Aaron Smith @theartguy@is.aaronbsmith.com

#Introduction / #Introductions

I'm Aaron, a Media Arts / Technology teacher for a K-8 Creative & Performing Arts Academy.

Before I did this, I was a Visual Arts teacher.

I'm very much into #DIY, #STEM, #STEAM, #DnD, #photography, the #Maker movement, and the idea that artists should be fairly compensated for the work they do (vs reposting said work without even attribution).

My politics lean left, but I don't talk about that much here.

I'm a widower.

I talk about games on @Crash.

*"Follow-for-follow." Life's too short to clutter my timeline.

*Post, boost, or favorite profanities. Yes, even the ones included in super-insightful posts. My students can find me.

*Post, boost, or favorite copyright infringement or endorsements of the same. Copyright law needs reform, sure, but it is still used to protect artists. If you're punching down and up at the same time, You're still punching down.

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LB: "Most likely, Facebook is on Microsoft's Edge whitelist to support the social network's large collection of legacy Flash games."

Candy Crush will be the death of us all, apparently.

So the instance that thought dog piling meant tell the victim of the dog piling they had to leave ...

The instance that, when I was cleaning up old accounts, I discovered had turned off my 2-factor authentication ...

THAT'S the instance that is now owned by a company.

Fascinating.

Radio host / comedian Joe Clair came to my school today. My students got to ask him questions about what he does and how he got there.

The whole event was incredibly inspirational and I'm glad our kids had this opportunity.

I can take no credit for this. Our other Media Arts teacher did all the organizing and it was incredible.

Looks like this is another day for writing something, then deleting it instead of posting it as it does not pass my bar for "worthy enough to be shouted into the void."

I hope I have interesting things to say again, soon.

My wife went through a LOT. Dozens of surgical procedures, frequently sick, and so on.

So when I am not feeling well, there is always a small (?) part of my brain that insists I am fine because I don't feel as bad as she did on a "good" day.

Having a father who did electrical work with his entire leg in a cast after falling 14 feet doesn't help either.

I am at that level of sick where I intend to teach all my classes but had to cancel my #DnD club.

I am displeased.

Today I shared https://haveibeenpwned.com/ with my students. It was an eye opening experience for some of them. Led to some good conversation.

"I cast Light on the wizard's forehead."
"OK, he now has a literal head lamp."

"You successfully check the romaine lettuce for traps."

"The glue looks suspicious."

"This kobold reminds me of someone I knew back when I was a young kobold in my 'Not Dying' class."
"You recall he didn't score very high in that class."

#DnD