doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


December 2018

  • From 2018

    As we sit here waiting for 2019, I decided that I’d take a look back at the blog for the past year. I could do analytics to find the most popular posts but, in these days of spammers, do they really mean anything? Instead, I decided to pull up blog posts for a month at… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 12/31/2018

    The Best of Ontario-Educators Daily The best of ontario-educators daily is out! https://t.co/O4a039xues Stories via @tlsaloranta @pattimarathon @harryniezen #technology #ilovewikipedia — tags: IFTTT Twitter Critics accuse PCs of making ‘misleading’ claims about lower gas prices in Ontario | CBC News Critics accuse PCs of making ‘misleading’ claims about lower gas prices in Ontario https://t.co/6wUj9n49nT #ON… Continue reading

  • My Week Ending December 30, 2018

    Here’s a summary of some of the things I learned and published this week. Readings  (You can follow my daily readings as they happen here.  Here are a selected few from the past week.) This is an interesting guide if you’re a bit older and yet still want to go back to college. Of course, your… Continue reading

  • Whatever happened to …

    … .arc files? I was thinking about this the other day while watching the upgrade to Tessa 19.1 on my computer. It took me back; way back. Back to the days when we all used modems to dial up to connect to services. And, people like me ran a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) just as… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 12/30/2018

    The Best of Ontario-Educators Daily The best of ontario-educators daily is out! https://t.co/tVwPyBBnL1 Stories via @brmf_rm @TeacherHann @denielsen #hr #codebreaker — tags: IFTTT Twitter Tracy Chapman – “New Beginning” (Official Music Video) – YouTube https://t.co/FUglahFl2K — tags: IFTTT Twitter https://go.shr.lc/2CE4pDo My Activity Passport – making sure I haven’t missed anything – https://t.co/EIO5hapeZe via @Shareaholic —… Continue reading