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Been quiet ’round these parts! Between the move, the baby, and some major hassles with the ol’ ball and chain , blogging has gone to the bottom of the list for November. Want to know how out of it I was? I had no idea that the Edublog Awards were accepting nominations right now and they close tomorrow! Go figure, eh?

So let’s do a little brain dump for ya’all with highlights from November and a few things I’ve been meaning to get to.

First of all, Baby@Teach42.com is still baking nicely We have another video and some more photos, but I haven’t had time to edit it yet and the last thing I want to do is subject ya’all to 20 minutes of an alien like baby sleeping. But things are good, mommy-to-be is good and we can’t wait for him to arrive. I’ve even found the perfect shirt for him to wear at NECC.

The house is also moving right along. Thanks to Craigslist, we’ve been slowly but surely selling off our old furniture and replacing it with slightly used ‘new’ furniture that fits the house better. We’re still trying to get the little stuff done, like hanging up pictures on the walls and get the office settled, but it’s all getting taken care of slowly but surely.

Still no podcasts lately, even though I’ve done a ton of presenting on podcasting! I feel like such a hypocrite sometimes, teaching hundreds of teachers how to podcast when I haven’t put one out myself for months. Someday soon though (heard that one before?). I’ve also had the chance to present The New Permanent Record a few times now, virtually and in person. It really seems to strike a chord with people and has really driven home how important it is to make people more aware of what students really are doing as we speak online and what we can actually do about it. It seems as though everyday I hear another story of students who set themselves up for failure due to their online actions.

Not too much new on the gadget front, except that I got one of those ridiculously cheap PC’s from Best Buy on Black Friday and it has Windows Media Center 2005 on it. I’ve got it hooked up to my XBox 360 and I gotta admit, the combination of the two really work well together. I put all my videos and music on the PC and then play through through my stereo and HDTV using the XBox 360. Pretty sweet! I think tonight I’m going to try out Orb so I can see if I can get my music and videos on the go from my PC to my cell phone, laptop or PSP. Heh, that’s how much of a geek I am. I’m not satisfied with just having a ReplayTV (another brand like Tivo) and a DVR from the cable company, I also have to bring every other gadget in the world into as well! Ah well, it keeps me on my toes.

Only other thing to share for right now is that if you haven’t checked out DabbleDB yet, you absolutely must. It’s simply one of the coolest Office 2.0 apps on the web right now. The more I use it, the more I love it. And we’re really starting to get into it here at the office. We’re alll about the Dabble, baby. When you first start playing with it, you probably won’t quite get what it’s for. Watch one of the screencasts that they have. It’ll blow your mind. Trust me when I say that you’ll find a use for it in y our school somewhere.

That’s about it for now methinks. Really I’m just trying to get things wrapped up so that I’m as ready as possible for when Dembo 2.0 comes home. Crib is put together, walls are painted and we have this amazing mobile that plays “Imagine” by John Lennon. Now all we need is a crying screaming bundle of joy to put in it

Any day now!

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