The North Carolina Community College System’s Common Course Library has recently been updated to reflect the changing times in the information systems academic areas. The following courses have been discontinued: CSC 136 Fortran Programming CSC 137 PASCAL Programming CSC 237 Advanced PASCAL CIS 144 Operating Systems – DOS CIS 146 Operating Systems – OS/2 To […]
“Hello, it looks like you are writing a letter… would you like some help?” – Clippit (Office 97 – 2002) “Press F7 for an automatic spellcheck” – Word Processing Instructors everywhere How many times per day do you try to write something and then notice that something is misspelled, then you right-click that little wavy […]
This has been an eventful semester for me, both academically and personally. Now that things are coming down to the last few days and I have only one more exam to take, I am beginning to freak out a little bit and things are getting stressful. The most active thing on my mind at the […]
Chicken-Alfredo Pizza (quick version) 2 prepared pizza crusts, thin crust 2lb Prepared Chicken 16oz Alfredo Sauce (1 jar) 12oz Pepper Jack (or Monterey-jack w/jalapeno) cheese, shredded black pepper, fresh ground dry basil Preheat oven to 425°F, with stoneware pizza stone in. Place crusts on a pans that are easy to slide them from. Pour half […]
What is it that I need as a person? Why am I always so unhappy? I am happy in the ceramic studio, and in other classes as well. I am happy during the day when I am by myself and there is no one else around. I am not happy when people are around me […]
I have thrown many pieces, including my sculptures, but I am back to my same fear from last semester, I am missing something or something will not go right. My sculptures are all done but one, but because of their size, I am now worried that I won’t have time to get them fired and […]
It is 0330, I should be asleep right now, but as much as a try, I can’t fall asleep, all of these thoughts are converging on my tiny brain at once. With such a short time remaining (14 days) it is becoming more of a challenge to keep these thoughts under control. I am going […]
Throw An Egg – to use a lump of clay to create (“throw”) a closed form on the potter’s wheel, resembling an egg. //Just a simple clarification for anyone who thought I was planning to make a mess with yolks this evening.
Tweedy has done something that she has never been known to do in the recent history of the studio, she moved a deadline. Being a few projects away from being done, I am glad that I now have closer to 20 days to get finished instead of the 7 previously. Task Old Deadline New Deadline […]
I set out working on SiteEngine for my personal site over a week ago, planning to write the stuff for the multiple site feeds first, then working on everything else, but I have found myself quite distracted by working on the mailing list manager tool for it. That reminds me, most of you, whether you […]