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Archive for December, 2008

Using Line Rider to teach mathematics

I am an avid web statistics viewer. Recently, an inbound link to my post on Line Rider Badminton caught my eye.
A teacher at Lisgar Collegiate Institute had linked to my Line Rider blog post on a wikispaces.com site for an advanced function math course. My post is listed as a resource for determining where […]

Subtitles + Common Craft = Awesome

I’m a big fan of the Common Craft Show. They take complicated concepts and translate them into “plain English”. I was perusing the Common Craft site yesterday when I noticed that they provide links to subtitled versions of their videos via dotSUB.
Here’s an entertaining and accessible (for people with auditory impairments) video called “Zombies […]

Economics of SEM

SEM in this context stands for “Strategic Enrollment Management“. A recent article on strategic enrollment management in the Shepherd University enrollment management newsletter provides insight into the structure of strategic enrollment management components:
Revenue is an important part of the SEM strategy building. The institution must determine its Optimum Revenue, defined as the sum of […]

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Trans-Siberian Orchestra — I think there should be more rock orchestras…

Tags: Music, Trans Siberian Orchestra

Sunday laundry

My friends, whose numbers are in my cellphone, almost always receive a text message from me on laundry day. It’s sort of a laundry ritual. Here’s a horribly grainy video that I captured with my cellphone. I think it conveys my laundry experience from today.

Laundry from Eric Stoller on Vimeo.

Tags: laundry, video, Vimeo

Silly comment trolls

I love it when an individual commenter attempts to comment with multiple identities. Silly comment trolls. I can see your IP address. Moderated, first-time comments go into the moderation queue. When commenter “A” responds to a comment that “B” just left and both comments are in the queue, klaxons go off in my inner-thought-o-sphere. […]

The Nadas

Listen to “Feels Like Home”

I’ve been listening to the Nadas for quite a while. At least 12 years of auditory enjoyment. I remember seeing them perform at the OP in Cedar Falls, Iowa while I was a student at the University of Northern Iowa. I’ve seen them perform at venues in Iowa, in Chicago, […]

Stand By Me

A fantastic version of this classic song. It was shared by a friend to my partner Wendy who in turn sent it to me. It’s a powerful and very moving rendition. This song always reminds me of those who have supported me along the way.

Tags: Music, video, youtube