If, by: Rudyard Kipling

I found this poem, and absolutely loved the video too. Hope you enjoy it as well and connect with it. I'm not a poetry person, but for some reason I really like this one.

Helpful Tip

Alright, for those of us who don't want to log onto Blogger every time to post something, here is a better plan, and it works wonders for me. There is a setting so that you can simply send an email to your blog, which then automatically and instantly posts itself. This is far easier for me since I usually have my email program running all the time. Ok, so here's how to do it.

First, sign in to your blog and go to where you normally post a new 'post'. Click on the settings tab at the top, and then click on the "Email" tab below that. There are two boxes on the "email" page, and the second one is how you set the email address for your blog posts. I put the word "send" in that box, so when I send an email to briansblog.send@blogger.com it automatically posts it to the blog. Don't forget that once you put text in that box, you must save it. Check and see if it works, and then add that email address to your address book. Blogging just got easier!

Oh, and when you send an email to that address, the Subject in the email becomes the header for your post. Hope this helps somebody!

Knowledge and Communities

So, how do we know what is true? There are established facts, but these facts sometimes do not align perfectly with every situation, which leads to different opinions. When knowledge is constantly changing, we have to remain up to date, and not always just agreeing but rather contemplating and debating the opinions of the experts. We must make our own decisions, or else we will have no basis for our knowledge.

In the aircraft community, which is what I am researching for my community, the design must be built on truths. These truths don't change, which is what keeps the plane in the air. The people who fly the plane must know the truths that make the plane work, and those who build the plane must abide by those truths. When these truths are compromised, the plane will not fly, and people die.

There are many different kinds of truth, and many different applications, but in the flying industry, both across the world and in Blacksburg, the truths which hold the plane in the air are not up for discussion, and absolutely must be abided by.

And its Official

So, I will be officially researching the Hokie Flying Club and flight community in Blacksburg. Yay!

On the Topic of Hokie Flying

So, have I been the only one noticing all the airplanes flying around over the school? I got interested and followed one as I saw it flying back to the airport. I talked to the guy at the airport there,... it was very refreshing to walk into the airport and not have to go through a metal detector! The man said that they there are several people who teach VT students how to fly, so I got a few business cards. He also pointed me towards the Hokie Flying Club and New River Aero, which has a local hanger. I have seen fliers for New River Aero flight lessons, so I think I will have ample places to do research on the Hokie Flying and the general airplane community in Blacksburg.

Oh, and I also figured out that I missed an Air Show the first weekend here at Tech (August 21-24). They apparently had a few old warbirds and other replicas, which I definitely saw flying overhead, but didn't get to see up close. Oh well, maybe next time!

Communities, continued....

So, I have been doing some more thinking about Communities, and I am looking at researching the Hokie Flying Club. I had been in contact with them since about July, but I have never met a member or gone to a meeting. There website is www.hokieflying.com and they have monthly meetings which would be nice for research purposes. I have visited the VT/ Montgomery Executive Airport twice, and it is within walking distance (hour walk roundtrip or 4 miles...). Besides researching Hokie Flying, I am not quite positive about a second choice.

So, the HW search begins....

I thought I didn't have that much HW, but it seems that every time I check my email or go to Blackboard, I am reminded of something that I have forgotten, especially all those dreaded online quizzes for Math, Chemistry, Engineering, and the other Math Class. Wow, not to mention the plain old random HW that is posted deep in some long forgotten corner of BlackBoard. I mean I can see where I have no excuse for missing something (thank goodness nothing yet!), but it still seems a bit sneaky to randomly post HW assignments. One expires and within minutes the next one begins. And not to mention, apparently I am not supposed to use Internet Explorer. So, I downloaded FireFox. But apparently that doesn't work either. So if I manage to finish the assignment or heaven forbid a quiz, and the technology craps out somewhere down the line, it is now my fault and I am screwed. That sums it up. Oh, and every teacher has there own special program that they like to use, their own special webs
ite....it all gets lost in cyberspace, but alas, since it is technically findable, we are left without excuse. Ugh.