Similar:As a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry…I recall just sort of telling the editor…AcademiaIn July 1999, I was blogging about Dante's ashes, Apollo 11, gender-neutral language, and …In July, 1999, I was blogging about: …CultureIf I don’t design the sign for the pub on my #steampunk space…
Pinhole projection. Similar:Today’s adulting was brought to you by a failed motor vehicle inspection. #notacarguy #win…The car shop wanted to charge over $300….ModdingColorful variations of an upholstered desk chair for my fantasy #steampunk #blender3d proj…AestheticsAlas for You (Godspell, Stage Right)Three weeks ago tonight, I got an email …DramaMy daughter was five or six when she…
I’ve felt a bit like this guy the last few times I’ve been to in-person academic conferences. I certainly enjoy the panels and the keynotes and seeing the poster presentations, but in between sessions I just drift around and think about what I would be doing right now if I were at home, and missing…
Similar:NBC's Chuck Todd takes aim at CNN”The big danger always confronting CNN —…BusinessLighting really makes a difference! A glimpse into the captain's ready room, off the offic… AestheticsThe secret life of a public library security guardThis made me think of a college friend w…CultureCredible case that a lost Shakespeare sonnet has been identified A dedication…
Similar:A Grave Tale (a short story I narrated for WAOB Audio Theatre)A Grave Tale (WAOB Audio Theatre) Wri…LiteratureMore split-screen actinghttp://youtu.be/EGgeZWskEs8DesignReady to teach another set of students what research is (and what it isn’t).AcademiaPop Culture Showdown with My Retro DaughterThe girl tried to weird me out with a vi…Aesthetics80 Days: "1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas…
What is a double-entry research journal?
Reading with a highlighter in your hand encourages you to agree with or ignore what you read. That’s a very limited way to engage with a text.
By contrast, double-entry notes are a way of making complex connections between different things that you read.
My students often tell me that when they take good double-entry notes, they get a much better paper when the time comes for them to start actually churning out the paragraphs.
Similar:Dear organization from my past that just sent me a scolding email…Dear organization from my past that just…CultureI almost cried when I saw this entrance to the children's section of the Kansas City …PersonalThat's what's been bothering me since yesterday's #AirPod reveal. #manamanaNumber of times one of my $9.99 headphon…BusinessModular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts…
Similar:I'm really enjoying seeing how my students are responding to Hamlet.As part of a class assignment, one stude…AcademiaMeet the guys who tape Trump's papers back togetherI tell this old newsroom tale to my stud…CultureTaking Harassment Seriously Requires Serious DistinctionsEditor and columnist Jonah Goldberg ques…CultureSoldiers and Sailors Memorial and Museum Another visit to Pittsburgh with my…
Similar:Dragging Myself to a New Skill Level with Blender 3DWorking on some very complex stuff in Bl…AestheticsGrappling with Genocide: Fostering Empathy and Engagement through Text and Image (NEH fund…Some of my amazing colleagues have colla…CultureBias Check! Consult different sources for a fuller picture.BusinessProto iPads and Paper Coexist in Classic Star TrekRewatching the classic Trek episode…
Anecdote: [A] ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the “quantity” group: fifty pound of pots rated an “A”, forty pounds a “B”, and so on. Those being graded on “quality”, however, needed to produce only one pot — albeit a perfect one — to get an “A”. Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work – and learning from their mistakes — the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.
Rewatching ST:DS9 On a bustling morning in Quark’s, Rom sours his brother’s good mood by ordering human cuisine — O’Brien’s favorite breakfast. Bashir commiserates after he accidentally killed the plants Keiko entrusted to O’Brien. Little Molly tells her daddy, “You’re in trouble.” Keiko seems strangely unmoved by the news. “They’re just plants.” When Keiko tells…
A scholar uses bank records to track the surge of Murphys and Sullivans and Kellys who emigrated to New York after the ~1850 Irish potato Famine, and learns that about 40% who started out as day laborers ended as business owners and professionals, and many who lived in the poor Irish neighborhoods had enough money…
If you click “Yes,” the pop-up will install the “Bing Search” Chrome extension while making Microsoft’s search engine the default. If you click “Yes” on the ad to switch to Bing, a Chrome pop-up will appear, asking you to confirm that you want to change the browser’s default search engine. “Did you mean to change your search…
Medical doctors and scholars Raneem Bader, Ashraf Imam, Mohammad Alnees, Neta Adler, Joanthan ilia, Diaa Zugayar, Arbell Dan, and Abed Khalaileh are shortly going to be very surprised how many people are viewing their article, “Successful management of an Iatrogenic portal vein and hepatic artery injury in a 4-month-old female patient: A case report and…
I remember staying up well past my bedtime in the late 70s and early 80s, watching the local PBS station where experts sat around a table, poring through freshly-printed glossy photos of mountain ranges, rings, and craters. I remember them holding up one photo and discussing whether they were looking at the disk of a…
Looks like somebody’s webmaster accidentally preloaded a headline that would be easy to edit either way, and that placeholder headline got (at least briefly) published. Similar:Your Brain Does Not Work Like a ComputerThe brain-as-computer is a powerful meme…HealthThe Falling Man — 9/11 Suicide PhotographPowerful, painful essay. Worth revisitin…Culturedungeon.jpg (JPEG Image, 2535×1616 pixels)Great Zork map.AestheticsInfrared photo…
Similar:Yeet with Emily Dickinson (according to my auto-correct}PersonalFantasticks (Theatre Factory, Oct 18-27) AestheticsMy brother drove my mother in to see Carolyn in tonight’s opening night Kinetic Theatre pr…PersonalTrimsheets baked with greebly texture goodness add eye-pleasing woodgrain & tech detai…AestheticsRascals (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 7) Transporter glitch tween-ifies Picar…Rewatching ST:TNG A glowing Space Thing…Amusing11…
This is not only powerful material for thought, it’s also compelling storytelling. At the time, only a handful of published medical studies had documented deathbed visions, and they largely relied on secondhand reports from doctors and other caregivers rather than accounts from patients themselves. On a flight home from a conference, Kerr outlined a study…
Similar:Because words matter, old sport.AcademiaIs There a Santa Claus?Update, Dec 2020: https://www.youtube.c…CultureHard Time #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 4, Episode 19) O'Brien deals with the implanted m…Rewatching ST:DS9 A haggard O’Brien, wi…JusticeJudge: Apple conspired to fix eBook prices.Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook pric…BooksWho needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on Second LifeYears ago…
Catherine’s attempts to adjust a family photo, amid frenzied social media speculation about her wellbeing, have run straight into widespread concerns about trust in images, text and audio in a year when half the world is going to the polls. “This photo is a prime example of why 2024 is a crucial year for spotting –…