almost time

hard to believe that the summer is almost over and that soon it will be time to get back to the business of the semester. to this end, i spent most of yesterday revamping the 324 and 407 courses, created the course descriptions and calendars of readings for both, created the Blackboard components, uploaded files, etc. all that's left to do, really, is to copy the first day materials--something i plan to do this wednesday before the digital storytelling get-together.

i finally got my new cable box for the downstairs tv. what was it my horoscope had said about not letting trivial things or people get to me? i should have thought about this last tuesday when--hours after the cable guy had come and gone, assuring me that i didn't need a new box (i repeatedly insisted i, in fact, did) and that everything was fixed--i'm sitting there once again, looking at a blank screen. though i'm still unsure as to why i had to wait till sunday to actually have the problem fixed (i.e., this should have been solved last tuesday), i gotta say that the new box is really quite remarkable. the old model was the size of a vcr and this one is the size of a cd player--the walkman kind of player. i'm guessing everything is good to go--didn't have much time to watch tv last night.