2008

Jul

Leaving the hacienda now for Austin.

has setup a Ping.fm account to manage my blogs, statuses, and micro-blogs in an all-in-one window.

Just setup a Ping.fm account. Can’t merge twitter and plurk for some reason…

A plush toy for the next generation.

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds Barbie doll

I somehow don’t think that this is one of the new jobs...

Jun

classics: the power of books by Mladen Penev

Computer...less

Starting tomorrow, I will be computer-less. I have to turn in my laptop to my old job and I...

szymon: Truckvertising I would hate to see this on the road....

ReVision Signature Table I usually recycle my old magazines...

The American Giraffe

Jan Vormann used legos to fill the cracks in old stone walls...

May

Chocolates with caloric intake printed on them. Another...

Fusion of cool

http://www.microsoft.com/surface + http://www.bumptop.com = Future OS that Windows may be heading...

Microsoft introduced “Longhorn” back in 2002 as the replacement for Windows XP. LH was...

It sounded good at first - the 90210 riff from the first version. A new Beverly Hills 90210 is...

Really? Do we need this?! I love chocolate. And I love...

szymon: The ultimate sleeping pill

szymon: World’s Longest Foosball Table

Hancock movie trailer 2

Apr

I do remember seeing PhotoSync. I forgot it was a Microsoft product. Now, try some simple...

Poster for The Mummy 3 released today. Great image,...

Mrs. Clayton's Math Classes

Today I will be speaking to Mrs. Clayton’s 7th period class about alternative presentation...

Hmmm - wonder what that scent is!

szymon: Ben J. Poss Gulak and his uno Uno-cycle looks...

szymon: it’s Financial Times ADV :) copy: “This is your...

szymon: The Future Of Books Wow - this is an interesting...

Podcasting = Spanish Project

Social Presentation Sites

Understanding Social Networking - http://commoncraft.com/video-social-networking Sites to...

Google Pranks

Every year, Google takes advantage of their mega-popularity by producing their own media onslaught...

Mar

Worst Christmas Gift...Ever

Alternatives to Power Point

1) http://www.slideshare.net - Post your final Power Point presentation online to share. 2)...

Hilarious Science Fair Experiments

My Staff Development Video for Previous Post

Social Picture Sharing

Before we get started, check out ZoomIt - a free download from Microsoft that is great for our...

Feb

Jimeno's Class

http://www.TeacherTube.com - Same as YouTube but without all the inappropriate content. You can...

ACU is giving freshmen their own Iphone or Itouch for handling content. Pretty cool. I just wonder...

Dinner in the Sky - Pay about $8000 for a meal held aloft by crane for you and a group of friends.

Social Picture Sharing

At 3:30 today, I will be teaching a workshop on Social Picture Sharing to teachers in my district....

From onemoretimewithfeeling: Today’s a 5% day.

Live News Cameras

Social Media in the 1990s

Join me on the dark side

Sort of…I reinstated my old blog today. http://techxas.edublogs.org Tune in, tune out, drop...

Starcraft 2 - guess I am gonna have to get a faster video card!

Things not to say at work

A one-year warning

Consider yourself warned. You have 365 days to comply according to the US government. Thanks to...

Death to a format!

I just learned that Toshiba is discontinuing making its HD DVD players which means that BluRay has...

My new obsession - learning this. I want to invite my colleagues to learn this with me. Just for...

Monday IA Training

Carolyn and I will be presenting our favorite finds at TCEA this year. 1) Atomic Learning -...

Thanks to ThinkGeek.com for this one. A true...

I don’t know why I should even bother going to the gym anymore. I present to you…..The...

Greatest Hits!

Ever go to a session where after you leave you think “well, that was worth the entire price of...

Where am I?

For all my TCEA buds out there who can’t find me - its because I don’t blog. I Tumblr...

TCEA on Facebook?

False alarm I guess! I was on Facebook the day before yesterday and was the second member to join...

Adobe training on the way

I am happy to report as well that I met some Adobe trainers who I hope to get to visit our campus to...

Day 2 of TCEA

Its about 10:48p on Wednesday night and I guess I should post something about today. What can I say?...

TCEA Day 1

Yesterday I attended the first day of workshops at the Texas Computer Educator Association...

Florida Center for IT

Boomj - social networking for baby boomers

New movie...Happening

I just watched the trailer for M. Night Shymalan’s new movie called “The...

Jan

Steve Jobs' Salary?

I was just reading an article about Apple’s fiscal year for 2007 and it mentioned the fact...

Bananas over Texas

I keep meaning to post this but keep forgetting. How can I forget this, you...

For Bonnecarrere's class

Podcasting: http://www.gcast.com http://www.gabcast.com http://www.jott.com Wikis: http://www.wetpain...

Truly - click on it to read it at its posted site -...

So....man is an island now - take Dubai

Cloverfield - a review

No spoilers! You know how in big budget movies about the end times or an alien invasion, we see the...

This takes the cake!

Could it be? Microsoft Works online? I never understood the...

Skin power

I just read an article about a patent request submitted by Sony to create a Skin-Powered system for...

2007

Dec

Lost Season 4 Promo

Viral Marketing

I am following the viral marketing of two movies. One is Cloverfield and I mentioned it in a...

Just saw this movie. I jumped a few times. It was really...

2014 - Museum of Media History

The Future of Technology - its here

The Future is Near: All in one ride directly to your plane....

The Future is Near: Wood-enamled notebook? How about that...

The Future is Near: Tabletop game - Rubik’s cube/Mp3...

Flat phone you can slap on as a bracelet. Also contains...

The Future is Near: Cell phone with detachable viewer...

The Future is Near: All-in-one - CD Player mixed with MP3...

Future of reading is here - the Notebook lamp.

All talk??

I don’t want to blog anymore. Or Twitter. Or Wiki. I try to stay up to the conversations out...

To answer the question posted on The Learning Circuits Blog...

I am totally geeking out over this poster. Batman: The Dark...

Nov

Facebook Teacher connection

I haven’t advertised this but I guess I will now. I created in Facebook a group called...

Totally me. Purchase at ThinkGeek.com.

Here’s the link if it won’t work on your computer....

Tron Sequel??

I just read on http://www.aintitcool.com - Aint it Cool News - that Jeff Bridges has agreed to star...

This is one of the most exciting previews I have seen for a movie. I love what JJ Abrams is doing...

More Grant Links

This is for my grad class but feel free to access them. Motorola Grant:...

Twitter

More breadcrumbs to find me with. I am now on Twitter….again. My username is mrjadkins. Great...

Tech Forum - Austin

Web 2.0 Tools we use: A Conversation: http://whsstafflounge.ning.com - Staff Lounge ...

Oct

Top Texas Foundations

Council on Foundations

Funding your Technology Dreams

ATT in Education

“Thank you Deer Park ISD for the great time I had on Friday....”
— Joel Adkins on October 27,...

DPISD

Social Bookmarking - Don’t know what it is? How about watching a simple video at Common...

“I usually open the door and greet the kids with an open can...”
— Random comment on a Buzzdash...

A take off of Green Day’s American Idiot album cover....

I am the Internet

With Web 2.0. I make television. I make the Internet. I am the demo. I have appeal. Look out...

Can you believe it? A butter sculpture! An entire room of...

Big Tex greets visitors to the State Fair of Texas

State Fair of Texas

Going to see Mr. Big Tex tomorrow at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Should be a blast. Plenty of...

California Dreamin...

Used Skype today to connect to Norman and the group in California. Pretty cool to see and chat over...

Land of the Lost - Will Ferrell to be cast in movie about this hit show from my childhood. I love...