July+13,+2011

I was very excited about my ability to post a video journal, and actually had the courage to watch it from my solitude in Weesner this evening. Lo and behold, I can't watch the thing on my laptop (where I'm currently working) because of some flea bitten protocol issue. I'm wondering if this is one of those examples of how Apple and PC's don't play nice together. It's quite frustrating as an end user. Maybe I will become a Luddite.

On an unrelated note, time away from my family allows me to sit at a desk and explore all kinds of interesting and cool things. I had no clue I could establish my laptop as an ad hoc wifi spot until last night (or was it early this morning). Imagine the joy I felt as I could play on my iPad (mind you it doesn't have 3G and the wifi connection in Weesner is for the birds) from the comfort of my lovely plastic lined 36"x78" bunk bed mattress. It's all keeping a healthy perspective.

I am going to reattempt a video journal within the next day or two from my laptop until I can figure out how to change the format of the video pushed from my iPad. I'm determined to make it work.

There are also a couple other thoughts in the nether regions of my mind as I close out this journal. I have a wonderful cohort, but notice the lack of continuity as a result of the scattering that occurs at the end of the day. I'm not a person who will ever complain about solitude but being the lone campus inhabitant in the evening (out of 15) makes me think we are missing some of the community experience. The hectic pace of life doesn't slow down for some. I know, personally, that the 900 I spend over the three weeks here is worth every penny. I can't imagine commuting to the coast daily.

Enough of my lament. I included a link to a wonderful video one of my cohort members shared today. It's certainly worth the 12 minutes of your life.