http://alt-tag.com/blog Thoughts on everything from education and politics to internet usability, and programming. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:26:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The press release from the governor's office is below. I don't have time for commentary at the moment, other than to say I'm given to understand the governor simply took the ranked order from the nominating committee as his selection. Sara Brate over at the Accountability blog complied ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2008/06/state-board-of-education-candidates-named-for-election/ The suit suit filed contesting the constitutionality of Senate Bill 2 (2nd Substitute) has been in the news and come up in the bloghive. I haven't seen anyone post a copy of the complaint---I happen to have one, so here it is. Complaint [pdf] The two constitutional sections at play are ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2008/06/filed-version-of-sb2-lawsuit/ Two excellent articles dealing with public education on a national level (hat tip to Mark Peterson for sleuthing them out): "Texas' 10% admission could teach colleges a thing or two," USA Today. An interesting article about increasing the diversity in public universities without giving racial preference scores. The article doesn't ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2008/03/two-excellent-education-articles/ Today is the final day to file for elected office. After some deliberation, I decided last year to not seek a second term on the Utah State Board of Education. (District 13) The decision was made for several reasons, and more recent events have only solidified my decision. A list of ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2008/03/state-board-of-education/ I'm overwhelmed by the positive response from friends, colleagues, and even casual acquaintances and strangers. We're being well cared for. I don't know that I will ever be able to properly thank everyone. The day we found out about Tobin's cancer, I phoned my study group to let them know. ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2007/12/cancer-and-christmas/ My three-year old son has cancer. Tobin had been sick for a few weeks, with a cough that wouldn't go away. Multiple trips to the doctor's office offered no respite. Antibiotics didn't work. An inhaler didn't improve his breathing. He visited the doctor's office again on Monday, December 10th, ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2007/12/discovering-tobins-cancer/ It's been nearly six months since I last posted. Some have suggested I've fallen off the face of the earth. 'Tis not so. I'm still here. In July and August I was able to finish up work with the startup I'd been developing for, helping them see their first profitable ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2007/12/blogging-and-cancer/ The Senate Site asked about a good way to quickly post a gallery of images. I'm a programmer, so I answered the query by rolling my own solution. (If your only tool is a hammer...) I happen to like Litebox, although it requires a bit of manual setup: moving specific ... http://alt-tag.com/blog/archives/2007/07/hand-rolled-gallery-automation/