doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


July 2022

  • My Week Ending 2022-07-31

    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.  Below are a selected few, with commentary, from the past week. They’re posted to the blog daily under the title OTR Links. Sunday This is the first time I’ve seen so… Continue reading

  • Whatever happened to …

    … soap on a rope? I know that I’ve pulled some pretty obscure topics into this Sunday morning post but, folks, this one isn’t mine. The idea came from Sheila Stewart after reading David Truss’ post. It wasn’t about the soap so you’ll have to click through and read it. My thoughts will be about… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 07/31/2022

    Twitter / ? Top story: @Dwight_Carter: ‘My name is on the cover of #BeGREAT, but it would lack something special without the contributions of some amazing #educators, #leaders, #mentors, and, most importantly, friends! I’m #gratefu… https://t.co/XWyFnqkrWE, see… tags: IFTTT Twitter ‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert | Climate… Continue reading

  • Could this be the best browser for Macintosh?

    I still have a MacBook Pro. According to the “About This Mac”, it’s mid-2012 which makes it about 10 years old. I bought it thinking it might be the last Macintosh I ever owned. So, it came with 8GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive. At one point, I took out that hard drive… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 07/30/2022

    Twitter / ? Top story: @jonstewart: ‘A Message to and from Mister Senator Ted Cruz…Attorney at Law #PassthePactact ‘ https://t.co/zHXIi42i3F, see more https://t.co/xQorfIpuux — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) Jul 30, 2022 tags: IFTTT Twitter The Best of Ontario Educators 7 Daily The Best of Ontario Educators 7 is out! – https://t.co/rqWoFKpbsW Special thanks to @munakadri @MarieSnyder27… Continue reading