iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

As you may-or-may-not-know my soon-to-be old place in St. Catharines does not have air conditioning, and particularly in the summer of 2006, this was not easy to deal with. To cope with the heat and humidity I took a leason from Geoff Milburn, former University of Waterloo, and formally famous inventor of the home-brew air… Continue Reading Free to good home: Home brew Air Con

Remember those old-time phone exchanges? Like on TV shows they would give out 555 numbers as Klondike5….. I think we need to bring these back! Here’s a list of the old exchanges: ourwebhome.com/TENP/Recommended.html My Phone number starts 905 Faculty9 …. I think I’m going to try and convert everyone’s numbers to this as a memory… Continue Reading Old Time Phone Exchanges

Over the last three days I participated in the Graduate Teaching Assistant Instructional Skills Workshop here at Brock University. It was a great way to reflect on my own teaching, build on my existing skills and benefit from the experiences of others. The workshop involves 10 people, split into groups of 5. In those small… Continue Reading Instructional Skills Workshop: How to do a loon call, send E-Mail, and drift

As I fly to Atlanta I’m starting another flurry of blog postings. The first one is my piling system. It’s like any old filing system only the key to it is large Zip-Lock Quick Zip bags. This allows you to collect items of all sizes, including 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper (which other… Continue Reading The Piling System

Apparently white powder was found in two locations at Brock today. I snapped a few pictures of the action with my phone and was able to learn a little bit from colleagues. From what I can tell the two packages that were found, which I hear was “Protien Powder”, in the Walker complex and on… Continue Reading Terror at Brock University