Posting Frenzy, Part 1: On the passing of Geocities

Geocities was my first website, as it was so many people's. It provided a base for the beginnings of my Gifted Tutorial, still unfinished, but still developing. It hosted the information from my explorations into non-linear thinking styles. And it hosted my two works on underachievement, From the Inside Out and From Negative Behavior to Potential; along with the companion piece to From the Inside Our - Patterns for Charlie, by my mother - and one of Jim Delisle's pieces.

Tens of thousands of folks read those pieces on Geocities. They were seen there and republished in Australia and Canada, and translated into Flemish, Dutch, German, and Danish.

Thank you, Geocities, for existing and being easily used by a noob. Thank you, Yahoo, for letting it live as long as you did, and for giving us enough lead time to find new homes for our work - it was enough for me, certainly.

I know that many of your pages will live on in the Wayback Machine, but it is not the same. R.I.P. Geocities. You will be missed.

Posting Frenzy, Part 2: An Amusing Connection

I was re-watching National Treasure 2, and noticed, in the credits that it was written by "The Wibberleys."

I know of an author whose last name was Wibberley, though I'd been pretty sure he had died more than a decade before this movie was made. Still, I went alooking.

Leon (Leonard) Wibberly was the author of one of my all time favorite books, The Mouse that Roared - also a wonderful movie.

Cormac Wibberly (the husband half of the team of screenplay writers) is his son, and did the two National Treasure movies along with several other works.

Color me amused.

Posting Frenzy, Part 3: MIT Splash, 2009!

https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html

What: A weekend in which you can take multiple classes on a huge variety of subjects.
When: The weekend before Thanksgiving.
Who: Students in grades 7-12
Cost: $30
Registration: Splash 2009 student registration will open Nov. 3rd at 8 pm.

One weekend in November, thousands of students of all types flood to MIT just for ESP’s Splash program to learn anything they want. From fractal fun to Hungarian history to aircraft analysis, Splash participants are introduced to a huge variety of topics by over 400 classes taught by teachers from the MIT community.

Up to 20 hours of classes taught by people who enjoy what they have to share to kids who want to learn it! Hard to beat that.