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Happy Halloween
Please be safe.
fall 2023
the autumn colors are in while I type this
New Park at Brainerd MN river front
This new park is being built along Mississippi River and East River Rd in Brainerd Minnesota. Parts of the road and Cuyuna Trail were adjusted and resurfaced with utilities worked on. There is an ampatheter, restrooms, sidewalks, and other features to be built including a playground. The area was once known as Whittier Park and had been used as a parking lot belonging the city, public school, and one other unknown entity. March – December 2022
Happy memorial Day
Have a great day!
Gregory Park Ice Skating Party
free Valentines Ice skating party
ice skating fun and games and food
ice is mostly solid but bumpy (on Sat Feb 12) but party is still on
more info at the event’s web page http://www.ci.brainerd.mn.us/360/Skating-Party
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween!
I think electric vehicles are only part of the solution. I do think we need to move away from gasoline powered equipment but think electric vehicles are only a very small part of that solution
- I think Internet Access (and phone calls, and mayve even older media like tv, radio and mail) where people can work, play, or go to school (at least some of the time) is the number one solution (avoiding vehicles).
- 2nd solution more walking and bicycling.
For Electrifying vehicles I think there may be priorities:
- With electric vehicles I think electric bicycles may be good solution (I won’t use it since I also pedal bike for exercise, staying healthy. balanced and can’t carry batteries)
- Electric Elevators
- electric public transit systems including buses.
- Electric school buses.
- Electric vehicles that move many of the goods/freight
- electric public owned vehicles and company vehicles
- personal electric vehicles
With the electric vehicles I hope there can be mostly renewable energy used with them (on/off grid) some maybe having there own solar panels to supplement and maybe dynamo generators and systems that recovery energy from breaking. lighter weight materials may help as well.
I have a bicycle that generates it’s own electricity for the lighting (not movement) with a dynamo hub.
Online classes experience
I have been participating in online classes (on and off) since 1998-1999. My first web based courses were in high school a networking class designed by Cisco systems and web design class that was a combination of interactive television(ITV) and web based class. The networking class mostly self paced online class using a web browser and Shockwave player but within the time limits of a regular class period that had hands on projects. Both of those web based classes were actually in brick and motor specialized (ITV room and computer labs) classrooms and the networking class was on a local server so it was much different than web based classes at the comfort or discomfort of my own home.
I took a few college web based classes in 2000 and 2001 that went well. Only one used video though and the video was on using an CD-ROM ebook and assignments were posted on a web page and sent by email. Some used discussion boards and testing (one which timed out on me just when I finished and didn’t submit since my connection dropped) and others that relied on project and book based assignments. Majority of my college classes were in the brick and motor classroom and I could sometimes see the teacher of web based classes in person at their office if I wanted to.
I took some online classes in between.
2019 – 2020 -2021 I had by far some of my best and worst online class experiences. I learned both the value and the over use of video conferencing, and message boards. I had 2 university grad classes that overused message boards and overused textbook and underutilized video conferencing in 2020. I took many self paced classes from NFHSLearn.com and other providers. I like that format probably the most when it works correctly. I had 2 summer university grad classes that were way too long without enough breaks, no textbook(or ebook), overused online “handouts/work sheets” many taken from just a mobile phone camera given last minute, and a tight homework schedule which I have to say ended being some of the worst classes I ever took. One other college class not exact time but strict deadlines and blurry video, however this class the instructor and college will allow me to retake.
I had one coaching class for track and field with nationally recognized teacher/coaches and athletes that was 4 days together required meeting video conference time but made good use of breaks. The ebook came with the class. The test had an extended period of time to take (up to 3 months) (open ebook). So I really enjoyed that class.
virtual meeting
Following with Pandemic guidelines and following principles in my Datacommuting book, I met with my family virtually via Zoom.us video conference for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is nice of Zoom.us to allow extra free time for 2020 holidays.