http://brainfrieze.net/weblog.php The writings and assorted news on education, web design, politics and other topics from Kim Cavanaugh--teacher, author, and curious guy. The thoughts here are entirely my own and in no way reflect the views of my employer. en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:56:33 GMT Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:56:33 GMT http://brainfrieze.net/weblog.php http://brainfrieze.net/weblog.php?id=P830 I posted earlier today that it was back to work day after a long restful two weeks of lazing around. I discovered when I got to work that I was far from the only one who had the same sort of winter break. As my friend Mark said, "It's the whole reason we live here. This beautiful winter weather. Who wants to stay inside?" But on reflection I decided that I had in fact accomplished quite a bit over the last two weeks. When you count it all up, it was really quite an impressive... http://brainfrieze.net/weblog.php?id=P829 Well, here we are. January 5th and my winter vacation has run its course. It's been an unusual one for sure, since for the first time in a very long while I actually took the entire two weeks and did essentially nothing. This was a major departure from my behavior over the last 10 years where every extended time off from my day job was filled with some other kind of work--writing books and articles, working on the house, speaking at conferences and on and on. Even when not actively working... http://brainfrieze.net/weblog.php?id=P828 Every year at this time my partners and I at <a href="http://communitymx.com/" >CommunityMX</a> throw open the vaults to the 3,000 plus articles that we've produced over the years and make all of them free to read online. It's our little gift to the web developer/designer community and gives you a chance to check out some of what we offer on a regular basis. (CommunityMX is a subscription-based online journal where two articles, extensions, or tutorials have been...