Cheryl Morris - Weblogs

Are some forms of weight gain going to go the same way as ulcers? Caused by a virus? It is possible. Scientific American is reporting that some forms of obesity may be contagious.
Having antibodies to one strain in particular, so-called Ad-36, proved to correlate with the heaviest obese people, and in one study, pairs […]

Before you assume too much, let me tell the story.
After a change of management led to losing my position in 1999, I decided to go back to school and get an Certificate in Computer Information Systems at my local college. I completed that in the spring of 2000, but not without a real scare. I […]

The other horror of my childhood was this machine. Grandma was a devote of having her hair done regularly and that often necessitated dealing with this machine. I was afraid of the medusa-like machine and didn’t like being in the salon with her. And then there was the day that grandma decided I should have […]

One of the horrors of my childhood (late 1940s) is this machine. When it was time for a new pair of shoes, my mother took me down to the shoestore in Fresno where my shoes were fitted properly via a fluoroscope. I wouldn’t look, but the shoeman and my mom did. And they would discuss […]

Gee whiz folks — there’s a lot you can do with iTunes and tags! First of all, the star system is primitive compared to other possibilities.
Take a look at what is available under options: genre, comment, composer, grouping. You don’t need to stick with what the music companies give you. My genre expands to […]

Wow service!
I have an iBook that I purchased from my daughter; it includedApple Care. I’ve been using it now for about 6 months and gradually became aware of two problems, both intermittant. Sometimes the screen would show black/white pixels instead of color and my touch pad froze requiring me to use a USB mouse. So, […]

It is important to recognize that you cannot keep your employees from blogging. Should you be concerned about employee blogs? Yes. Let’s look at possible problems. Defamation of co-workers, management, or competitors along with libel can have serious repercussions. Posts that show discrimination or sexual or racial harassment are poisonous in the workplace, such as […]

Someone steals your stored fingerprint, what can you to do? IBM has developed an algorithm to create a “new” fingerprint. Potential commercial uses are algorithmed biometrics for each secure situation: bank, employment, etc. Full article at Technology Review

For two years in the early 1980s, we resided in Port Alberni, BC. It was an interesting house on the Somass River where we had a dock for our small power boat. As I was in a new area with plants unfamiliar to me, I spent considerable time trying to identify what I saw. One […]

The Edge annual question posed this for 2006.
The history of science is replete with discoveries that were considered socially, morally, or emotionally dangerous in their time; the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are the most obvious. What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not […]

N.B. This question should not be taken literally for this brief essay.
This semester I am taking a course in Online Learning Environments as part of my doctoral coursework. One of our required papers must cover an area of evaluation. Naiveté of education theory and practice has led to interesting consequences. I cannot see ahead of […]