OK, so it’s not so grand of an opening
… but I am back. It’s been a hectic month — two 26′ UHauls full of stuff, packing and unpacking, a 30 year High School reunion in Florida, and a series of snafus at my new job that prevented me getting access to a computer for almost two weeks. Throw in some record hot temperatures in the DC area, and you can see that my life has been anything but normal. Still, things are settling down.
As for the site, I had high hopes to reveal some brand spanking new philosophy for blogging and even a new theme, but life got in the way. So, not a whole lot has changed. Obviously, my thoughts on higher education will be from an outsider’s perspective (but from one who at least has experience on the inside). Also, the homeschool content will be different, as The Princess will be attending a local Christian school this year (perhaps more on our reasons in a later post — gotta have some way to get you back here).
You may get an eyeful of our adventures in house-hunting. We are renting for a year while we look for something we can afford in the DC area. We’ve done a bit of “browsing,” and the sticker shock has already hit us.
That’s our story up to this point. I’ll try to resume a more regular schedule of posting from this point on.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Welcome back, David. My RSS aggregator was happy to see you.
“Something we can afford in the Dc area”… good luck with that.
29d2August 7th, 2006 at 9:34 pm
Welcome back. It’s good to hear you’ll be with us regularly again.
November 18th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
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You have time to raise your SAT score to compensate for some bad grades, so drop a few of those extracirriculars that make your application look like a laundry list (ASB, tennis, school mascot..this isn’t worth pursuing. They don’t care). Focus on your SAT score. Get 2000+ and you’re in.James asks…computer science homeschooling?hi,i am a boy,yet to be enrolled into a university after 2.5 years,and i cant seriously wait this long to study computer science,so i decided to bring in a ton of books into my home,all about computers,programming,architecture,web servers,algorithms etc etc. Now i dont know where to actually start from, i just want to gain a high level of understanding and knowledge before enrolling into university. Can you suggest me how?enda answers:I answered a question here the other day about courses offered through Coursera.org. These are free courses taught by some of the best professors at top universities. While some are at college level, many could be taken by beginners at any age. Take a look at Learn to Program: The Fundamentals https://www.coursera.org/course/programming1 It is free. Begins September 24th and runs for 7 weeks. Expected to take students 6-8 hours a week. Taught by Jennifer Campbell and Paul Gries from the University of Toronto. There have additional free programming courses here: https://www.coursera.org/category/cs-programming Though these are college courses, you receive no credits or grades, so there isn’t much to lose for trying. You get a certificate of completion if you do the work. Ann Zeise A to Z Home’s Cool http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/Betty asks…Windows 7 Home Premium Family Pack _ Install on 3 Mac OS-Xs?I am in an architecture school and was assigned a project in which we need windows. In order to cut costs, the students are wanting to buy a single copy and split the Windows software between the Mac computers. I understand that the Home Premium Family package comes with 3 licenses so that you could install the program on 3 home computers. Will this system work between three of us (mac) users installing Windows through BootCamp? Or will we need to buy individual copies? Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks in advance Austinenda answers:The license is meant to be used among family members in the same household. However, there’s a better potential solution. Check with the helpdesk for the school. Most universities offer MS software at a huge discount to students. I’ve worked at some where they sell Windows to students for $30 or less. See if your school offers this kind of discount.Powered by Yahoo! 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