Testing Windows Live Writer

I have previously used LiveWriter from Microsoft, but I just installed the newest version on my Windows 7 PC. The main purpose of this post is to test out the functionality of the blog writer and to see if the integration with my WordPress blog (the one you’re looking at right now) is working properly. [...]

What I was Reading Today

Today, I was mainly reading a couple of newspapers in Vietnam. Some of the stories just jumped off the page at me. For example: A 65-year-old- Chinese woman was sentenced to death for her role in leading a counterfeiting ring. Over the course of two years she was responsible for the equivalent of about $300,000 [...]

Famous Quotes? Or Not?

This short little slide show is taken from a longer piece I did with about 320 K-12 teachers and administrators. They were using clickers to answer various questions about technology uses. This fun little segment was part of the icebreaking piece before we got down to more serious business. I’m not trying to make fun [...]

Disconnecting for a Week

I’m on vacation and will be mainly disconnected until August 4. R & R and all that jazz.

Postal BizzaroWorld

This morning I felt like I was trapped inside a Seinfeld episode. You basically can’t make this stuff up. On my way to work I needed to stop and get a few stamps. I rarely buy stamps, but here was a time when there weren’t any in the house and I needed some. I stop [...]

Shopping for a New Title

Since we’ve recently renamed our Virtual Campus at Lake Superior College, I need to come up with a new title. My current title is Vice President of Technology and the Virtual Campus. I’m also designated as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the college which puts me in the campus CIO group within the Minnesota [...]

A New Home

My first blog, Far From A Shining Star, has been shuttered. The content will remain but no new posts will be made. Instead, this will be the  new home and general jumping off point for most of the things that I blog about. One concern I have is how people will find my new blog. [...]

Welcome to Barry Dahl dot com

This is the new home for all web things related to Barry Dahl. This site will take the place of one of my previous blogs (Far From A Shining Star) as well as serve as the single source for all information related to my speaking engagements and other activities.

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