My Week Ending 2021-12-26

Here’s a summary of some of the things I learned and published this week.

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Readings 

You can follow my daily readings as they happen here.  Below are a selected few, with commentary, from the past week. They’re posted to the blog daily under the title OTR Links.

Sunday

• Whoever was in charge of spell checking is probably looking for a job right now. I wonder if the people who actually put the board in place knew but didn’t say anything or is it just teachers?
• I guess if there’s something people want and something that some people have, there will be a market for it

Monday

• St. Clair College is the latest to postpone classes and I suspect that we’re going to see more and more of this
• I have what would be considered a lower end Chromebook and it does so much that I would be hard pressed to get an expensive computer when I next upgrade

Tuesday

• A call from Windsor council to vaccinate all students – it should just be here, it should be everywhere
• Adobe releases a free cloud-based imaging program that I think so many people would appreciate

Wednesday

• This is really interesting – Duckduckgo is developing a desktop web browser not based on the Chromium engine
• This shouldn’t have to be a request – the living conditions that migrant workers live in are appalling

Thursday

• Canadian television at it’s best – Still Standing is going into season seven. It’s amazing how communities are different and yet all the same when they get together in a hall to film the show
• If you have a Chromebook, you use Chrome OS and you just might really be interested in learning about these tips

Friday

• I know a lot of Harry Potter fans who will watch this and wish for a quick opportunity to see the movie
• I’ve always wondered why computer manufacturers don’t create their own anti-virus – after all, they should know their stuff better than anyone

Saturday

• I’ve never had the desire but I see a lot of others doing this and it’s actually bad for your windshield wipers
• Now we have browser wars driving our new cars?

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Blog Posts on
doug — off the record

My daily contributions to this blog are linked below. If you’re looking for a week in review for doug–off the record, you came to the right place.

• Sunday – My Week Ending December 19, 2021
  • Weekly summary of things around here
• Monday – Woke
  • If being sensitive to others make me woke, I’m woke
• Tuesday – Making movies
  • There are more ways to create movies than one might know
• Wednesday – Higher education
  • Is the high cost of college and university still worth it?
• Thursday – This is 2021
  • My thoughts about putting out a bounty for a doctor in the year 2021
• Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
  • A review of seven recent blog posts from Ontario Educators
• Saturday – Merry Christmas
  • Best of the season to everyone
• Sunday – Whatever happened to … ?
  • A weekly fun post to try to get you to reflect on things and share your thoughts

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#FollowFriday – December 24, 2021

https://wke.lt/w/s/J9-oQv

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voicEd Radio

This Week in Ontario Edublogs is a show/podcast that features great writing from Ontario Edubloggers.

Featured Bloggers:

• Matthew Morris – @callmemrmorris
• Amanda Potts – @Ahpotts
• St. Oscar Romaro Catholic Secondary School – @romeroraiders
• Diana Maliszewski – @MzMollyTL
• Marc Hodgkinson – @Mr_H_Teacher
• David Petro – @davidpetro314
• Jessica Outram – @jessicaoutram

This week’s show:

https://voiced.ca/podcast_episode_post/stereotypes-identity-inquiry-and-the-heart-of-saturday-night/

Opening Song:

Closing Song:

All of the shows are archived here. The show is broadcast LIVE almost every Wednesday morning at 8:45 on voicEd Radio.

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Technology Troubleshooting

Sometimes, you just have to pony up the bucks and replace technology that isn’t functioning.

For years, we’ve enjoyed an indoor/outdoor thermometer on the kitchen counter. Jaimie and I look at it as we prepare for our walks.

When you’re told that it’s 50 degrees outside when you know that it’s close to zero, it’s time to replace things. I tried everything I could with the old one – new batteries, letting it sit overnight, put it in the freezer, but nothing would work.

“Jaimie” gave me a nicely wrapped new one for Christmas.

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Video of the Week

Guess what the Prime Minister was talking about

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Photo of the Week

Jaimie and I caught this sunrise this past week

Thanks for reading.

Please join me daily for something new and, hopefully, interesting for you. I honestly and truthfully appreciate your few moments reading my thoughts. Time willing, this summary appears every Sunday afternoon.

Be safe.

dp

This blog post was originally posted at:

https://dougpete.wordpress.com/