a bunch of crap i come up with

After months and months of thought, I have determined that we are all totally & completely fucked.

The tree of liberty is extremely dry and will need a very intense watering to get things right again.

» The Raw Story » Bush official shifted insurer’s billions into stocks just before crash

More treason by the Bush Administration.

» Stay At the Hotelicopter: The World's First Flying Hotel

Now this is how to survive the zombie apocalypse! But couldn’t they have come up with a better name than “Hotelicopter”?

How would I fix my school?

I think every high school student should have to be involved in some type of activity, whether it be a sport, theatre art or club. And ever teacher would have to sponsor a club. Share a passion with a kid. Or 50. And don’t charge for any of it.

[sigh] Teachers…

» Railing for/against the machine

New blog on my efforts to get a netbook and electronic texts into the hand of every student in my classes.

Epiphany

I’ve had an epiphany: Wall Street Board of Directors = Bush, Wall Street CEOs = Brownie. You’re our guy and it doesn’t matter how bad you fuck up, as if we admit to it, then what does that say about us?

Inspiration? Wanting to give Merrill Lynch’s CEO a $10M bonus after the company suffered losses every quarter for the last year totaling over $11B. Linky

Second reason why mini display ports suck on MacBooks

When I first bought my new MacBook, replacing my older 2GHZ C2D model, I lamented over the fact that I was forced to purchase a mini display port to VGA adapter for $19. Although irritating, I understood the financial and environmental reasons for not including an adapter.

Recently, during lunch, I decided to watch part of Hellboy II while I ate my lunch. I don’t have a lot of time after school, so I figured “Why not?”. I hooked up the MacBook to my Promethean system in my classroom. Promethean uses a re-branded Sanyo short throw projector and can either use VGA, RCA/Composite or S-Video. When I tried to play the video, I received a not-so-very cool alert window from iTunes:

Seems Apple’s inclusion of the mini display port forces you to have a HDCP compliant display if you want to watch the content you purchased on something else other than your factory display. sigh.

I emailed my good friend and Ars Technica writer, David Chartier about the whole issue. He does a great job explaining the whole thing here.

This is what happens when you don’t feed a male Gaskell fast enough!

Baby Pics

Hello everyone, For those that wanted to see pics of our new wee baby, Jacob. Here is a link:http://gallery.me.com/mrgaskell Towards the bottom is a gallery of pictures that are updated on the fly as I get new pics in. You can even subscribe to the gallery so you get notification of new pics. There is also a movie of his birth, there is a little blood in it since it was a cesarean delivery, but no naughty bits. :) Update as to his condition: Doing okay. He blew out some avioli in his lungs, which allowed some air to creep in to his chest wall. They had to put in a tiny, tiny chest tube to allow that air to escape. He has had to receive some surfactant to help keep his lungs open. Other than that, he needs to get fatter, unlike his father. Looks more like me at this point, but he has his mom’s chin. Have a great break, John Gaskell mrgaskell@me.com “Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.” Jamie Raskin, American University law professor, 2006.