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A few weeks ago, I got an email saying that if I jumped through the right hoops I would get new computer tables.

I jumped through them, then got an email saying the tables all had homes and then forgot about it.

Monday, late afternoon, got an email saying that the tables were being delivered to my lab on Wednesday (today).  Yikes, it's TAKS testing day.  "We can't have furniture being moved around".  Well, my smart custodian and admin in charge of facilities decided they would put them in the band hall and move them after testing — which might be a good thing.

Here's the huge problem.  The tables give the students 30" more space.  That's a problem — yes — right now, I have the tables in a horseshoe, around the room.  There are problems with that — hard to get to cables, and besides, they are just tables.  Oh, and they are 17 years old.

It looks like instead of a horseshoe, I'm going to have to go to three rows.  But I've figured out a way to do it where i think we can get staright to the A/C, might help the ventilation in the room and give me storage for all the dead equipment.

Should also give me some private space, I'm hoping.  That's the problem with the horse shoe.

The other nice thing about this arrangement, is that I'm betting that I will only get two-four tables at a time, giving me some time to move computers etc.

I think I'm going to give the old tables away via the same system I got mine — basically an email with a requirement — mine is going to be send 4 kids up to get the tables, first come and first served, just like the above system.

I'll let everyone know how it goes.

Old arrangment

New Arrangement 

This actually throws a few cents my way.  Love Typepad, that's what I use for blogging.  I have actually purchased this book — the Kindle version — and am reading it on my PC.  Why did I pick the Kindle version?  $9.99 and I don't have to wait for it.

Okay, it took a few seconds to download.

Like all dummies book it is an easy read and has a lot of good information.

I’ve made a recording of setting of Windows Live Writer and It will be here in a few minutes.

I like to use Windows Live Writer to put program code into my blog:  Here is an example:

	Me.Label1.Text = "This is a test"

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One huge problem I have as a teacher, is the technology keeps changing.  Lynda.com helps with that.  I signed up for it originally for myself, but recently the district has made it available to us for free.  Love that!

They have really good videos over most of the high school technology software. 

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I’m trying to see if there are still multiple Facebook posts.

One of my absolute favorite websites is Audible Books and they have an affliate program that I just joined.  Whenever I drive on a long trip, I take advantage of their books, plus I listen to the New York Times every morning.

Download audiobooks to your iPod, iPhone, Blackberry & over 500+ devices. Save 50% for 3 months, only $7.49/mo.

I got 4 posts when I tried this yesterday, but I think I know why.

One of the things I really like about Typepad is the ability to automatically post a link to your blog post, to Twitter (and other accounts).  Here’s an example:

See in the screen capture that I have Twitter picked — and if you go out to my Twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/kathweaver, you’ll see a link to this post.

By the way, the ability to put in a picture is very easy too, and something I’ll show in a later blog post.  If you want to try out blogging with Typepad, there is a coupon code called RESOLVE2BLOG2010 which will give you 20% off for life –> Click Here to Try It!

One of the features of Typepad, is to allow users to update their blogs (and Facebook), through their Facebook account.

So I’m giving that a try. I had to go into Facebook, add the Blog It Application, and put in my Typepad username and password. Found my blog pretty quick.

Once I go to Post to Blog, it’s a simple interface. Just type and Post.

There are two websites I love — WOOT! and Daily Steals.  Thankfully they don't have something I'd like every day, but it's bad enough.

I also have an unending quest to find a way to stay on the treadmill a few extra minutes.  Last week I scored a deal on Daily Steal that arrived to day, that helped the treadmill thing.

Wireless headset.

Yeah, I have bluetooth headsets but this headset is designed to work with your TV output.  And it DOES.  The hardest part for me is to get the TV loud enough so I can hear everything over the treadmill.  Probably drives my husband nuts, I have to have it on full blast. 

No longer.

These are iPhones, they were really cheap — I think $10.00 and are powered with AAA batteries.  Since my husband works at Tuesday Morning, he's always scoring those cheap too.

Love em.