Math and science tattoos are a great idea! So many people have tattoos these days but they are lame. Yours will be great. I hope they catch on (but only amongst a small elite of cool people).

Beer!

How are they going to handle sex?

Same here! Cold turkey from 4 big lattes per day. Unexpectedly, I now have more energy and more powers of concentration.

I'm not buying any more Chinese equipment. From now on I'm only buying from reputable American companies.

Still time to rent it out as a condom.

Be aware that your multiple objectives conflict somewhat.

1. Homogenous IT platform to simplify maintenance, support and training.
2. Usefulness to the core requirement of teaching
3. Relevance to the future work environment
4. Finite budget

How to resolve the conflict? It isn't easy. You don't have enough information to predict the future of IT (nobody does).

I teach at a high school program for gifted students

Ah. Have you asked your gifted students for their views? They'll have opinions about the future of IT that may differ from those of your old grey haired colleagues in IT.

The Americas first telegram, transmitted via a repeater: "What hath God wrought" sent by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1844.

Facebook is not compulsory.

The back of your mind?

The tip of your tongue?

The part that eats in moderation, stops drinking early, wins the girl and wears the condom?

A spokesperson for the Israeli Communications Ministry said the Israeli Government had fully investigated the import ban, and found that Israel had at all times operated in accordance with international law. Israeli customs officers maintained a high professional and moral level while facing an enemy that aimed to terrorize Israeli civilians by broadcasting wifi at American power levels. Next time we see one of those iPads, the spokesperson said, we'll probably just shoot it.

Adobe was pro web standards until it bought Macromedia. It was the leading supporter of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for the first half of last decade, publishing and distributing an SVG plugin for Internet Explorer and supporting SVG in Illustrator and GoLive. Adobe lost its moral compass when it bought Macromedia, After failing to halt the popularity of web standards and standing at the edge of a precipice, Adobe is now seeking forgiveness from developers.

From TFA:

It is Sunday. Go mow the lawn and enjoy a beer afterwards, or write some code. The world will survive this for now.

Dennis Crowley learned two things from his earlier experience of selling Dodgeball to Google. 1. A big company like Google can destroy a little company. 2. When your bank account is 8 digits big, 9 digits is not as important as following your passion.