Well back from France and I had a wonderful time. Got some good pictures.
My i-pad was waiting for me.
My bike was stolen while i was away, found the lock cut around the tree.
more later...
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Last day
Well it is the last day here, we fly out tomorrow.
Yesterday was a busy day. Started the day with a half day trip to versie(sp?) And the in the after noon I had a bus tour of the city with a cruise on the river afterwards.
Ended at the tower, didn't go up as the lines looked to be a couple hours long.
Caught the metro rail back to the hotel
Going to rent a bike today
Thursday, June 24, 2010
The three person 225kg elevator
I am glad, granted it was either me or my suit case in there it is nice to have a elevator :)
Today is the last day of the conference, tomorrow I have a tour to verislle (sp?) And then a bus tour and river ride ending at the eifel tower. Don't know what I will do on Saturday.
More to come from Paris!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
I am in paris
Have now been on the rail and metro here in paris :)
More later
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Pathfinding to paris
Well next Tuesday I fly to pairs for a conference and then have 2 days vacation. According to Google I am 1:32.14 walk to the Eiffel Tower and on the way I pass the Lover.
The conference I am going to is put on by AIGAMEDEV.com and is there annual conference on AI and game play.
All told next week should be a lot of fun, except the 4:00 am wake-up to get to the airport for a 7:40 am flight :(
The conference I am going to is put on by AIGAMEDEV.com and is there annual conference on AI and game play.
All told next week should be a lot of fun, except the 4:00 am wake-up to get to the airport for a 7:40 am flight :(
Saturday, May 29, 2010
The secrets of Time.
Came across this really neat video of how we perceive time and how it influences the kinda of person that we are and how we relate to others. At the End he also makes a interesting statement about education and video games. One of the things that he mentions is that most kids become adults they have played 10,000 hours of video games.
A TED video that is watched said that if you spend 10,000 doing anything you become a expert at doing this. Most kids also spend 10,000 hours in school by the time they become a adult, so you can say by the time a child is a adult they have a good education and are well educated in video games.
One of the points this professor makes is that kids have become rewired for interactive learning, you put them into a classroom where they have to sit there and listen to a teacher. They go 'that's boring' and one statistic is one child drops out of school every 9 seconds in the US.
So if we took traditional school teaching and reworked it so the same knowledge is presented in a interactive way, would students become eager to learn again.
In any case this is good food for thought, recommend that you watch it, he is a not bad white board artist also.
A TED video that is watched said that if you spend 10,000 doing anything you become a expert at doing this. Most kids also spend 10,000 hours in school by the time they become a adult, so you can say by the time a child is a adult they have a good education and are well educated in video games.
One of the points this professor makes is that kids have become rewired for interactive learning, you put them into a classroom where they have to sit there and listen to a teacher. They go 'that's boring' and one statistic is one child drops out of school every 9 seconds in the US.
So if we took traditional school teaching and reworked it so the same knowledge is presented in a interactive way, would students become eager to learn again.
In any case this is good food for thought, recommend that you watch it, he is a not bad white board artist also.
Friday, May 21, 2010
blub bloob blib!
Translation from drowning: Swimming going good!
Still swimming been 3 times this week and am up to two 20 min sets of laps, taking about 1 min per lap, yea I am slow...
I was having problems getting into the motion of swimming and turning you head to get air. But have solved that holding your breath for the full length of the pool works great!
Just kidding I have a mask and snorkel and swimming with the snorkel makes it a little easier and I don't keep getting a lung full of water.
One thing I have noticed is that I don't go as fast as I did when I was a kid and the extra weight that I have makes it harder to tread water. I have kinda a weird body makeup. I have most of my weight on the gut, but my legs are relatively fat free from biking all the time. So the legs are much more dense and sink while the top part of me floats better. So when floating my feet always sink and my head bobs up, unfortunately it appears that my buoyancy level puts the water level at my forehead :(
Progress meeter: 6 lbs.
Still swimming been 3 times this week and am up to two 20 min sets of laps, taking about 1 min per lap, yea I am slow...
I was having problems getting into the motion of swimming and turning you head to get air. But have solved that holding your breath for the full length of the pool works great!
Just kidding I have a mask and snorkel and swimming with the snorkel makes it a little easier and I don't keep getting a lung full of water.
One thing I have noticed is that I don't go as fast as I did when I was a kid and the extra weight that I have makes it harder to tread water. I have kinda a weird body makeup. I have most of my weight on the gut, but my legs are relatively fat free from biking all the time. So the legs are much more dense and sink while the top part of me floats better. So when floating my feet always sink and my head bobs up, unfortunately it appears that my buoyancy level puts the water level at my forehead :(
Progress meeter: 6 lbs.
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