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Star Wars One Line at a Time
Nick Montfort just e-mailed a link to his brilliant textual interpretation of Star Wars. Great use of characters in a purely linear narrative environment....

Disappearing Jobs
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"Report a Concern" at Google Maps
Philipp Lenssen at "Google Blogoscoped" spotted a change in Google's panorama map interface, and asked me to weigh in.Since a recent Google Maps Street View update, Google shows the wording "Report a concern" at the footer of their panorama photos...

Is Assessment a Four-letter Word?
I really like what Steve Ersinghaus wrote about assessment.One of the significant issues I've faced has to do with attitude. Mine, not the students. Typically I ask students not to worry so much about making the deadline, but that the...