Teaching journal

What did I learn in class today?



1. Test questions should be as specific as possible.
Blood pressure? Atrial stretch?

2. Go slow & don't be afraid to give breaks
Don't worry about completing the curriculum. Very MOE, tsk tsk...

3. Going though the answers immediately after a class quiz is good.
Gives me an idea of the level of learning

4. Plan practical to minimise waiting time & around available resources.
3 hours of 7 replicates is 21 man-hours wasted. Consider resources that allow for parallel use

Configuring wintel wireless adapters

Remind me again why I hate Wintel hardware.

Spent the pass 3 hours trying to get my X31 to latch on to the wireless network at home. It was a hair-pulling experience.

Remember, those of you who are using the old Intel 2100 wireless cards. You have to un-hide your network's SSID, otherwise it wouldn't be able to detect it. Even if you type in the ID manually.

I hate Wintel!

Small desktop PC project

So, in an effort to reduce freight charges, my next project is this...


Source: mini-itx.com

Ultimately housed in a 6cmx25cmx25cm casing...



Watch this space for updates...

Beginning of the crash?

or maybe not, depending which analyst you talk to.

However the situation turns out by the end of this trading week, there's no doubt that we're in the midst of an oil shock not felt since the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War.



At $2.20 a litre, I'd take a can of cola anytime...

On hives, allergies and all things uncomfy

It's a weird but liberating experience realising that you have food allergy after 3 decades of conscious existence.



I think that excludes 99% of crappy, lukewarm, human perspiration soaked street-vendor food.

So glad there's a well-equiped pantry next to the workstation.