(from what I learned studying to be a 911 Dispatcher/Police Officer in Oakland/Berkeley): - When you call 911, the first thing you tell the dispatcher is your location, so tell them the cross streets (and where the suspect is headed if possible), then what happened/or is happening, as calm as you can (so you can be heard clearly, so th...

I spent a lot of time (about an hour and a half) trying to buy a new OLD Apple Watch. Not one of the snazzy new ones, but the years old Series 5 Aluminum. It has the always-on display (nice to have when talking to people, without being rude). The Streaks app (sooo good!) I just downloaded has a watch face for it (Series 4 and up). My S...

One of my students who hasn't done any work during the year, who would show up to small group sessions, but still not turn in any work - started engaging with the class, with me, when we started making a video game in Scratch. It started with some comments trickling in from him during Synchronous Zoom meetings. It took me by surprise, ...

That was annoying: Google Chrome wasn't loading any websites. After going down rabbit holes (many of them), I found the article that reset the browser to it's default settings. Persistence pays, but man, an hour of my life I will never get back, and all because I wanted to use Peardeck.

One of my students video projects (their top 5 games) inspired me to play Rocket League this morning. What was supposed to be a quick 15-minute game, turned into an hour. Gosh, I love this game. It’s the speed I’ve always wanted in a Soccer game, because of well, cars. Cars playing Soccer - life is beautiful. I’m also playing it again ...