Lately a lot has been going on and I’ve just been going it seems. A few photos from this past week including bike issues, coffee geeking out with Professor Duff, a few posters being printed, and a stop at the Hayward Field museum on a walk . . .
Lately a lot has been going on and I’ve just been going it seems. A few photos from this past week including bike issues, coffee geeking out with Professor Duff, a few posters being printed, and a stop at the Hayward Field museum on a walk . . .
Here is the thing about failure. There really is no such thing. All the steps that feel and look like failure are required for learning. Curiosity is fueled/nourished by failure. I think failure needs a rebrand. We somehow think it is “bad” when, in fact, it is essential. The difference between success and failure is just a decision to keep trying. Failure has a function. Failure asks if you want to keep going. @parkhere
One of the fine gents in my running group, Paul Slovic, was interviewed for the NPR Podcast “Shortwave.” Paul is a psychologist who studies the phenomenon known as “psychic numbing.” Paul is a great guy and one (of many) who welcomed me into the UO Noon Runners a few years ago when I found them. This is worth the listen: https://www.npr.org/player/embed/959597459/965522178
So our water heater has been showing signs of failure lately: changing water temperatures, water not getting as warm as it used to, etc. I did some digging and found that (at least this brand) the serial number can be decoded to determine the age of the water heater. Who knew? Not me, anyways. The decoder was found on the website, complete with an example (which is always helpful for decoders): Here is the label that is on our heater, which puts ours as being manufactured in October of 2006 (which is kinda old, apparently – again, who knew? Not me!):
So, work is changing for me. I began working in technology as a K-12 educator, specifically 4th and 5th grade. I was always the guy who people came to in order to “fix the printer,†or some other item that they were using. Eventually, I left the classroom and took a position as a Technology Coordinator at the private school where I was teaching and continued to do that for two years. I went back to school and ended up moving into higher education as a person who helps faculty use technology in their teaching and research. This led me to my current place, the College of Design at the University of Oregon and into my current role as the manager of our service…