Category Archives: Thoughts

Impressionable Brick…

Posted on 2010/03/19 by chris

I recently had a LEGO friend who was looking for a home for her LEGO. I sadly yesterday picked it up from her house and brought it home. As I was unloading the car I saw the pieces and parts … Continue reading →

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Onlinewagon Trend Patterns

Posted on 2010/02/09 by chris

Let’s see the trends here… BBS, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, Blogging, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Buzz… anyone else see the pattern? It’s just the same as before. Different companies always trying to solve some ‘problem’ the previous company apparently didn’t. But if … Continue reading →

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The structure of my classes…

Posted on 2009/12/10 by chris

I’ve had a lot of complaints about the volume of work given. I’ve even taken criticism from other instructors that I “attempt to do too much during the semester.” There is a reason for that. It is simple. It’s what … Continue reading →

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Full Circle Web Browsing #1

Posted on 2009/06/26 by chris

I was looking at the latest news about what is going on and was reading about Nada. I happened to glance and read something about maskups. It was related to this picture on Wired about artist called Girl Talk. While … Continue reading →

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From Iridium to Chemical Oxygen Generators…

Posted on 2008/11/07 by chris

So I started reading about… Iridium Satellites Discussion with Co-Worker about visiting South or North Pole Stargate Continuum HMS Tireless (S88) Chemical Oxygen Generator It’s amazing what you learn in 10 minutes.

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Card games in the classroom…

Posted on 2007/11/25 by chris

So I’ve been criticized before for having my computer science students play poker in class. I usually have some type of card game in my beginning level programming classes I teach. Blackjack, poker, or some other card based problem/simulation/game is … Continue reading →

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Projects…

Posted on 2007/08/29 by chris

So all the big projects at work have been keeping me a little busier than expected. In the last month we completely moved to a new house. So there has been even more delay in the projects I originally had … Continue reading →

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New Year Larger Projects

Posted on 2007/04/20 by chris

So last time I wrote an entree I was in the middle of a very large project at work. It was pretty big… big enough to end up in Wired magazine. It was weird seeing my work as a published … Continue reading →

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Side Effects…

Posted on 2006/10/13 by chris

Been a little busy with life in general. Work, work, work, LEGO user group, and such. I have started to notice I do not code as nearly as often as I used to. I miss it. As a side effect … Continue reading →

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Quote…

Posted on 2005/12/24 by chris

What is the world? That which you make it. What you make it, is it beautiful? Christopher MacDougald

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