I am writing this from the new Linux server I installed in my office. Soon students will be able to use it for production work. I had my final interview with the Dean today. It seemed to go quite well. I really hope that it all works out with this job, I have never been more excited about anything in my life.

So my Fujitsu Stylistic 3500 came in the mail yesterday. I love it and don't love it. I love it because it's a tablet PC and its way more fun to navigte the OS with a pen. It's form factor is also great. But no ethernet, win 98, no wireless, no keyboard kind of sucks. I tried to upgrade the OS to WIN XP but I couldn't type in the serial with the handwriting software, which I can't get without going on the internet. It's like a vicious circle. I have to play with it some more.

I did, however, make me realize that I do want a very modern tablet PC as my next laptop. Here is a sketch made of the statue of liberty in GIMP. The pen is not pressure sensitive without the driver which I can't get without the internet.

I had my meeting with the VP. Seems like a really nice man. he kin dof reminds me of Mr.Killian - Heather's Dad. Now it's time for lunch.

My teaching demo was great. Especially onsidering none of the students had the software on their stations. You can check the Maya tutorials I wrote and presented during the demo here . You can download Maya PLE to test them with at

I should be sleeping but instead I am proofreading my presentation. I think it has the potential of being the best ever, as long as the whole computer projector connection holds up. They have me teaching in a room that does not have the software I am teaching, so I am stuck with resorting to teaching from my laptop. It is very non-hands-on, which is awkward for DMA, but it has to be done. Yay for Tuesday, I take back what I said last week.

I'll keep you all posted after it happens.