Kind of a longish (30 mins) video, but well worth it, in terms of seeing what can be done with model railroading. The first minute or two of the video doesn’t really do it justice – need to be a bit patient with the videographer, until he actually zooms in on the details, for example, […]
Activities
Grad ceremony and Senator Amy Klobuchar
I neglected to mention yesterday that US Senator Amy Klobuchar was the commencement address speaker. Senator Klobuchar gave a pretty awesome speech, sharing with the grads a short version of her life story of simple beginnings (grandfather was an Iron Range miner, parents were a newspaper writer/columnist, and a elementary school teacher), and her starting […]
Master Degree and College Graduation
I want to thank everyone for your awesome support and comments today – it was a very special day for me. Usually, participation in a college graduation ceremony happens only once or twice (and, in rare cases, three times) in a person’s life. I never wanted a Master’s degree until I watched my best friend […]
Prepping for the Gard ceremony
As mentioned weeks ago, I received a series of three different emails (on the same day) in early April from my graduate school program director regarding graduation, the ceremony, grad announcements, etc. One of the emails had a link to the U/Saint Thomas bookstore, where you could order your cap/gown, grad announcements, thank you cards, […]
Video plagiarism – part 2
A follow-up by Jaime, regarding the person who was copying her video talks, word for word (i.e., plagiarism). Apparently video blogging is copyright-able, and is indeed IP (intellectual property), and Jaime had her lawyer issue a “cease and desist” letter, etc. to the plagiarizer. She also then shares her thoughts as to how she used […]
