The 7.5 Learning Habits

I finally listened to the podcast - I gave up
trying to fix the Skype phone,
and just did it at work, but that was okay.

My easiest learning habit - seeing problems
as challenges - when I'm *motivated* to make
something work, or achieve a goal. :) Then
I really try, try and try until I get something
to work.

My hardest habit - thinking things through.
I sometimes dive in and later wish I'd
just been a *leeetle* more judicious about
saying "yes, I can". :)

Summing it up, I learn for the sake of learning,
when I'm interested. Otherwise, there's got to be
some reason for me to learn - ie, a goal to reach.

Link to Office Web Widgets story

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Lorem Ipsum - Useless fact of the day.... What is it?

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We were asked to figure out which of the 7.5 learning habits were easy and which were challenges - well, one of my strengths is learning purely because I'm curious. I hate being told "no" without a reason, reasons are *important*!! And, anyway getting back to this learning thingy... if I could figure out how to get Skype on my home PC to work, I could listen to the Pod cast and tell you! LOL. So as usual my learning takes the non -direct completely off topic route... but I still somehow find a way to get back to where I'm supposed to be. Just, I never take the direct (or god forbid!) easy way!! :) I guess my next post will tell you all about that part... when I get back to work, or figure out how skype integrates pods cast and live music... hum... disconnect Skype phone?? :) Naw.. too easy!!

Anyway, I'm still currently working on my blog - I can't get the linking to work right for my Cheekee Monkee pictures and link... Sigh. That whole "insert link" button thing has me flumoxed. Of course I think (I'm not sure) if I could just figure out the appropriate HTML tagging, I could just code it in... but that would be work. And I like to avoid work. Really, this whole thing is so complicated...a search for bits and pieces to put together to make it work. And then there's that whole Blog Spot changing to Blogger, requiring me to create a new id... very annoying. But hey, its free, right?

And for those who managed to read this far, and are wondering about the Latin... the Latin is *most* appropriate I think. I'm told it translates as follows:

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..." beginning Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC

Sailing

Flying the hull (getting the main hull and one of the
amas out of the water) on a Corsair F27 can be a fun experience -
as this picture of the well known

cheekeemonkee

under sail demonstrates! Wish I could be
sitting on that boat in the spray filled nets right
now!

Web 2.0 - is it dead?

I found this posted online, read it and was interested
in what others might think about the expressed opinion.

So I'm posting the link. Follow the links embedded in
the post for more interesting web 2.0 applications
and information...

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cat_eats_pigeon.php

Read and comment and hopefully enjoy!

Soo.. my blog

What do I hope to accomplish with my blog? Well, I'd like to do
the 23 Learning Activities with LCPL (work related). But I'd also like
to get some practical experience working with sound files, not just images...

And I'll probably be posting some more personalized content - pictures
etc.

Trumpet Fanfare Please!

Well, we're off to a running start on the 23 Learning Things at LCPL.
Let's hope we stay the course and finsh in time to earn a nice itune player...
(or something like that anyway...)

Off to listen to Doug's PodCast (or at anyrate, figure out how to get the balky
machine to let me...)