Really Apple weather. 20 foot winds. Guess I’ll have to be on the lookout.
Just returned from another trip to Alaska a couple days ago. Put together some notes and photos. Hope you enjoy.
Congratulations to the winners of our web design and development competition. Post secondary winners - gold (Idaho), silver (Kentucky), bronze (Pennsylvania). High school - gold (Missouri), silver (Tennessee), bronze (Kansas). Well done!
Excitement and anticipation is building to learn the winners of our national web design and development competitions in Atlanta. State Farm Arena is packed.
Getting everything ready for the second day of our national web design and development competition in Atlanta. Today post-secondary teams are competing.
Today we hold our national web design and development for high school competitors. Congratulations to all teams competing. They had to win first place in their state to compete here in Atlanta.
Don’t know why I am so amused by this meeting location/ room every year, but I am. Meeting not found?
Our national web design and development competition starts tomorrow in Atlanta at the GWCC. Tables are being set up today. Excited for another year of competitions.
Really appreciate the recognition by SkillsUSA as a career cluster sponsor again this year. Web Professionals Global logo in lower right as a career cluster sponsor.
Scammers are at it again. Let’s see - not an Illinois’s area code, not a proper top level domain for a government agency and more.
Went for a walk this evening and heard spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer). This is the earliest I have ever heard them in central Illinois.
Just added a video showcasing some of the insects we encountered in central Illinois in the past couple of years. Many thanks to Jose Luis for taking the photos and creating the video.
In late August, I visited the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca, MN. The water molecules I “touched” are now reaching the Gulf of Mexico. It takes roughly 90 days. Amazing.
Why do so many journalists/ others continue to use the word “unprecedented” when discussing news items? Clearly there must be synonyms. Yes, there are! How about extraordinary, unheard-of, unique, unparalleled, unusual? Who agrees with me that we should be using synonyms during these exotic times?
Interesting article - using computer vision and AI to track ants.
