Escort Mission Game 
I teach a game creation class at the high school, and one of the platforms we use is Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. I’ve written about it before. Students have...
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programming
Supernatural Classroom Management
The image above and the following explanation were created with ChatGPT for entertainment purposes. The narrative of the images above is as follows: Panel 1...
and Spoilers
I know this post looks political because was recently in the news,
but I thought I would look into how to use emojis on this blog, and it ...
Deploying MakeCode
It took me a bit of time to figure out what was going wrong with my deployed MakeCode Arcade games that were being hosted by GitHub pages here on my website ...
Silly Shark Game Permalink
I just recently figured out that when I manage my MakeCode Arcade programs with GitHub, they’ll also automatically get hosted here on my website. On a separa...
Sinistar Permalink
Back when I was first learning MakeCode Arcade, I tried to write a mini-clone of the arcade classic Sinistar. At the time I’m making this blog post, it’s lar...
Drow Facts is Back
That’s right, the Drow Facts webapp is back. There’s a story behind this. Here’s the short version. The DrowFacts Project is something I threw together in ba...
makecode
Escort Mission Game
I teach a game creation class at the high school, and one of the platforms we use is Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. I’ve written about it before. Students have...
Deploying MakeCode
It took me a bit of time to figure out what was going wrong with my deployed MakeCode Arcade games that were being hosted by GitHub pages here on my website ...
Silly Shark Game Permalink
I just recently figured out that when I manage my MakeCode Arcade programs with GitHub, they’ll also automatically get hosted here on my website. On a separa...
recipes
Kibbeh
My daughter requested this for her birthday, so it motivated me to get the recipe on here for you. Also, you can find this recipe for Kibbeh on my Cooked.w...
Pancakes of the Past and Future
Click for larger, complete images. Way back when my girls were ...
Maggie’s Lebanese Family Recipe Book Permalink
Part of how I used to use my old blog was to share and remember recipes. Here’s a document Maggie put together to record some Lebanese recipes she got from m...
Improved Hydration Targeting
Aren’t they beautiful? This weekend I baked sourdough again. I ...
video
One Thing About Me and Indigestible Fat
A couple of years back there was a trend in short videos. People were rapping over an instrumental version of a Nicki Minaj song1. The first lyr...
First DaVinci Resolve Video
Here’s a video I made yesterday using DaVinci Resolve. There’s an explanation below. Recently, I have moved my work from an older computer to a ...
Stick bomb video short
Yesterday in Eng Design we had students make different kinds of stick bombs as a way to demonstrate structures held together by tension. I used a square conf...
education
Why Computer Science Matters Now
Teaching the Future: Why Computer Science Matters Now In my classrooms, in my school, in my town, and beyond, challenges have been pressing in from every di...
CSTA: A Teacher-Centered Approach to Reimagining CS Professional Development Permalink
I haven’t had time to write about this post, so I’m making this link post. At a busy time in the term, someone brought this article to my attention, and the...
Stick bomb video short
Yesterday in Eng Design we had students make different kinds of stick bombs as a way to demonstrate structures held together by tension. I used a square conf...
link
CSTA: A Teacher-Centered Approach to Reimagining CS Professional Development Permalink
I haven’t had time to write about this post, so I’m making this link post. At a busy time in the term, someone brought this article to my attention, and the...
Maggie’s Lebanese Family Recipe Book Permalink
Part of how I used to use my old blog was to share and remember recipes. Here’s a document Maggie put together to record some Lebanese recipes she got from m...
Drow Facts is Back
That’s right, the Drow Facts webapp is back. There’s a story behind this. Here’s the short version. The DrowFacts Project is something I threw together in ba...
playables
Escort Mission Game
I teach a game creation class at the high school, and one of the platforms we use is Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. I’ve written about it before. Students have...
Silly Shark Game Permalink
I just recently figured out that when I manage my MakeCode Arcade programs with GitHub, they’ll also automatically get hosted here on my website. On a separa...
cooking
Kibbeh
My daughter requested this for her birthday, so it motivated me to get the recipe on here for you. Also, you can find this recipe for Kibbeh on my Cooked.w...
Pancakes of the Past and Future
Click for larger, complete images. Way back when my girls were ...
Maggie’s Lebanese Family Recipe Book Permalink
Part of how I used to use my old blog was to share and remember recipes. Here’s a document Maggie put together to record some Lebanese recipes she got from m...
joy
Kibbeh
My daughter requested this for her birthday, so it motivated me to get the recipe on here for you. Also, you can find this recipe for Kibbeh on my Cooked.w...
Back to the Pens
Sorry, but you’re probably going to get pen posts. These are some pens I dug up out of my collection, cleaned, and resurrected. Recently – at ...
Pancakes of the Past and Future
Click for larger, complete images. Way back when my girls were ...
hope
You Have Your America, and I Have Mine.
You have your America, and I have mine. You have your America of division, of walls seen and unseen, And I have my America of hearts open and burdens sha...
A Two Americas Poem
I wrote a poem this week, and it was inspired by a poem about Lebanon that was written by Kahlil Gibran. Here is his poem in an Instagram post. I don’t real...
resistance
You Have Your America, and I Have Mine.
You have your America, and I have mine. You have your America of division, of walls seen and unseen, And I have my America of hearts open and burdens sha...
A Two Americas Poem
I wrote a poem this week, and it was inspired by a poem about Lebanon that was written by Kahlil Gibran. Here is his poem in an Instagram post. I don’t real...
Jekyll
Supernatural Classroom Management
The image above and the following explanation were created with ChatGPT for entertainment purposes. The narrative of the images above is as follows: Panel 1...
and Spoilers
I know this post looks political because was recently in the news,
but I thought I would look into how to use emojis on this blog, and it ...
computer science
Why Computer Science Matters Now
Teaching the Future: Why Computer Science Matters Now In my classrooms, in my school, in my town, and beyond, challenges have been pressing in from every di...
CSTA: A Teacher-Centered Approach to Reimagining CS Professional Development Permalink
I haven’t had time to write about this post, so I’m making this link post. At a busy time in the term, someone brought this article to my attention, and the...
humor
One Thing About Me and Indigestible Fat
A couple of years back there was a trend in short videos. People were rapping over an instrumental version of a Nicki Minaj song1. The first lyr...
The American Experiment
Chasing the Most American Image Ever: A Conversation with ChatGPT What began as a simple prompt quickly escalated into a thunderous journey through layers o...
classroom
Stick bomb video short
Yesterday in Eng Design we had students make different kinds of stick bombs as a way to demonstrate structures held together by tension. I used a square conf...
javascript
Drow Facts is Back
That’s right, the Drow Facts webapp is back. There’s a story behind this. Here’s the short version. The DrowFacts Project is something I threw together in ba...
baking
Improved Hydration Targeting
Aren’t they beautiful? This weekend I baked sourdough again. I ...
lebanese
Maggie’s Lebanese Family Recipe Book Permalink
Part of how I used to use my old blog was to share and remember recipes. Here’s a document Maggie put together to record some Lebanese recipes she got from m...
downloadables
Maggie’s Lebanese Family Recipe Book Permalink
Part of how I used to use my old blog was to share and remember recipes. Here’s a document Maggie put together to record some Lebanese recipes she got from m...
generative ai
The American Experiment
Chasing the Most American Image Ever: A Conversation with ChatGPT What began as a simple prompt quickly escalated into a thunderous journey through layers o...
tools
Back to the Pens
Sorry, but you’re probably going to get pen posts. These are some pens I dug up out of my collection, cleaned, and resurrected. Recently – at ...
pens
Back to the Pens
Sorry, but you’re probably going to get pen posts. These are some pens I dug up out of my collection, cleaned, and resurrected. Recently – at ...
journaling
Back to the Pens
Sorry, but you’re probably going to get pen posts. These are some pens I dug up out of my collection, cleaned, and resurrected. Recently – at ...
ai
One Thing About Me and Indigestible Fat
A couple of years back there was a trend in short videos. People were rapping over an instrumental version of a Nicki Minaj song1. The first lyr...
music
One Thing About Me and Indigestible Fat
A couple of years back there was a trend in short videos. People were rapping over an instrumental version of a Nicki Minaj song1. The first lyr...
moods
Owl See You Later
I have been purposefully ignoring Duo for the last couple of days. While I understand that the point of Duolingo streaks is to encourage you to continue st...