Super Secret Surprise CALL Stuff II … JULY!!!

SUPER SECRET….
Surprise CALL STUFF II …..
It is now …. JULY !!!!

JULY IS HERE NOW! And I hinted at some Super Secret CALL Stuff in a previous post that are coming in July! Well IT IS NOW JULY!

The tech upgrades are the first upgrades that are … not disaster related! Well, okay, maybe a stretch as during Covid, and just as we were returning, CALL (& elsewhere too!) was upgraded with a bunch of new computers – both DELL and APPLE! But that was expected and … if COVID is not a disaster, then what is!

Okay, you might then argue that The Pods at the Front of CALL were another non-disaster upgrade, but …. the screen at the time had broken and well, why not upgrade the back computers to a kind of ‘If you build it, they will come‘ scenario for students. (Spoiler Alert – An ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIE of mine! And it worked … Covid started about 3 weeks later! AND CALL also got new furniture JUST BEFORE COVID! And believe me, the old furniture WAS a disaster! Whew!

So THIS current upgrade is unique in that we are getting FAR SUPERIOR STUFF that we did not have before! And those things are …… well, you will just have to wait until the next Bog Blog post. For now, I will include more photos of lots of stuff that has happened in CALL, and the first of the Before and After photos too! And a few random ‘Favourite Bog Blog’ posts at the bottom too!

And don’t forget about … The Great CALL Flood of 2015!

But for now, you will have to:

Monitor this OAC Blog!
Make a resolution to be ready for anything!
Station yourself at the ready!
Display your boxes of CALL hi-tech upgrades!
Project the future!
Measure up to … 55″ of PowerPoint slides in every direction!
And if not PP, then switch to a 55″ Keynote instead!
Don’t get drunk on screenshots!
Screen everyone who visits CALL!
Memorize how to spell HDMI!
Surf the Internet riding high on a CRESTRON .wav!
Get ready for one DELL of an upgrade!
No boots needed in case of a flood, only … re-boots!
Didn’t cost much either! We paid in cache!
CALL will be safe from monitor lizards, finally!
Monitor the upgrades ’cause it … hertz so good!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY …
BE READY …..
After … July 13th!

And … just to end on a
Shameless OAC
Bog Blog promotion …
Here are some random Bog Blog favourite OAC posts!

My Favourite ‘Favourites’ at OAC!
So … What’s Next for … 2022?
CALL Computer Refresh Deja Vu ….. All Over Again
A Walk Down Memory Lane .. or .. 1 Domegemegrottebyte Worth!
Favourite and Useful UVic Links
NEW CALL LAYOUT !
The CALL Facility & other UVic Mysteries
UVIC Social Media
Social Media at UVic or … LIKES and FOLLOWS
On Campus Photo Shoot
On Campus Photo Shoot Redux
And of course …. CHD Jeopardy Opus (all the Jeopardy pdfs!)
And a favourite topic is … UVic Recycling!
The ReCycling of CALL and … HSD!
Comparing Apples and Oranges III . . . The ReCycling

And one of my
ABSOLUTELY FAVOURITE
Bog Blog Posts …
Secret Gems of Clearihue!
SSShhhh . . . Clearihue’s Hidden Secrets . . . & GEMS

And if you made it this far
A SNEAK PREVIEW
of the NEXT CHD Jeopardy!

A Walk Down Memory Lane .. or .. 1 Domegemegrottebyte Worth!

Let’s go for a walk down …
Memory Lane !
Of 1 Domegemegrottebyte Size !!!!

I hope you have been able to keep THIS BOG BLOG POST TOP SECRET!

If not, then go ahead and TELL EVERYONE! The secret CALL Upgrade with lots of new TECH TOYS is less than TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!

The CALL Facility will actually be closed the first two weeks of July (1-5 and 8-12) while the best technical crew on campus brings CALL to the height of upgrades! A long time coming and this will significantly change how CALL can and WILL be used for classes, demos, workshops, orientations, lectures, exams and even drop-in usage! And maybe even MORE uses as everyone discovers that CALL can now do ….. oops ……. almost let the cat out of the bag! You will have to wait or better yet, drop by and talk to me! CALL has had computer refreshes but this time .. is different. CALL did get new furniture and a newer version of The Pods, just before Covid, but this is going to be really cool!

Oh, and if you were wondering about what a Domegemegrottebyte is ….

Domegemegrottebyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes) (or 10³³ Bytes)

And for comparison, click HERE for some eye opening comparisons! I had never heard of The Byte Scale before! WOW!

Okay, now for some fun stuff! There are vintage photos of The CALL Facility and even the notorious and infamous …. Lab ‘B’ that I have found. AND some Great Flood photos and even Classic CALL photos. Below are a bunch of mini-galleries, each with a mini-them! Some are so old, that colour had not been invented yet! All this in comparison to various upgrades and the UPGRADE TO COME IN JULY! I will do a blog about that, when complete and we have a Fully Functioning ~~DEATHSTAR~~ CALL Facility! Check them out below in a bunch of Galleries!

**The CALL Facility will be completed on schedule**

THE LEGENDARY LAB ‘B’
the night before it was … DISASSEMBLED!

Classic CALL Facility Photos – Pre-Flood!

The Great Flood of 2015!

Vintage & Old Photos of CALL 1989!

CALL During Flood Renovations

Behind the Scenes CLTE Renovations!

CALL FUN FAIR – Meet the Team

And some more cool links from previous Bog Blogs about upgrades and new tech and toys through the years! And don’t forget to recycle boxes, hardware and even food and paper! JUST DO IT!

NEW! The CALL Facility Furniture HAS ARRIVED! NEW!
CALL Computer Refresh Deja Vu ….. All Over Again
SSShhh or Clearihue’s Hidden Secrets .. or CLEARIHUE’S HIDDEN GEMS!!!!
The CALL Facility Original Ad for Employment September 1989
1989 to 2019 30th Anniversary of The CALL Facility!
Meet the Team Systems Open House
The CALL Facility Original Ad for Employment September 1989
CALL Towering Tech Arrivals
The Recycling of CALL and … HSD! (Upgrades need recycling!)
Recycling Never Gets Old at UVic!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

And … just to end on yet another shameless OAC Bog Blog promotion, yet another Post ending with yet another previous blog on …. PUNS! Please be kind! And if you can’t be kind, then I will just have to make more puns! The choice … is yours!!! The Pun is strong in this one ……

Super Secret Surprise CALL Stuff … coming in July!

SUPER SECRET….
Surprise CALL STUFF …..
Coming in JULY !!!!

CAN you keep a secret? You better be able to! There just might be some VERY interesting stuff coming to your local CALL Facility, scheduled for the first two weeks of JULY! Just before that though, will be DHSI for the first two weeks of JUNE!

What is DHSI? Well, I will write another post closer to June, but another Super Secret CALL Scenario is ….. click here to see what DHSI is!

But for now, you will have to:

Monitor this OAC Blog!
Make a resolution to be ready for anything!
Station yourself at the ready!
Display your boxes of CALL hi-tech upgrades!
Project the future!
Measure up to … 55″ of PowerPoint slides in every direction!
And if not PP, then switch to a 55″ Keynote instead!
Don’t get drunk on screenshots!
Screen everyone who visits CALL!
Memorize how to spell HDMI!
Surf the Internet riding high on a CRESTRON .wav!
Get ready for one DELL of an upgrade!
No boots needed in case of a flood, only … re-boots!
Didn’t cost much either! We paid in cache!
CALL will be safe from monitor lizards, finally!
Monitor the upgrades ’cause it … hertz so good!

And maybe, just maybe, the photo below in a Super Secret location, safe from prying eyes … will have some clues!

And just have to end on a serious note ….. NOT!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

And … just to end on a shameless OAC Bog Blog promotion, I did a whole post on puns and jokes during early Covid in 2020 …….

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training FEBRUARY 2024

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
February 2024
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!
AND WITH NARRATION BY … ME!!!
JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024

ALL STAFF TRAINING
Saturday FEBRUARY 10th!!!

CHD ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK! CHD JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024 EDITION! CART2D2 will be there too! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO, including a new CHD Wheel of TECH with better graphics, MORE prizes and completely new Categories! And CHD Training with Jeopardy is even HARDER to get tickets for than … Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour! Be there!!!

There will even be random prizes above the regular Daily Double prizes, scattered throughout! Don’t miss it! Come for the training, stay for Jeopardy ….. and LUNCH!!

And a reminder about the CHD Halloween Jeopardy 2023!!! LOTS OF CANDY AND PRIZES! One of my Faves of ALL my Jeopardy training sessions! Just so much fun and unexpected laughs, spills, chills and thrills!

Come for the training! Stay for the Jeopardy … & of course, the food!

AND, AGAIN, as a BONUS feature, I turned the previous PowerPoint of CHD Jeopardy Mixed Bag into a video and have posted it at YouTube! So you can slowly go through, WATCHING Jeopardy! You can scroll down below or click HERE to go directly to it! YAY CHD JEOPARDY AND SATURDAY STAFF TRAINING!

I have kept the thumbnails (down below) from a previous post about “A Brief History of Time, Space & … JEOPARDY At The Computer Help Desk” but you can always go back a few posts and read more!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Jeopardy VIII Triple re-Boot — **Jeopardy VIII Triple re-Bo**

Jeopardy IX Memes "R" Us — **Jeopardy IX Memes “R” Us**

Jeopardy XI Greg's Playlist — **Jeopardy XI Greg’s Playlist**

CHD Jeopardy Greg's Playlist II — **CHD Jeopardy XII Greg’s Playlist II**

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training OCTOBER 2023

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
OCTOBER 2023
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday OCTOBER 14th!!!
(Right after Friday the 13th!!)

CHD ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK! The Day After Friday the Thirteenth too! CHD JEOPARDY HALLOWEEN EDITION! CART2D2 will be there too! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO, including a new CHD Wheel of Terror with better graphics, MORE prizes and completely new Categories!

There will even be random prizes above the regular Daily Double prizes, scattered throughout! And MYSTERY BAGS for prizes too! Don’t miss it! Come for the training

And below is a GIF sneak peek of what is to come!

Come for the training! Stay for the Jeopardy … & of course, the food!

And a bit of what to expect
on the weekend too!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training JUNE 2023

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JUNE 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday June 3rd !!!

Only the FOURTH time since Covid started in March of 2020 (for UVIC remote) that we were able to host an in-person training session, complete with CHD Supers, Co-ops and Consultants and … CHD JEOPARDY! CART2D2 will be there too! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO, including the CHD Wheel of Destiny and new types of questions too!

INSTANT PRIZES for answering questions and then whatever is left over (lots and lots!), everyone gets a Toblerone, CLIF bar or a Rice Krispy square! Thank goodness for HIGH QUALITY DOLLAR STORES IN TOWN! And no need for a follow-up over the weekend! INSTANT PLAY AND INSTANT WIN! YAY!

And here is the first ever SNEAK PEEK of the upcoming Double Jeopardy! A teaser trailer JUST before the questions!

And as an EXTRA BONUS, I will include a few ‘Secret GIFs‘ that will be used in the new Double Trouble Jeopardy … at A NEW GIF SITE here! Click and have a sneak peek of Double Trouble GIFs! And a bunch more reposted GIFs from previous Jeopardy sessions are here! Enjoy!
Come for the training! Stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

Sneak Preview of Jeopardy GIFs for June 2023

A SNEAK PEAK of (some) June 2023 Jeopardy GIFs!
(and a whole bunch of previous ones here!)

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training January 2023

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JANUARY 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
WAS BACK ON THE WEEKEND!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!!

Only the THIRD time since Covid started in March of 2020 (for UVIC remote) that we were able to host an in-person training session, complete with CHD Supers, Coops and Consultants and … CHD JEOPARDY! CART2D2 was even there! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO including the first ever use of the CHD Wheel of Destiny!!!!

This way I could hand out INSTANT PRIZES for answering questions and then whatever was left over (lots and lots!), everyone gets a Toblerone, CLIF bar or a Rice Krispy square! Thank goodness for HIGH QUALITY DOLLAR STORES IN TOWN! And no need for a follow-up over the weekend! INSTANT PLAY AND INSTANT WIN! YAY!

Come for the training…..
stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

AND, AGAIN, as a BONUS feature, I turned the PowerPoint of CHD Jeopardy Mixed Bag into a video and have posted it at YouTube! So you can slowly go through, WATCHING Jeopardy! You can scroll down below or click HERE to go directly to it! YAY CHD JEOPARDY AND SATURDAY STAFF TRAINING!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

Thanks for the MEME-ories!

THANKS
for the
MEME-ories!

A constant mainstay of most of my posts are … MEMES! Yeah, yeah, yeah …. everybody does Memes! And … that is a good thing! See, just added one there of Martha Stewart! And probably all you youngsters out there won’t know who she is or her catch phrase! That is okay and that too is … A Good Thing! I guess that makes this a Meta-Meme! LOL!

I generously populate my posts with home grown memes and gifs! Some might argue that a meme should NOT be a GIF. That would NOT be … ME! A picture might be worth 1000 words (+GST/PST), so why not animate it, and add a few more to the mix! The more the meme-ier! LOL!

I use an online site called ezgif.com to do most of my editing. All you need it an original image or gif and you can quickly and easily make it into anything you want! And if you can’t find the exact meme or animated gif …. you can import your own VIDEO clip! I use handbrake to ‘harvest’ a few seconds of movies or YouTube clips. Then it only takes a few minutes to really figure out how add text to your new GIF! I even wrote a post about it called ‘Adding Text to GIFs … Jeopardy GIF/MEME Version!‘ way back in May of 2021! I have a mini lesson there but oodles of links for you to explore as well! I think it is one of my better posts as I use GIFs every day and try to think of new ones or new techniques too! Hardly a CHD meeting goes by without SOMEONE including a relevant and hilarious GIF … you know who you are!

But I also like to be creative in PowerPoint too, for all the CHD Jeopardy training sessions each semester! GIFs created at ezgif are standalone and great!

But in PowerPoint, you can place a ‘clean’ or ‘untexted’ file and then use PowerPoint to add animated text AFTER the image shows up, or WITH IT too! So, the GIF can ‘fly in’ from the left side and then the text can ‘fly in’ (or anything!) from the right side! So, it adds another level of animation to the GIF! I use both!

There are probably an infinite number of bloggers, making an infinite number of GIFs on the internet! So, give it a try and see what you can make on your own! Start easy with a simple favourite GIF of anything! Add a few lines of text, change the font, the colour, the timing! And then try it in PowerPoint too! Be creative! Take chances! Make mistakes! Get messy! AND HAVE FUN! That might be a more ‘timely’ or ‘generational’ GIF for all of the younger bloggers!

I am guilty on all those counts …. sentenced to lifetime imprisonment for flagrant and repetitive bad graphic design work! My daughter is a professional Graphic Designer and … you guessed it … rolls her eyes every time I talk about what I did for the most recent Jeopardy! LOL!

I am also adding a post called ‘GIFs‘ with JUST FAVOURITE CALL MEMES IN IT HERE! Some with text and some without! And below will be many of my most recent memes from here at Bog Blog! Enjoy! And although OAC does not like putting up PowerPoint files, all the CHD Jeopardy training sessions are in PDF format and the GIFS, although not animated, are there! Just click on my Page for CALL Jeopardy Opus! Need any, let me know!

SUPER SECRET…. Surprise CALL STUFF II ….. It is now …. JULY !!!!

And don’t forget about … The Great CALL Flood of 2015!

But for now, you will have to:

See everyone in JULY! Come on down to THE CALL FACILITY … BE READY ….. After … July 13th!

And … just to end on a Shameless OAC Bog Blog promotion … Here are some random Bog Blog favourite OAC posts!

And one of my ABSOLUTELY FAVOURITE Bog Blog Posts … Secret Gems of Clearihue! SSShhhh . . . Clearihue’s Hidden Secrets . . . & GEMS

And if you made it this far A SNEAK PREVIEW of the NEXT CHD Jeopardy!

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Let’s go for a walk down … Memory Lane ! Of 1 Domegemegrottebyte Size !!!!

THE LEGENDARY LAB ‘B’ the night before it was … DISASSEMBLED!

Classic CALL Facility Photos – Pre-Flood!

The Great Flood of 2015!

Vintage & Old Photos of CALL 1989!

CALL During Flood Renovations

Behind the Scenes CLTE Renovations!

CALL FUN FAIR – Meet the Team

See everyone in JULY! Come on down to THE CALL FACILITY!

Share this:

SUPER SECRET…. Surprise CALL STUFF ….. Coming in JULY !!!!

But for now, you will have to:

And just have to end on a serious note ….. NOT!

See everyone in JULY! Come on down to THE CALL FACILITY!

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CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING February 2024 NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE! AND WITH NARRATION BY … ME!!! JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024

ALL STAFF TRAINING Saturday FEBRUARY 10th!!!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING OCTOBER 2023 NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE! ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK THIS WEEKEND! Saturday OCTOBER 14th!!! (Right after Friday the 13th!!)

And a bit of what to expect on the weekend too!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING JUNE 2023 ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK THIS WEEKEND! Saturday June 3rd !!!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

A SNEAK PEAK of (some) June 2023 Jeopardy GIFs! (and a whole bunch of previous ones here!)

Share this:

CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING JANUARY 2023 ALL STAFF TRAINING WAS BACK ON THE WEEKEND! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!!

Come for the training….. stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

THANKS for the MEME-ories!

Share this:

SUPER SECRET….
Surprise CALL STUFF II …..
It is now …. JULY !!!!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY …
BE READY …..
After … July 13th!

And … just to end on a
Shameless OAC
Bog Blog promotion …
Here are some random Bog Blog favourite OAC posts!

And one of my
ABSOLUTELY FAVOURITE
Bog Blog Posts …
Secret Gems of Clearihue!
SSShhhh . . . Clearihue’s Hidden Secrets . . . & GEMS

And if you made it this far
A SNEAK PREVIEW
of the NEXT CHD Jeopardy!

Let’s go for a walk down …
Memory Lane !
Of 1 Domegemegrottebyte Size !!!!

THE LEGENDARY LAB ‘B’
the night before it was … DISASSEMBLED!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

SUPER SECRET….
Surprise CALL STUFF …..
Coming in JULY !!!!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
February 2024
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!
AND WITH NARRATION BY … ME!!!
JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024

ALL STAFF TRAINING
Saturday FEBRUARY 10th!!!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
OCTOBER 2023
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday OCTOBER 14th!!!
(Right after Friday the 13th!!)

And a bit of what to expect
on the weekend too!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JUNE 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday June 3rd !!!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

A SNEAK PEAK of (some) June 2023 Jeopardy GIFs!
(and a whole bunch of previous ones here!)

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JANUARY 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
WAS BACK ON THE WEEKEND!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!!

Come for the training…..
stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

THANKS
for the
MEME-ories!