cold!

Alright. What gives? Why so cold, Earth? I think the ocean currents have been messed up due to far to much fresh water being introduced into the ocean because of melting icecaps, but c’mon! It’s a cold one.

Today, I missed my Blogs and Wikis course. Why? Because of my car, and also because of public transportation. This morning, according to wunderground.com, it was -19 F. My car said no. Public transit also said no, as they were not running today. Why? Because ISD #31 was canceled. Last I heard, public transit and school buses were not quite the same thing. On days when peoples cars won’t start, having the buses running would be a good idea, methinks.

In the end, I was finally able to get the car jumped, and got to school in time for my noon class, but I still hate missing class. I hope it’s nicer tomorrow.

apartments

My girlfriend and I recently moved into our new apartment…straight across the hall from the old one.  It has been the easiest move ever.  Literally straight across the hall.  We could open both doors, and shuffle the couch and other large objects straight on though, which on a super cold day like today, is a very nice thing.

The apartment itself is over twice the size of our old one, which is a great thing, since the other one we outgrew probably before we even moved in.  Oh, and this one doesn’t have carpet in the bathroom.  Score.

credibility

In our text, The Blogging Book, by Aliza Risdahl, it is said in chapter 2:

Look closely at blogs you are visiting for research. Can you identify who is behind them? What proof do you have that the creators are reputable?

What a very simple, and surprisingly not obvious enough, bit of advice from the author. I feel it is far to common for people online to use blog, wikis, and other sources of free and public-editable content as sources for their information. It is more common that not, in some cases, for today’s college and high school students to use Wikipedia as a source for information regarding a research topic. This is strongly frowned upon by many universities. In fact, some universities will give failing grades to students who use these sorts of sources. I think this is a very important point. Blogs and wikis are generally good sources for information that is simple, or easy enough for a very general description to suffice.

k.

Hello. This is a weblog for my Weblogs and Wikis course. It sould be a pretty nifty time. Hope all is well with everybody, and I hope you enjoy this weblog.