Refurbished Computers!!!

YEAH! Finally we got Refurbished computers as I was informed in an email!
What does REFURBISHED mean to you? Please post your answer....i looked it up in the dictionary.com....RENOVATE..so I got the 1998 DELLs which I call the Jack LaLanes of all the computers, bad shape, dust as art forms inside, glad I bought a data vac from J and R in Ny...so 12 lovely TANKS known as Dells came into my existance...and I could only upgrade to Windows 2000..but ok for kids just to do the Microsoft programs..So I am very proud of myself to pull parts from one to another to re-image to make one working one for a while longer...RENOVATE, REBUILD, MAKE JACK LALANE INTO RICHARD SIMMONS! hahahhahhah
P.S. I am very thankful that we have some computers for our kids to work on...Thank you to the Main Tech Department for getting something for us!

What???!!!! No Keyboards?

Oh No! you have got to be kidding? No very serious. I was approached by one teacher who stressed to the Queen of Tech (me) ...well, I'm going to take out the keyboards from the computers and the kids can use the mouse for everything. WHAT????????????? was my answer? Yes this person uses the computer every day. Very serious...not kidding...so I explained very politely and calm that you need the keyboard for the kids with all the other stuff for the computer.
As quoted to me from the tech dept when i told them this (as the laugh of the day)
Yeah, its like cutting off your right arm because you have a left arm to do it all!!!
hahahhah ....everyday is an adventure. I really do love working with different people ..all kinds of personality, everywhere, and at any moment..I try not to laugh at what happens at the moment but sometimes you just have to!

Space Bubble!

Yeah! For years teaching the little ones , sneezing, coughing, vomit, germs are everywhere, bloody nose, and i even sat in pee one class time...then i got into holding up a cardboard shield and having the kids repeat "Step 4 floor tiles away from the Queen. No tapping. and stay One Arms Length away from the Queen!" and trust me, the cardboard SHIELD works, when I see a cough or sneeze comming on to a student that is in KDG upto 3rd grade (as they really have no control over this) I take out my cardboard shield and stand back an arms length...

In New York I saw a woman with....well just check this out..only in New York but i like the idea and I may buy or make one...



I LOVE THIS!!!!

Early Morning in the world

Im a morning person filled with instant energy! Its like not having the instant coffee which i dont do only the percolated coffee of Chock full of Nuts brand or amoretta from the Puerto Rico Coffee company in New York..that is the Best!!!

Its the early morning and nothing like the wonderful energy and sounds of early morning. the stars are the brightest and no night pollution to be seen. Every moning I go out to the deck with my coffee and bubbles ..yes for real...always bubbles....and thank the universe for another beautiful day!


The best part of the night sky early morning is the change of color you only see for a few minutes from black to blue and where did the stars go? sometimes the sky is like velvet with lights only to blink color or even move..Engery !

27 messages in 1/34 hour

Hey lets sing a song everyone!!!! The following is sung to the song of the 12 days of christmas...Telephones not working, Printer not printing. Printer not hooked up. Screen not working. No sound from computer. Flash drive not showing up. Cannot get work from last year on network drive. When? When? When? well at least its no more YOU's (see June post on You you you!) Class 6th 7th 8th 3rd, bus duty, 2 cafe dutys, after school is better, wheres my email? what no internet? Network is down, the phone THE PHONES the phones!!!! ...breath ...read bible...and the cell is going off again, another song in the works...and a partridge in a pear tree!

Sprint is going GREEN!

I have been with sprint since the late 90's ..and now cheap too, is their Green Phone!

for $49 ...I will stay with my blackberry but here is the link!

http://green.sprint.com/reclaim.php

Happy Day!

Oh it is a Happy Day!

The Past Restrictions on Technology with Teachers is GONE!!!

First I have to express:

1: I found a stream of the News on Fox 5 New York online since Comcast took my station away from our lineup to replace with boring Ct news and newscasters from Ct that do not know how to dress when in front of a camera. Look at Jodi Latina on channel 8. Did she jump into the rack of clothes at Walmart with puffy sleeves and one time hair extensions? Give that woman some coffee to speed up her talking...glad she got rid of the glasses...The only one on that channel that is female and able to dress well is the Weather woman ..and what is it with Jeff the weatherman and his slight lisp??? Channel 8 hires the people that would never make it on New York News - wardrobe is low...take advice and go to the Univision or Telemundo and watch the news personalities, what a difference...

I got off track again....since the late 60's I have watched Channel 5 New York News and I am reunited again with it online at least.

2: Thank you Mayor Bloomberg for you new proposal for Coney Island! He is the greatest Mayor and glad I am on his team!!! I know off track again...but got to get that NY in there because I am NEW YORK in my blood...

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/brooklyn/090729_Coney_Island_Renewal_Controversy

3: I am going through all my cameras and selling or camcorders getting to work on the 2001 dells..so far so good....hours of programing but its working!

4: Re-image hard drives ...its great to see all the progress. and TEACHER Blocks have been RELEASED! Less restrictions and more FREEDOM! This was one of many things I walked into on this job was someone elses control and restrictions. I noticed that even the wires on the computers were banded tight with plastic restriction bands....NO MORE!!! YOU!!! yes YOU!!! are free! YOU yes YOU! can now install some yes some programs/websites/with Admin rights ...as teachers YOU should have these rights! and do now...

Say GOODBYE to the past !!!! and HELLO to a New TECHNOLOGY YEAR!

We are going to have a great year in technology different than all the rest.

Enjoy your day!

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Dear Goddess of Technology, Please send us computers that are upto date,...

Another Dell 98 to Windows 2000 has died again.

As I opened the case of this beautiful undesireable, aggravating, annoying, slow, computer now that its 2009 cant even use a flash...I saw the mother board. I touched the wires and slowly disconnected all .. the light small as it is, was still on. And with a blink, and pull of the battery, the light on the Dell 98 gone 2000 (the Jack LaLanes of our computers) went out real slow. A sad moment...

I am going to have a funeral for all the Dells this summer we tried to give life to. Oh please magic Goddess of Technology, please send us a shipment of upto date computers for our students.

During the year, my students and I will be perfoming an ritual of Dell parts to be re-in carnated into other computers. Some will live as live art forms, as art is still in my blood.

Dell 98's YOU have lived a long life. with many at your keyboards and just could not keep up with the programs and speed. Goodbye see you in the next life!

YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU!

YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! plus one YOUR! = 13.

Yes its true, all the way to the end of the year and there is always one person that you work with that is just "NOT getting the rules or respect that you enforce to go forward" ,,,

Because of all my busyness throughout the day with 98 Dells (the Jack La Lanes of our Computers) and the beautiful HP (younger Richard Simmons computers-2001 to be exact) breaking down or blue screen or 98's with the dreaded Black Screen and "why wont it take a flash drive?" Well the answer is: USB was not popular then, and Flash drive was a futeristic occurance...

I got off track which i ususally do. This post is about YOU! and then a call came in in the mist of all the HP/Dells comming to the Tech Headquarters for the end of the year Re-incarnation for next year. The call "I WANT YOU TO TAKE OFF ALL THE INFO FROM THIS COMPUTER TO PUT ON THAT COMPUTER BEACAUSE I NEED ALL THAT INFO THAT IS NOT...

wait, wait, i am saying on the phone...please EMail email email.......

no this ONE keeps talking so I hang up ...and then I expected in person but the person brought a body guard ....oh so scary like the "Devil"...hahhahahhahhah...so I say email email email...so the person who I will not PROMISE anything to...as it is verbal...I now get an email of all the things that are wrong with the Dell 98 that person was using....

in Technology life a 98 Dell is really dead.....

The email is a classic of one i will always keep and laugh at....it contained 12 YOU's and one YOUR....

YOUYOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU!
YOU! YOU!
YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU!
YOU! YOU!
YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! YOU! plus one YOUR!

so i send EMAIL , back with have a blessed day! Dialog is done! and dont forget....

EMAIL, EMAIL, EMAIL, all suggestions and comments!

oh there is always ONE! .....YOU betcha!....hahhahahhah

Shamwow!

It was a hot day in the bowels of the Tech Headquarters, highly lit up with all Hp and Dells running their fans and exhuming energy and bad air with no circulation in the headquarters. Central Air not an option when the building is not officially open but this day is a special day in June, yep, many people will be in the outer office. Hot day-no air-heat from old HP (Richard Simmons) and 98 Dells (Jack LaLanes). And the instructors come in. I made the mistake of going outside of the Headquarters. I was bombarded with 2 hormonal and non-dressed for summer women who stressed "EXCUSE ME BUT CAN YOU (yep thats another blog with "YOU") turn on the AIR? ITS HOT IN HERE!!!"

So I call upstairs, which i already know the answer, but have to call, so I say they are working on it..what else can I say but "yes I know, I have a metal fan maybe you can borrow that,"

out of the goodness of my heart and sweat, which i dont mind at all because I do love the heat of the summer, but the answer was one of the Hormonal ladies shaking her jowels and sweat beads down her forhead into her eyes and nose wiping the sweat with an old tissue, saying "WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES-(remember the jowels and the sweat is shaking while shes talking)-CANT YOU TURN ON THE AIR???????????????

Well, I then realized the phone call ment nothing and a sweaty jowel moving hormonal woman with an attitude was not giving up so I wanted really to say
"I use the SHAMWOW for everything and its the best invention for water mop ups etc. and since you are sweating and very angry would you like a piece of the Shamwow? or I can put a piece on each table so the other people when sweating could wipe the sweat from their briany heads....BUT I DID NOT...instead, I turned my head to the side like a crazy person, Smiled with top and bottom crooked teeth and said call upstairs and then I walked to my hot headquarters , closed the door for good and stayed with my SHAMWOW! and fan!

Yeah, I came out eventually...

The first post from the Technology Queen!

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