Jeremy Zawodny's blog - recent comments http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/ Random thoughts on technology, aviation, and life in general... en-us 2008-11-21T03:43:00-08:00 Richard Timbreza comments on "Love Spam" I Have This Girl Her Name Is Barbara And I Met Her WooMe.com And I Asked Her First And I Said To Barbara And Said Are You Really Scamming Me???? And Barbara Said To Me I Am 1000% Scamming You And Now Tell Me This People And Why Barbara Is Telling Me Thee Truth For Huh???? Why????

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005595.html#043009 Richard Timbreza 2005-10-26T21:08:02-08:00 Rick S comments on "TV Watching and Happiness" So, in defense of powerpoint. Having been away from
school for almost 30 years, been back at it taking
some gradual courses. First couple of courses were
fairly heavy lifting statistics, theory, math, and
much to my surprise, this was all the chalkboard
experience of the 70's, with a minor tech update to dry-erase.
Lots of high speed i/o trying to copy the whiteboard, then
also trying to "chew" (intellectually) on the subject while
it came spewing forth. The i/o part is wasteful - this
is where Powerpoint/pdf/etc should provide lift. Course
this semester is a welcome change, the instructor sprechen-sie powerpoint, which gives much more time to
absord, formulate, and interact. But I do agree with
the comment one poster made that Powerpoint is TV for
business. In education, I find it to be quite the
opposite - it is the antidote for rote, providing the
student is actually paying attention.

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/010706.html#043012 Rick S 2008-11-17T02:28:14-08:00 Phil comments on "TV Watching and Happiness" bought the book based on your recommendation. Somewhat embarrassed to say I purchased in audio format, because of my commute (the author talks about difference between written and spoken word). Anyway about through the first two chapters and wow some really interesting ideas. Even though the book was written 20 years ago it's easy to see how the ideas translate. Thanks for the recommendation.

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/010706.html#043014 Phil 2008-11-17T02:28:14-08:00 Kingsly comments on "TV Watching and Happiness" @Rick S

The i/o from teacher to board.. and from board to students notebooks is at "human speed". And also shows the steps involved (in say deriving an equation) as opposed to a fully solved problem appearing on the screen.

If screens full of information are going to replace the whiteboard and you are going to be handed annotated slides/notes. It reduces the value of the class itself.

I rarely revised the day's lessons after class. Seeing problems solved on the board and copying it(or solving simultaneously) into my notebook was revision enough. Or for non-math subjects making my own notes from
the lecture to supplement the textbooks was a learning process in itself.

And not everyone is lucky enough to have smart teachers. I've had lecturers in college who used to revise fairly basic stuff and make notes before the class even though they've been teaching the same course for years.

If the teacher no longer has to solve problems on the board there is no reason for them to actually know the solution.
And bad teachers will just be human text-to-speech "machines" passing off to be more knowledgeable than they actually are.

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/010706.html#043017 Kingsly 2008-11-17T02:28:14-08:00 John Allspaw comments on "TV Watching and Happiness" I dunno if I agree personally. We finally got a TV about 3 years ago after not having one since Seinfeld went off the air.

I'd say that in our house, we watch only a select number of shows (fiction and non-fiction) and look forward to them each week. I would say that without Tivo, I would be very unhappy.

But otherwise, we're quite a happy household. Maybe that's because we also talk, read books, and play with the kids in addition to watching TV.

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/010706.html#043019 John Allspaw 2008-11-17T02:28:14-08:00 Jeremy Zawodny comments on "TV Watching and Happiness" John: not doing it to the exclusion of other important things really does help.

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]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005874.html#043026 Talha 2005-12-12T23:00:45-08:00 Larry Blum comments on "How many ounces in a cup?" During the season,I purchased a pint of blue berries.I weighed it,and it only weighed 13oz.I learned that 16oz is a pound and a pint should be 16oz. Please correct me.
Thank you in advance.

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006141.html#043027 Larry Blum 2006-01-16T18:21:02-08:00 Cnad comments on "Linksys WAP11: Worst Access Point Ever" Well what can i say that has not been said. Linksys is nothing but CRAP. They have set me 2 replacements at MY cost and all 3 still don't work. I have spent over 20 hours over the last year trying to get it working and most of the time unable to understand the person on the other end.

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/001788.html#043029 Cnad 2004-03-23T08:55:05-08:00 Asbestos Attorneys comments on "Has Google Lost Its Soul?" Google can be described as a powerful tool of internet manipulation nowadays... Do you take this statement as a joke? Well, you should check the statistics...

]]> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006191.html#043030 Asbestos Attorneys 2006-01-27T08:14:28-08:00 Sean comments on "TV Watching and Happiness" It's hard to argue with the results from the study, but I'd imagine that perhaps the group of people who are the least happy are the people who do nothing *but* watch TV for what they perceive to be pleasure. I watch my fair share of TV shows, and I also spend my days, and more nights than I'd like, in front of a computer screen. Most of this time my brain is being exercised and I'm no mindlessly watching the latest viral hamster video on youtube. What I've always found interesting is that many people who would say "kill your television" are the same people who spend all their time on a computer and are exposed to all the same lame news, depressing stories and other drivel that you'd find on TV. I guess my main point is that watching some TV doesn't make me unhappy, but taking a nice long walk in the woods with my dog certainly does make me happy. :)

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