in a second tab. Changes are saved automatically, and I can roll backwards and forwards version-wise if I make any mistakes. After the assignment is completed, I email it to the professor as an email attachment (doc, rtf, odf, or pdf), and I'm done. All online.
I don't have to keep a local copy of the instruction document, I don't have to use a local word processor to create write the assignment, I don't have to keep a local (versioned!) backup of the document. All I need is an internet connection and a web browser. And Google Docs.
I'm kinda pumped about this. The primary "missing piece" for me is headers and footers. And maybe footnotes.
I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.
I'm discovering new features like "email as attachment", "Publish to web", and "Publish to Blog". Oh, and I noticed a few months ago that I have the option in gmail of opening attached documents in Google Docs.
I could do (almost) all my document management via google. It's a bit of a paradigm shift. For example:
Prof. emails me an assignment as a word document, I open it in google docs. I now have a copy of the document in google docs, and never again need to open the attachment from the email. I view the assignment in one tab of the browser, work on the text of the assignment in google docs open in a second tab. Changes are saved automatically, and I can roll backwards and forwards version-wise if I make any mistakes. After the assignment is completed, I email it to the professor as an email attachment (doc, rtf, odf, or pdf), and I'm done. All online.
I don't have to keep a local copy of the instruction document, I don't have to use a local word processor to create write the assignment, I don't have to keep a local (versioned!) backup of the document. All I need is an internet connection and a web browser. And Google Docs.
I'm kinda pumped about this. The primary "missing piece" for me is headers and footers. And maybe footnotes.
I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Parapalegic Cockroach
Once a scientist conducted an experiment on cockroaches. First he caught a cockroach and put on a table. Then he cut off one of its legs and commanded it to walk. The poor cockroach tried to escape, but didn't get very far.
The scientist continued his experiment. He cut one more leg off the cockroach and again commanded it to walk. The cockroach again tried to escape, but couldn't get away.The scientist continued his experiment, cutting one leg at a time off the cockroach, commanding the cockroach to walk after each amputation.
The cockroach was able to propel itself forward after each amputation, right up until it became legless. After the last leg was amputated, the scientist again commanded the roach to walk. This time, it didn't move.
The scientist's conclusion?
WHEN COCKROACHES LOSE THEIR LEGS THEY BECOME DEAF!!!!
The scientist continued his experiment. He cut one more leg off the cockroach and again commanded it to walk. The cockroach again tried to escape, but couldn't get away.The scientist continued his experiment, cutting one leg at a time off the cockroach, commanding the cockroach to walk after each amputation.
The cockroach was able to propel itself forward after each amputation, right up until it became legless. After the last leg was amputated, the scientist again commanded the roach to walk. This time, it didn't move.
The scientist's conclusion?
WHEN COCKROACHES LOSE THEIR LEGS THEY BECOME DEAF!!!!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
It's Friday!!!
And it sure feels like it.
(Wooo!!!! 17 minutes left!)
It's really not a negative feeling, just kind of... unproductively goofy. It feels like a Friday.
(Wooo!!!! 17 minutes left!)
It's really not a negative feeling, just kind of... unproductively goofy. It feels like a Friday.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
What an awesome one-word sentence.
I took my Wills and Trusts exam this afternoon! It's done!
Two down, one to go.
I should celebrate or something.
I took my Wills and Trusts exam this afternoon! It's done!
Two down, one to go.
I should celebrate or something.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Business Organizations is Finished!
For the time being, anyway.
I took the final exam for Business Organizations this afternoon. It was supposed to be a three hour test, so I was a bit surprised when the computer came up with a 2 hour time limit - it turned out the exam file I got from the college was slightly erroneous. But we got that straigtened out.
I'm sitting in Panera Bread right now, enjoying a (short) evening out.
It's nice.
I took the final exam for Business Organizations this afternoon. It was supposed to be a three hour test, so I was a bit surprised when the computer came up with a 2 hour time limit - it turned out the exam file I got from the college was slightly erroneous. But we got that straigtened out.
I'm sitting in Panera Bread right now, enjoying a (short) evening out.
It's nice.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
I Like Money
I just finished thumbing through a stack of 30 sequentially numbered $100 bills.
It was fun.
It was fun.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Coffee Dan
We're having a conference here this week!
I have been charged with the honor/distinction of managing the audio equipment for the conference, which includes two translator stations and appropriate broadcasters and recievers for a group of spanish speaking attendees and a group of Romanian attendees. This has involved a lot of running around, obtaining and configuring all manner of cables and adaptors. And radios for the recievers.
I was up until 5:45 yesterday morning (Tuesday) getting things ready, got six hours of sleep (yeah, I know- that's plenty. Yeah, right.), then continued running around all afternoon getting everything ready to go for the opening session at 7:00 pm last night (Wednesday).
I was pretty zonked all afternoon.
Until I went to Coffee Dan's.
About two years ago, a friend of mine told me about the most wonderful coffee store right down the street from us. At the time (yea verily, until this evening) I was not a coffee drinker, so I never bothered to check it out. This afternoon, zonked that I was, I went to see what I could find at the coffee place.
Coffee Dan's is a side business of West End Roastery, a manufacturer of coffee roasting equipment which is reputed to be some of the best in the world. They sell a variety of coffee beans (whole or fresh-ground) from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Hawaii, and probably several other places I didn't notice. They also sell coffee beverages- coffee, esspresso, cappucino, latte, etc. I ordered a latte with macadamia nut syrup and was astounded. It was amazing. It was just incredible.
I also bought a pound of fresh roasted (1 or 3 days) fresh ground (on the spot!) Costa Rican coffee. I tried it out this evening (Wednesday), and I think I'm now a coffee drinker.
Quinton would be proud.
I have been charged with the honor/distinction of managing the audio equipment for the conference, which includes two translator stations and appropriate broadcasters and recievers for a group of spanish speaking attendees and a group of Romanian attendees. This has involved a lot of running around, obtaining and configuring all manner of cables and adaptors. And radios for the recievers.
I was up until 5:45 yesterday morning (Tuesday) getting things ready, got six hours of sleep (yeah, I know- that's plenty. Yeah, right.), then continued running around all afternoon getting everything ready to go for the opening session at 7:00 pm last night (Wednesday).
I was pretty zonked all afternoon.
Until I went to Coffee Dan's.
About two years ago, a friend of mine told me about the most wonderful coffee store right down the street from us. At the time (yea verily, until this evening) I was not a coffee drinker, so I never bothered to check it out. This afternoon, zonked that I was, I went to see what I could find at the coffee place.
Coffee Dan's is a side business of West End Roastery, a manufacturer of coffee roasting equipment which is reputed to be some of the best in the world. They sell a variety of coffee beans (whole or fresh-ground) from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Hawaii, and probably several other places I didn't notice. They also sell coffee beverages- coffee, esspresso, cappucino, latte, etc. I ordered a latte with macadamia nut syrup and was astounded. It was amazing. It was just incredible.
I also bought a pound of fresh roasted (1 or 3 days) fresh ground (on the spot!) Costa Rican coffee. I tried it out this evening (Wednesday), and I think I'm now a coffee drinker.
Quinton would be proud.
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