The End...

Well, we've managed to make it to the end of yet another semester. Hopefully, somewhere along the way, you learned something new and had fun in the process! I'll close out my blog for the semester with a few remarks and then give you your final blogging assignment.

• Congratulations to those of you (most of you) who will be graduating on 09 May 2008! Hopefully, I'll get a chance to see you at graduation. Just because you are graduating doesn't mean you have to become a stranger. You are welcome to come back and take more classes, maybe work on another degree (Networking anyone?), or just stop by and say hello. Don't forget that there are other options available as well. If you want to continue your education you may want to consider ECU's 2+2 transfer program in the Department of Technology Systems. You're practically half-way there!

• I've enjoyed reading your blogs over the past semester, and hope you've enjoyed writing them. Many of you posted entries about technologies that I wasn't familiar with, so it has been a learning experience for me as well. Feel free to keep your blog "alive" after the semester ends. Who knows, you might have developed a following in the last couple of months.

And last but not least, your final blogging assignment:

• This entry will cover the week of 29 April through 06 May 2008. You will not have to post a technology related entry for that week.
  

• For your final blog, give me your thoughts on the class. What would you change? What would you keep the same? Was there something you really enjoyed? Something you learned that you didn't have a clue about before? Anything you want to share about your experiences in the class.

• And since you don't have to do any research, this entry is due on Monday, 05 May 2008 before 10:00 AM.
  

Have a great summer!

Blogging... Dangerous?

It seems that nothing is safe anymore...

According to a recent InformationWeek article, "Three well-known tech bloggers have had heart attacks since December, and a story in the New York Times suggests that the high stress of blogging may be a cause." The article goes on to say that two of the three died as a result of their heart attacks.

Heart attacks? Deaths? From blogging? Say it ain't so!

Just to be on the safe side, if you're feeling a little anxious about your next blog entry, relax. Sit back, put your feet up, and sit a spell. Just make sure you get your entry posted by the deadline!

Poem in Your Pocket

OK, so this isn't exactly technology related, unless you count the fact that I doing it as a blog entry. But, occasionally you need a little culture in your life...

Today is the first national Poem in Your Pocket Day. Since most of you are not on campus and won't get the opportunity to see the display in the library, I thought I would at least share one of my favorite poems with you.

Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

- Emily Dickinson

See, that wasn't so bad after all. Feel free to leave your favorite poem (or a link to it) as a comment.

See the World

See the world (at least parts of it) without leaving your computer!

Some of you already know this, but for those of you who don't... From time to time I slip into photography buff mode. Well, this week was one of those weeks. I think it was all inspired by my Kodak EasyShare SV811 digital photo frame that I got for Christmas and finally got around to setting up.

Anyway, in looking at a few photography sites, I found a site on panoramic photography. Some of the photos are really cool, especially some of the 360-degree panoramas. They even have tutorials to show you how to do it!

Enjoy!

Thanks Mr. Hill

This week's post will be short - and courtesy of Mr. Hill who turned me on to the site.

If you've ever felt the panic of losing your flash drive, here is a tip. Label your drive with your contact info and hopefully you'll get it back.

The instructions are from a site called lifehacker. It's a pretty neat site and you'll find all kinds of other "useful" stuff.