View From the Bushes

In an act of altruism unparalled since "We Are the World" was recorded in 1985, I agreed to teach a basic computer class at a gathering my wife is in charge of this evening. In between securing a laptop and a projector, wading through hundreds of documents that the training department at work put out and stealing a half dozen, plus my own hand-out and a lesson plan I think I've have probably put in at least 12 hours before this is all done. Of course, all of that would be small potatoes if a) I wasn't trying to get an adventure out on Saturday and b) there was no chance any of these people are ever going to call with a computer problem in the future.

In other news, a Japanese inventor has come up with an invisibility cloak. His next project is invisible walls which would allow someone to put together a living room which looked like it opened directly on to the front yard. That sounds pretty neat, though once I had the idea for piping in a live feed from the gardens of Versailles or the Grand Canyon, I realized that I was wandering dangerously close to the 'Wall' in Fahrenheit 451. As a side note, it appears that Ray Bradbury is none too happy about Moore's appropriation of his title for Fahrenheit 911.

Well the class is tonight and I still have to pick up the projector and make sure that it works, plus browse a whole bunch of websites so they'll be in the local cache since I won't have internet access there. :(

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross