Category Archives: technology
5x Faster Internet for $5
June 7, 2013 Earlier this week my internet provider, Cable One, announced that as of June 10, 2013 it would be dropping the monthly data cap with overage fees on its 50 Mbps (megabits per second) internet service. They started … Continue reading
Unexpected Obsolescence
March 30, 2013 Planned obsolescence has been a driver of our consumer culture since the Great Depression. I tend to resist it with respect to durable goods: my car is 12 years old and has over 200,000 miles on it, … Continue reading
Dealing with “Retirement” Courtesy of CableOne
March 13, 2013; THIS POST WAS FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED ON MARCH 28, 2013; UPDATED AGAIN 3/30/2013 I had a most unwelcome email message from my internet service provider in mid-March. CableOne wrote to tell me that they were “retiring” the … Continue reading
Bartlesville Public Schools Since 1950
February 17, 2013 I’ve given two community presentations recently about the history of the Bartlesville Public School District since 1950. In January I was with the Downtown Kiwanis Club and this past week the Arvest Friday Financial Forum, held each Friday … Continue reading
Cro-Magnon Classroom Tech
November 17, 2012 As I approach a quarter century of teaching, I’m making yet another shift in how I present videos in class, and that led me to ponder the ways classroom technology has changed since I began teaching physics … Continue reading
Meador Manor 