My Week Ending 2023-02-12

It was an interesting blogging week. I enjoy it when my thinking takes me to new places. Plus, I got an interview. What’s not to like?

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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

• This an inspirational post about a lady aged 24 becoming a doctor in Ontario
• Some hacks for your microphone to save you some money

Monday

• The first I heard of the terrible earthquake in Syria / Turkey
• You can never have enough photo editing tools – here are three more to add to your collection

Tuesday

• I always wanted one of those Japanese school kids packbacks but maybe not once I read this
• You should never trust a download link if you can’t be sure of the site providing it – wise advice

Wednesday

• The search cards are down – ChatGPT versus Bard; I just want it to be over with
• This was an interesting read; we’ve seen all the layoffs in the tech industry – what does it mean for STEM?

Thursday

• If you’re a user of Vivaldi, the collection of themes is easier to access now
• Zoom makes layoffs; the tech industry did thrive but now reality is kicking back in

Friday

• The Kansas City Chiefs are big underdogs for Sunday – now it’s reported many of them are sick
• It’s going to be a big money item to redo the provincial legislature

Saturday

• If you’re a teacher, this story will bring you to tears – it did for me
• What’s the difference between Windows 11 Pro and Home? I have Home and it does everything and way more than I could want

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 2023-02-05
• Monday – Goderich
• Tuesday – Smile for the camera
• Wednesday – Calculators
• Thursday – Learning to search again
• Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
• Saturday – Which one?
• Sunday – Whatever happened to …

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#FollowFriday – February 10, 2023

Photo by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash

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voicEd Radio

This Week in Ontario Edublogs is a blog post/show/podcast that features great writing from Ontario Edubloggers. Stephen Hurley and I use their writing as the basis for a conversation.

Featured Bloggers:

• Sharon Ethier – @sharon_ethier
• Cameron Steltman – @MrSteltman
• Mr Dixon – @TeachingMrDixon
• Edugals – @Edugals
• Amy Bowker – @amybowker
• Anjuli (Tandon) Ahooja – @anjuliahooja
• Arianna Lambert – @MsALambert

This week’s voicEd Radio show:

Peace playlist

A playlist of the songs of Peace that we open and close the show with.

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Technology Troubleshooting

I have a troubleshooting situation in progress.

Jaimie and I went for a walk this morning and I listened to a Dr. Hook collection of songs.

We went a little further than normal so I had to dial up something else but nothing would come up on my iPod. After the frustration grew, I looked and everything on my iPod had a grey download area on it like it had been deleted and I needed to download again. That was frustrating.

I finished the walk listening to some streaming content from YouTube and made it a point to sinc my iPod to the laptop with my Music library. I hope it all comes back.

This is totally weird.

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Video of the Week

Speaking of YouTube and music, this may be my favourite Dr. Hook / Dennis Locorriere song.

Photo of the Week

When you have a daughter in the business, sometimes surprises pop up when you go out for a Valentine’s Day supper. There is a plug for the restaurant at the bottom.

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

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