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I'm excited to be teaching a new class over at Lighthouse. We've changed up the schedule a bit, so my Monday night class is 7:45pm instead of 7:00pm. It's still Levels 1 & 2, so everyone is welcome. I'm also teaching a new class on Wednesday nights. It's in the early slot 6:00-7:30pm, and it's a Level 2 class.
Will it be that much harder? Well, it depends. We've done a lot of talking around the studio about standardizing our classes a bit more so that when you go to a Level 1, 2, or 3 class that you will get a class appropriate to the label. You always have to teach to the class that's there, but you shouldn't be pushing students farther than the scope of the class. Just because someone has been studying yoga for a long time & is quite flexible, doesn't mean that they want to push their own limits in a Level 1 class.
That said, I am excited to try a class where the bar is a little higher. Basically, Wednesday is for people who've been doing yoga for a little while, and want to take things further. As a teacher, I have to do some more exploration within my own practice. I should only be teaching what I know, so I had better know some more if I'm going to teach this class.
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Now, on to the technology roundup. The other topic for which I'm usually ready to type a couple of paragraphs, or talk your ear off.
For starters, I'm poised to replace my computer. I've had one of the old 500 mHz white iBooks for about five years now, and it's time for an upgrade. I'm pretty stoked with the new MacBooks, but I'd prefer to wait for the next generation. Usually, newly-released software or hardware still has a few kinks to work out.
As I've told a couple of people, I'm really stoked to try out Delicious Library. It's software to keep and inventory of your books, albums, movies. And it's called Library for a reason. It allows you to "check out" items to your friends, and reminds you who's got when, and whether it's overdue.
Besides that, if you've got an iSight camera, like the one built-in to the new MacBooks, you can scan in the barcode or ISBN on the back of your book, and it will enter all the relevant information for you. Less typing is a good thing when you're talking about entering all of your stuff. Besides that, there's integration with Amazon.com for recommendations for similar items, if you're into that sort of thing. You can also turn on two-click ordering, etc.
I'm also interested in the different ways to run windows, either with BootCamp or Parallels. Jim asked me why I wanted to bother, and I didn't have a good answer ready. Maybe I just want to hack around with it.
So, after going over some finances last night, it will still be a bit before I'm opening a new box. But I'm still pretty excited. Maybe I wait for the new Mac OS to debut at the Developer's Conference. Maybe I figure that I'll use the older software. Leave the new stuff for the fanboys and early adopters.
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