[FRIAM] To the home congregation

2020-01-09 Thread thompnickson2
All, I have a weakness for eggnog, which led me to buy a quart of it from Whole Foods during Christmas. Unfortunately, when I got home and read the nutritional label, I discovered that the recipe is overwhelming rich and that a mere half cup contained all the carbohydrates I am allowed in an

Re: [FRIAM] Comcast blows! who else does legit internet in town.

2020-01-09 Thread Barry MacKichan
One of the compensations for moving from Santa Fe, NM to here (near Durham, NC) is that gigabit internet is almost universal, at least in the newer neighborhoods. We had a choice of two fiber connections at the corner of our property. What I’ve discovered is that there are not many sites out t

Re: [FRIAM] fires in AU, WAS :Comcast blows! who else does legit internet in town.

2020-01-09 Thread Gillian Densmore
Thanks Carl eta all! On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 10:10 AM wrote: > Yes, Russ4, please give a sense of how things are from your point of > view. Australia is one of the places that we think of going when things > get really, REALLY, R E A L L Y bad here. > > Nick > > > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritu

Re: [FRIAM] MicroBit

2020-01-09 Thread Paige Prescott
It's one of the best learning tools out there that combines computer science, engineering and creativity at a very affordable price. There are teachers in Santa Fe and Española that are starting to use them in their classes. Having input and support from a community of professionals that affirms

Re: [FRIAM] MicroBit

2020-01-09 Thread Angel Edward
I wasn’t there last Friday. I have six microbits and 5 microbit robot cars. I’ve programmed them all from the microbit makecode website using block coding. Easy and fun. Ed __ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of

[FRIAM] fires in AU, WAS :Comcast blows! who else does legit internet in town.

2020-01-09 Thread thompnickson2
Yes, Russ4, please give a sense of how things are from your point of view. Australia is one of the places that we think of going when things get really, REALLY, R E A L L Y bad here. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University thompnicks...@gmail.

[FRIAM] MicroBit

2020-01-09 Thread Owen Densmore
This is the tiny, but feature packed, chip we discussed at Saveur last week: https://microbit.org/guide/features/. Great learning tool. It is surprisingly capable .. it can "chat" to other microbits .. let them "swarm". It is programmable with "blocks", python, javascript. > 25 individually-progr

Re: [FRIAM] Comcast blows! who else does legit internet in town.

2020-01-09 Thread uǝlƃ ☣
Are you in AU now? Anywhere near any fire? On 1/9/20 1:03 AM, Russell Standish wrote: > On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 07:16:23PM +, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> Just tested my AT&T fiber: 937 Mbps upload.Different town than you, >> probably. I had Comcast in Santa Fe. >> > > Wow - so envious. We

Re: [FRIAM] Comcast blows! who else does legit internet in town.

2020-01-09 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 07:16:23PM +, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Just tested my AT&T fiber: 937 Mbps upload.Different town than you, > probably. I had Comcast in Santa Fe. > Wow - so envious. We get about 45 Mbps down, about 20 up on a good day on Malcolm Turnbull's NBN, and even that's a

Re: [FRIAM] Big Data Course at RENESAN

2020-01-09 Thread Tom Johnson
Boy o boy. I am registered! On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 11:06 AM Tom Johnson wrote: > Guess I was trying to jump the gun. Again. > But I do wonder why, if the course calendar is ready, they don't open > registration when the page goes up. > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 1:55 AM George Duncan wrote: > >> Cour