gatorcast from paul smith

iTunes Store approved and released my 1st iPhone App last night.  It can be found here.

I was totally inspired by not smoking and used that motivation to build an App that would help remind me of the time, money and number of cigarettes I was consuming.  All for nothing.

I am now 25.6 days since I smoked, I have not smoked 625 cigarettes and I have saved $203.   Of course the money is the least important of the three.  The volume of cigs really hits home.

I started smoking 20 months ago and do not miss it at all.

I also realized that if I could quit smoking, I could do anything.

Election Summary Report
Primary Election
Osceola County, Florida
August 24, 2010
Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races
UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS

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Just awesome Bob, I am very proud of you!

For some reason this word comes to mind today.    It amazes me how some people can just get away with things.  As I write this I realize that injustice is  an objective thing and definitely a function of the person that feels the injustice.

from wiki:

According to Plato, he doesn’t know what justice is but he knows what justice is not.

I agree with Plato and have been trying to figure out all day what it is, but I think now I know what it is not.   I know that eventually justice wins.    All of my energy has been focused on the wrong thing.   Today is a great day to start practicing this.

Today I discovered something wonderful!   Tests..

We are using a new system at school that allows me to build exams, tests and quizzes.

I can have the exam reveal the answers immediately or make them wait until the all submitted.    I can time it, and when complete,  show the class by question the % or number that they got correct.  Real-time.   It was fun after the test today showing them the results and correct answers.

The test today had 11 questions that I thought were easy, but for most it was hard.  Only 1 student out of 34 got 100.   The average was below 60.

It was very interesting listening to them go through trying to solve the questions.  All of this was open book too.

In addition to getting them to review and truly have to think, this  exercise will also help in the future when I ask them to pay attention and get their assignments done.   Technology, I love it.

I took this picture last Wednesday as Evan was getting ready to leave for school.  Both boys are growing up so fast right before my eyes.    Cameron starts GHS next week.