I love learning!
I always loved class field trips when I was in school. Once we visited a local coal-fired electric power generating plant along the Wabash River. I was so impressed with everything – the sights, the sounds. It was like you could feel the power of this amazing equipment and process.
And at almost age sixty, I still love field trips, but now my modus operandi is no longer traveling with Mrs. Jones and my sixth-grade classmates to a local factory but the magic carpet ride of technology.
I would say that technology keeps me young but, yes, that would be a stretch. That statement would give too many of you a good chuckle, but just as you are chuckling you might want to stay away from any mirrors. (Snort, giggle, smirk!)
My latest adventure …
As some of you know I am now “a Mac.” However (and this is so cool) I still run Windows XP via a virtual machine on Parallels. When going to my Mac I took my entire XP machine, converted it into a virtual machine with VMWare Fusion software and took it along with me to my Mac. Macintosh on my left monitor; Windows XP on my right monitor. Too cool! This ability greatly eased my transition from long-time PC user to Mac user, and now that process is pretty much done, except I still enjoying playing in the sandbox of different operating systems.
So … Field trip to the Windows 8 observatory ...
Later today I am going to install the Consumer Preview for Windows 8 on my Mac Pro. This is so cool. Microsoft is giving free use of this beta and free use of some applications from the MS store for a limited period of time.
So why would I do this?
Because I can. I love my Mac, and I’m not planning on switching back to Windows. I just love playing in the sandbox and discovering new things. And, this is my reward to myself for working hard on my new project.
Study hard then play.
I love learning!
