{"id":1542,"date":"2011-01-22T09:38:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2011-01-22T09:41:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T16:41:16","slug":"becker-michael-november-26-1954-january-16-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/01\/22\/becker-michael-november-26-1954-january-16-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"BECKER, Michael &#8211; November 26, 1954 &#8211; January 16, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>BECKER, Michael November 26, 1954 &#8211; January 16, 2011<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legacy.com\/can-edmonton\/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&amp;PersonID=147930512\">Remembering | Edmonton Journal-Read and Search Obituaries, Create a Tribute for a Loved One or Offer your Condolences.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was my brother. It will take me time to put together a fitting personal tribute. This is his obituary.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1542'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1542);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1542);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1542);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>BECKER, Michael November 26, 1954 &#8211; January 16, 2011 via Remembering | Edmonton Journal-Read and Search Obituaries, Create a Tribute for a Loved One or Offer your Condolences.. Michael was my brother. It will take me time to put together &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/01\/22\/becker-michael-november-26-1954-january-16-2011\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-1542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-family"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-oS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1910,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/12\/26\/la-times-michael-hiltzik-looking-for-a-reason-to-love-the-ipad-latimes-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":1542,"position":0},"title":"LA Times: Michael Hiltzik: Looking for a reason to love the iPad &#8211; latimes.com","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"December 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a link to my blog posting in the LA Times. Cool. Apparently I am one of a \"sizable cadre of bloggers\"... - does that count as a citation, I wonder? Michael Hiltzik: Looking for a reason to love the iPad - latimes.com. I don't \"hate the iPad,\" like the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2343,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/25\/new-rule-i-am-not-going-to-apologize-for-crying\/","url_meta":{"origin":1542,"position":1},"title":"New Rule: I am NOT Going to Apologize for Crying.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"WHAT? Where did that come from? I'm getting resource material together for a class I'm teaching on Digital Game Based Learning that starts next week. As long as I've been keeping this blog, some of the posts I've done have been things I would say in a class if I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1997-02-cruise-3-161x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1679,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/05\/19\/im-the-only-one-left-who-remembers-my-childhood\/","url_meta":{"origin":1542,"position":2},"title":"I&#8217;m the only one left who remembers my childhood.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"May 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"So, the other shoe has dropped so to speak. I don't usually write personal things, but this one is important. This isn't going to be a long post but I wanted to get this out there before too much more time went by. I imagine I will have more to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1858,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/11\/07\/what-if-the-secret-to-success-is-failure-nytimes-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":1542,"position":3},"title":"What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? &#8211; NYTimes.com","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com. I've been saying this for years!!!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6916,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/06\/26\/the-guide-to-computer-simulations-and-games-to-be-re-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":1542,"position":4},"title":"The Guide to Computer Simulations and Games to be re-released.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We have regained the rights to our 2011 book, The Guide to Computer Simulations and Games, originally published by Wiley. We are in the process of updating it for a new edition, but in the meantime we have decided to release the first edition on LeanPub (e-versions only; no print\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/book\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cover3-232x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1642,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/04\/02\/the-ludologist-gamification-backlash-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1542,"position":5},"title":"The Ludologist \u00bb Gamification Backlash Roundup","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Nice summary. The Ludologist \u00bb Gamification Backlash Roundup. For me the most important comment is this one: Sebastian Deterding\u2019s Pawned. Gamification and Its Discontents: \u201cGames are not fun because they are games, but when they are well-designed.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gamification&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gamification","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/gamification-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1545,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions\/1545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}