Spam Rant

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OK, I want to know who you are. I want to know which of you are actually stupid enough to think that purchasing real estate, refinancing your house, or making any major investment because of some random e-mail you received is actually a good idea. I want to …

A Night at the Drive

One of the annual events with the Furman Summer Research group is a trek to Fluor Field at the Westend for a Greenville Drive baseball game.

The Dark Knight

Brutal

That's about the only way to describe it.

Scenes from a Southern Funeral

(Photo - Funeral of John Lafayette Smith, my great-grandfather)

This past week the father of a friend of mine passed away. I had known the family for ages, and I now work in the same office as my friend's wife. I attended the funeral both as a long-term friend and a …

Separating Content from Format

Over the years I've tried to get our teachers and administrators to separate form from content.

Blackwater on the Edisto

After a fitful night of sleep I got up early and headed to our rendevous point - Mars Old Field Landing on the Edisto River. Our plan was to rendezvous at the put-in at 8:00 and paddle down to Givhan's Ferry, about a 7 mile trip. We had originally planned to paddle …

Skynyrd's

There's not much to do in St. George at 7:30 on a Friday Night.

Sansa vs Apple

Lori Arledge, one of our school technology coordinators, is teaching a graduate course for us this summer for our district teachers. The course includes podcasting, and she was demonstrating one of the Sansa Clip MP3 players she had purchased for our school. She …

IRL

I think we should meet In Real Life...

It's one of the first things that we teach kids about Internet safety.

I'm Taking Over

One of my bosses has left for a new position.

McCarter Under Construction

I spotted this last week and have just now gotten around to taking a photo and commenting on it.

Facebook

I've resisted for a long time, but I've finally done it.

Fourth Weekend Photo Ramble

Since July 4th was on a Friday and we were already off on Fridays, our office also took off Monday. We came back from the wedding fairly quickly Sunday morning since Laura was having problems with sinuses, and I hadn't gotten the chance to explore the area as much as …

Fourth Fireworks

Our family was somewhat scattered, and the drought was causing some concerns about lighting fireworks in the Upstate, so we decided on a different path for this year's Fourth.

First, we headed over to Paul's for some of his world-famous ribs and blistering rounds of …

Congratulations Karen and Herman!

This weekend was the big wedding for our good friends Karen Buchmueller and Herman Holt.

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July 4th Reflections

Military

OK, I get it. Our military history is inextricably linked to our pursuit of freedom and democracy. Even the very fireworks we use to celebrate this day are a reflection of the munitions used to secure such freedoms. While July 4th was the actual Signing of …

Libraries and Museums - Not There Yet

This photograph of Nina Simon over at Museum 2.0 pretty much sums up my experience with museum and library websites over the weekend.

A Cautionary Technology Tale

This is an absolutely true story which took place last Thursday, June 26. The names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent because we enjoy giving Noel Kane-Maguire grief about this.

Every summer the Furman Chemistry Department hosts a corporate luncheon to …

Two Quick Earthly Diversions

Here are two quick video links that I found while browsing my RSS feeds this morning.