My Life in 2010

I think when I spend too much time navel-gazing, I tend to feel worse.  Honestly, I will never discover all the secrets of nature and there’s nothing wrong with spending a day watching “30 Rock” and “Mad Men.”  It feels good to embrace entertainment and worldly concerns.  You can lose yourself.

Also I tend to spend an . . . → Read More: Worldly happiness

There was intense competition to win the Project Euler competition tonight in my Java class.  We went over chapter 12 and I assigned a GUI that writes data to files.  You also have to be able to read the data.

That felt good.

I also had a wonderful grill today with my mother, grandmother, and brother.  It really . . . → Read More: Great Java class!

In some ways 2009-2010 flew by, in some ways it feels like I’ve been teaching Government/Economics for years.   I certainly learned a great deal about our government this year.  I couldn’t have told you as many Amendments to the Constitution at this time last year.

My personality seems better suited to teaching Seniors rather than Freshman.  I . . . → Read More: End of the school year reflections

From my SEO audit (provided free from godaddy.com), I am the owner of some woefully invisible websites.  Fortunately they give some tips.

I’ve finished grading my Java programs and uploading their grades.  Tomorrow I’ll zip up the syllabus, grades, attendance and send it to the bosses at Miami Dade.  The end of the semester always feels good.  . . . → Read More: SEO