Michele is feeling much better right now. In fact, she has been feeling well enough that I have been able to be in the office the whole week for the first time in quite a while. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we are not sure yet about what [...]

Some time ago I wrote a rather negative response to a rather negative online editorial by Blaise Cronin, dean of IU SLIS, about blogs and bloggers. Cronin strikes back with a weak attempt at seizing some kind of moral high ground about freedom of expression and the need for “civility and decorum.” While [...]

I’ve been very preoccupied by other matters for several days now (including a trip to see family in east central Illinois) but hope to get back to posting more routinely in the next few days.
One thing I’ve learned in the past few days is the exposure that having a blog can provide, for good or [...]

Michele writes the following about yesterday’s visit to the neurologist:
I went to the doctor today and there is not a lot of new information. My blood tests are elevated but only
slightly. This is good and bad, if they were drastically off then it would be clear what the problem is but because they [...]

Brinley and I enjoyed some time together on the front porch swing a few months ago. It’s nice to have wireless connectivity outdoors!

I’ve installed the Flickr gallery plugin for WordPress (with much difficulty and troubleshooting of PHP code, unfortunately) and now have a photo gallery set up. I’ll add a permanent navigational link on the righthand side of this blog in a bit. The only set of pictures available are the latest (March 2005) studio [...]

We anticipated the mail today with great excitement, because my mother-in-law told us she had sent us a package. It arrived as promised today and the kids were all very pleased by the “cheer up” presents from Grandma J., including a new Gamecube game for Keegan, a book for Michele, and some new movies [...]

Michele wrote the following to describe some funny things the kids said last night: “Tonight in an attempt to get out of the house, we went to get dinner and for a drive. After picking up McD’s for the kids we went to get the van washed. As soon as we got in line [...]

Last night Michele and I got to see a movie my brother, Dan, had highly recommended: House of Flying Daggers. Since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is one of my all-time favorite movies, I looked forward to comparing it with this one that is somewhat similar in style and setting.
Some impressions:

eye-popping cinematography, such gorgeous colors [...]

D’Arcy Norman Dot Net » Blog Archive » Faculty Technology Days session on Weblogs and Wikis
I was thinking as I read about this upcoming session at the University of Calgary, what would happen if I proposed something like this for the faculty at my school? Maybe I’m just in a negative mood, but frankly, [...]