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Complications
Sep 29 Wed (09 AM)
I know I’ve been saying that I was going to reduce the amount of ‘stuff’ in my life, get things off of my To Do list before taking anything else on *but*… the best laid plans, etc.
Yep, tonight’s the first class of my course at PSU. I hope I’m pre-pared, but I’ve still got those first class jitters. Amy gave me a great pep talk last night, and I think I’m ready to make a strong showing. I just hope everything’s setup in the classroom properly. There will be a full 12 students, though one already contacted me saying that she won’t be able to make the first class.
I also agreed to help out Amy’s group with some CGI/Perl/Forms stuff. Nothing too complicated, and I’m happy to have the chance to help out this cause, but it is another thing on the To Do list.
Of course getting that Newton sent me off on a info gathering spree, signing up with mailing lists, visiting web sites and downloading software. The Newton Connection Utilities package is conflicting with something on my machine, but I don’t have the time to figure it out yet, so I’m still stuck entering things by hand to get them across from the Newton to my Mac and back.
Speaking of which, if anyone knows how to get DragThing 2.0 working on System 7.5.5, drop me a line. I kep getting a ‘need the Scriptable Finder’ error, but the Finder Scripting Extension 1.2 doesn’t load properly.
I did however get my new glasses, so I’ll be able to see my student’s faces tonight. The Rx got a bit worse in my right eye, but that’s to be expected. Nearsightedness is an occupational hazzard. In fact I read that there’s a direct corrolation between the success of a college graduate’s GPA and the amount of vision loss due to nearsightedness.
Maybe we ought to figure out some way of putting books on billboards.