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My latest misadventures

I have not put up any recent news in a while due to not much happening. I am teaching a new class at WCC: CIS 100 - Introduction to Computers. It is going OK but it is not nearly a good class yet. I hope to teach it a couple more times so that I can polish the lessons and have a really nice program for the students. That'll be something I've never done before! :]

My Kids
Dorian and Galen are doing great. Dorian recently had a speaking part in a school presentation. He was the only kid to have his part memorized and to get applause. Galen surprises all of us with is knowledge of American Sign Language. His pre-school teacher shows them a new word every day and he now has quite a vocabulary in ASL.

Aikido
I finally passed my first kyu test in October. (It is the rank just below black belt.) I still have not decided if I should shoot for the Black belt test in November. In March I also passed the mid-term examination in Kenshu, a series of seminars for in-depth Aikido study. We have a demonstration 3:30pm April 1st at the Ann Arbor Sports Colosseum.

Music
Soylent Green has recorded a couple more songs, one of which I wrote. I do not have the files from Dana yet (he just moved and his computer is still in a box). We are also practicing to play out soon. I'll have dates up when we finalize the performances.

Pipe Dream Projects
I have a new acoustic cover song page almost finished. I just need to get the RealAudio files off of my old computer. The Soylent Green strategy game now exists and functions to a certain extent, though it is missing a few limbs and on life support. I'll let everyone know when it is in its official beta version so that it can be debugged further. I have also been working on an interactive site about the history, creation and playing of computer games. When it gets done I want it to be a centerpiece for other hands-on educational material and have a section where people can buy educational toys. It is ambitious, but I just can't seem to help myself :] I have also been creating some virtual reality content. My first project is a virtual aquarium with an ammonite (an extinct cephalopod: it looks like a squid with a shell) floating in it.

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