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I am in my twenties!

All you have to do is take one look at me and the title of this post to say, “You wish!” but I am!  I am according to http://www.ultrasonic-ringtones.com.  Recently I learned about Mosquito Ringtones, when walking through the office near our data center, I heard an annoying high pitch noise.  Given the number of [...]

A new home for my website and blog

I did it.  I bought myself a domain name and I have moved my professional website to a new location.  I would like to welcome you to Shawn Wheeler’s Digital Portfolio located at www.shawnwheeler.name.  This site will serve as a home base to the many projects I find myself involved as well as hosting my [...]

Don’t you just love satire?

I love satire and this video is pure satire. I have spent my career helping people lose their anxiety when it comes to working with a computer or computer related technology. Last week a friend of mine showed this YouTube video to me and I had to laugh as I have had this person in [...]

Welcome to the Good the Bad and the Ugly of the Internet

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 3/3/07
Recently I was reading a few of my favorite blogs when I came across a post on the blog site John Evans (http://nlcommunities.com/communities/joevans) titled RSS Information where John spoke about the newly create Image Wall on Bloglines.com and his concern over some of the content on this site. [...]

Is professional development just smoke and mirrors?

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 1/14/07
Recently I attended a meeting with a group of tech trainers, coordinators, IT bosses and such. The topic of staff development came up and some of the methods we were using and/or looking at in our respective districts. Most of the time these conversations are interesting and I [...]

I have been tagged!

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 1/6/07
My friend Terry Freedman from across the pond recently tagged my blog. Thank you Terry and I loved reading about you. I would have never guessed your hair was that long.
Just so you know, here are the rules for being blog-tagged:
1. You have to say 5 things [...]

The MacBook Pro Round Two

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 9/24/06
I had an opportunity to sit down with the MacBook Pro again this past Sunday, (well three Sunday’s ago at the time of this writing), as I recorded Podcast 36 for Adventures in Podcasting. However, this time I once again crossed the line into the world of vodcasting. [...]

The Macintosh after an 8-year absence…

First posted on my Blogger Blog on 9/9/06
August 28, 2006 I had an opportunity to test-drive a MacBook Pro with an Intel processor running OS 10.4 Tiger. While this may not seem special to some, it was the first time in some eight years I had sat behind a Macintosh. (Okay, it was really the [...]