http://www.timothycooper.com Thoughts on tech, teaching, and life Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:34:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You need to take a look at these videos.  I'm buying the season pass for all 3 Acts on iTunes...well worth the humor and the ability to keep them legally. http://www.timothycooper.com/2008/07/19/one-of-the-funniest-things-ive-seen-in-a-while/ I've had a great response to my post on the BDA Monitor and my issues with it.  Most of the traffic comes from the forums of Snapstream where I posted a link to my post.  In light of this response, I'm going to try to post some product reviews over the ... http://www.timothycooper.com/2008/02/22/upcoming-reviews/ The funniest commercials sometimes never talk about what they're trying to sell, and this is a good example of that. YouTube http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/12/16/funny-mcdonalds-commercial/ And you wonder why students around the world are better spellers than Americans! Check out this picture! read more | digg story http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/07/29/llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-stationpic/ Maybe not the best of records, though...he is 1 ejection away from leading MLB in ejections. I had no idea that Bobby Cox had been ejected as often as this. 130 times! Wow! read more | digg story http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/06/14/atlanta-braves-coach-bobby-cox-1-away-from-a-record-no-one-knows-about/ Michael Jordan has to be jumping up and down right now, since Kobe Bryant mentioned he wants to leave LA and play elsewhere. Rick Bonnell poses the question: Should Bobcats explore Kobe Bryant deal? Should they?  I say yes.  Attendance needs a boost, and Kobe would certainly bring in fans.  Charlotte ... http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/06/01/kobe-to-charlotte/ School's out for the summer. In fact, it's a longer summer due to S.C.'s mandatory late-start date where schools have to wait until mid-August to start. Lots going on...2 conferences (maybe 3), teaching 2 weeks, writing an online course. Most importantly, spending time with family and watching ... http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/05/31/summertime-is-here/ It was a beautiful Spring day in Columbia on Saturday and the wedding festivities were beautiful.  Nichole was beautiful, Danny handsome, and the Best Man didn't look half-bad either! I choked through my toast, but got out the thoughts I wanted to convey.  I am so excited to have Nichole as ... http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/03/26/congratulations-to-danny-and-nichole/ My brother is getting married next weekend, and I'm the Best Man. I'm also into videoing weddings and am going to record their wedding. Being on the alter and running a camera at the same time should be interesting... Meanwhile, I decided that I'd try my hand at shooting ... http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/03/17/shooting-my-first-hd-wedding/ This summer I got a new widescreen laptop from work, upgrading from a 15" laptop. The new HP laptop (nc8230) is pretty nice...good battery life, nice screen, pretty light. Problem was, my old laptop bag wouldn't hold it. After looking around for a while, I finally settled on this ... http://www.timothycooper.com/2007/02/22/my-favorite-laptop-bag/