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Crash (and I don’t mean cymbals)!

Chris Brewer — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:25:59 +0000

I’m sitting at my Mac this morning, facing a window that looks out onto the street in front of my house, working on a web site. I hear the throaty growl of an accelerating engine, and look up just in time to see the smear of a black car flying past. Simultaneously, I hear an […]

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Offer accepted

Chris Brewer — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:43:53 +0000

Okay, Iâ??ve been in offer mode for the past week or so. I started in a new role at UCCS on June 1: Director of Web Development. This should offer me a good platform from which to build a dynamic web-based learning environment.

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The Big Move

Chris Brewer — Sat, 13 May 2006 17:22:01 +0000

I’m going to write about our attempts to find a home in the Fort Thomas area of Northern Kentucky. For now, here’s a short video of a house we had an offer on (above photo), which fell through after a competing party threatened to sue the owner. So far, we’ve made offers on two other […]

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Staying Positive, and Seeking Change

Chris Brewer — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:34:11 +0000

Itâ??s been just about 6 weeks since Nateâ??s diagnosis. Heâ??s been through a number of blood tests, which has prompted him to ask often if heâ??s going to the â??Pinchy Doctorâ?. The great news is that his platelet counts have eased back into the normal range. Heâ??s due for another checkup in a few weeks, which will really shed some light on whether his body is healing itself or whether the increased counts are due to the Win Rho. Letâ??s hope!

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When the tough get goin’

Chris Brewer — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:23:16 +0000

As much as it hurts to think about this, Iâ??m going to reach out to the electrons in my computer for solace (tragic, isnâ??t it?).

My youngest son, Nate, has been diagnosed with a fairly rare blood condition that causes severe bruising (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura). Basically, itâ??s a poorly understood condition (hence â??idiopathicâ?) wherein the spleen destroys the platelets. His platelet count is so low that any sort of minor bump on the head poses severe risk. So, Iâ??m at home caring for him to the best of my ability. No, the play-doh bucket isnâ??t functioning as a helmet.

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UCCS Meets iMac – Day 2

Chris Brewer — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:34:15 +0000

Day Two has turned out no different than Day One. There’s been a non-stop stream of people stopping by my office, each one walking away impressed as hell with the iMac Duo. Even the die-hard Windows people are taking some time to check out the offerings. A number of people have been commenting that Macs […]

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UCCS meets iMac

Chris Brewer — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:12:30 +0000

Wow. It’s amazing what an impact this little machine is having on the people I work with. It’s been non-stop traffic in my office, located just outside the MBA program suite in the College of Business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. People are really deeply interested in the alternatives to Windows that […]

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Somebody heard, but is anyone listening?

Chris Brewer — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:01:44 +0000

Wow, the professor in BUAD400 just told me he wants to present my course reflection letter to the Chancellor of the university. Cool. Several of us in the class agonized over whether to submit papers that honestly reflected how we felt about the course. Kudos to the instructor for taking the heat and stepping up […]

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Business Ethics at UCCS

Chris Brewer — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:38:41 +0000

I wrote and submitted the following paper as my final assignment in a course on Business Ethics. The assignment was to write a paper, in the form of a letter to someone who didn’t attend the class, discussing what we got out of the course. For the most part, I detest this sort of assignment […]

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First glimpse

Chris Brewer — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:03:32 +0000

Staring out across the broad swath of sea, focused on the freighter cleaving the horizon, awash in a rain squall not yet acquainted with the island, I found myself wondering aloud how I came to this place. Before me lay the great expanse of blue margarita water, teaming with life that I could only have […]

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