Thursday, March 21, 2013

Multi-tasking

I've learned something about myself today.

If I want to just keep track of scores, I can watch 4 basketball games at once:


But if I want to keep track of the play by play, I can only watch 2 games at once:


Here's where it got a little tricky. I wanted to be productive and grade papers while watching basketball, so, following the example of Katie Wade-Neser - my peer, my mentor, and my guide in all things worthwhile - with the aid of a laptop I tried watching 3 games and grading: 


But who was I kidding, I was just watching basketball. So I tried to watch just 2 games while grading:


It was a little bit better. But I was still just watching basketball and hardly grading at all. So I dropped it to one game and grading:


And honestly, I was able to grade quite well and relatively quickly, while still watching a great game. 

On a related note, it turns out that you only have a certain amount of time allotted to you to stream games live via the interwebs:


 Hopefully the IP addresses in the carrels reset overnight so I can start tomorrow fresh.

Merry March Madness!


4 comments:

  1. So is the limit just on campus? I would be ticked if it was from my provider and I'd give 'em an ear full. Truly is one of the best times of the year!

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  2. I don't know what the problem was exactly, Heather, but the room I was in is full of computers so I just found a new computer and started a fresh 4 hours.

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  3. That's awesome. I'm loving March Madness- partly because I'm beating my brother in law and my husband.
    On an unrelated note, my niece posted the following from her assignment: Assignment instructions: Don't mess with the margins or I will destroy your soul.
    I laughed, and thought of you, because it seemed like something you could say.

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  4. This is hilarious. Your post just made my day. Thanks, Sam.

    But now that I've read your post, I can't stop thinking about this:

    "A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing. A focus on object A involves a neglect of object B."

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