The weather was sketchy. And I knew that would make for horrendous driving conditions. Toronto drivers are so pathetic. So despite leaving rather early, we barely made it. Others were delayed. And somehow it combined to throw me off a little.
One person then started loudly exclaiming there were something wrong with her computer. Quite loudly. OK. Thanks. Let's move on. But she remarked again, something was wrong, an hint of panic. I tried to continue but she protested again. I was dumbstruck. Completely stunned for a moment. Particularly given their specialty. But, just as suddenly, things seemed to settle. But I had lost my footing.
It was a rough start for me. Took me a while to build up speed. But overall, I covered everything that I wanted. The longer time frame was good. Everyone seemed pleased. Ralph came up at the end. He seemed impressed. And that made me feel quite good.
Two other significant challenges I was pleased to resolve.
One participant showed (late I might add) without the software on his computer! Asked at the beginning of the class if I had it. Pardon? Hello, you're supposed to have it. I was very clear about that. Sheesh.
One person then started loudly exclaiming there were something wrong with her computer. Quite loudly. OK. Thanks. Let's move on. But she remarked again, something was wrong, an hint of panic. I tried to continue but she protested again. I was dumbstruck. Completely stunned for a moment. Particularly given their specialty. But, just as suddenly, things seemed to settle. But I had lost my footing.
It was a rough start for me. Took me a while to build up speed. But overall, I covered everything that I wanted. The longer time frame was good. Everyone seemed pleased. Ralph came up at the end. He seemed impressed. And that made me feel quite good.
Two other significant challenges I was pleased to resolve.
One participant showed (late I might add) without the software on his computer! Asked at the beginning of the class if I had it. Pardon? Hello, you're supposed to have it. I was very clear about that. Sheesh.
Another fired up his laptop and started Stellarium and asked why the screen was white, like during the day. And then asked why the sky was flashing. Ugh. Video problem. Tried getting it started (on Vista) using the "no OpenGL 2" option but it was not working correctly. Sorry. Can't help now. He snapped his laptop shut. Shoulda checked it.
At the break I started crawling through all my USB keys. And, just could not find a copy. Weird. Could have sworn. Then, in a moment of clarity, I remembered that I had downloaded and installed it recently to John Kim-Chi. I ran over to Cliff's side and asked if I could snoop. Ah ha! Found 0.11.1. I downloaded it to a key and made it available. Those guys were lucky.
Good turnout in the end; only one no-show.
So now, having run this course twice, I should have a good selection of people who are eligible for the level 2 course. I'll have to start hammering away at that.
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Asked Ralph to collect the evaluations. I will be interested in reviewing them.
Good turnout in the end; only one no-show.
So now, having run this course twice, I should have a good selection of people who are eligible for the level 2 course. I'll have to start hammering away at that.
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Asked Ralph to collect the evaluations. I will be interested in reviewing them.
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