Month: October 2010

My Review of Roku HD Player

Originally submitted at Roku

The new HD, with built-in wireless, delivers top value in high-definition streaming.

Simple enough Grandma can use it

By Roebot from San Diego on 10/25/2010

 

5out of 5

Pros: Built in Wi-Fi, Reliability, Easy to set up, High quality picture, Compact, Easy to use, Great value

Cons: Want more video choices

Best Uses: Living room, Primary TV

Describe Yourself: Technophile, Grandma loved it too

Seriously, my mother-in-law can barely manage sending and receiving email. She LOVED my Roku when she watched my kids for a week while my wife and me were in Europe. I intend to give these as Christmas gifts.

(legalese)

Today



, originally uploaded by Roebot.

A couple lessons:
* Beware People who incessantly obsess about not “being screwed”. There’s a reason why they’re concerned about this and it’s likely they’re projecting their own thoughts.
* Management is a lot like parenting. Consistency, structure, and love are critical; so are boundaries.

My visit to the White House



Aaron Fulkerson, originally uploaded by Roebot.

I was recently honored with an invitation to participate in a summit on education at the White House.

Aaron Fulkerson and Bill Green

Aaron Fulkerson and Joe Biden

I wrote about it at the MindTouch blog here: http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/2010/10/05/mr-fulkerson-goes-to-washington/ And I’ll have a summit wrap up out later this week.

Here’s my photo set from the visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roebot/sets/72157624999431897/with/5063560455/

2,341 Feet Underground



Soudan_Mine (13), originally uploaded by Roebot.

I recently mentioned to someone I’ve been about as far underground as the Chilean miners that were recently rescued. Twice I’ve been about half way down Soudan Mine outside Tower Minnesota. The experience is genuinely otherworldly. It was here I experienced absolute darkness. Soudan, once the deepest deep shaft mines in the world (iron mine) is now a state park and is also a physics lab for many interesting physics experiments that benefit from significant shielding from the sun’s rays; such as anti-matter experiments.

More information about this mine turned state park can be found here: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/soudan_underground_mine/index.html