The Drinks are On Us! and Us! and Us Too!

I got a text message a couple days ago.. would I be available Saturday night to play a judge in a one-act play based (very loosely) on local history? Sure, why not? Similar:Princess of Wales photo furore underlines sensitivity around image doctoring Catherine’s attempts to adjust a famil…CultureSources tell Seton Hill University's Dennis Jerz that…

Microphowned

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How Americans Die

Fantastic data visualization. How Americans Die. Similar:Academic study concludes that teaching kids to touch-type can make them better writersImproving students’ handwriting skill di…EducationDonald Trump's chilling escalation of his war with the mediaA journalist’s response to President Tru…Current_EventsIn March, 2001, I was blogging about "All Your Base…", digital history, 3D printers, and…In March 2001, I was…

The Dadliest Decade

The eighties, at least, were drenched in cocaine and neon, slick cars and yacht parties, a real debauched reaction. But nineties white culture was all earnest yearning: the sorrow of Kurt Cobain and handwringing over selling out, crooning boy-bands and innocent pop starlets, the Contract With America and the Starr Report. It was all so…

The Benefits of Writing Crap (A Reminder)

A first draft gives you something to go on in the future. Because you will rewrite this draft. And you’ll rewrite it again after the first time. So, don’t rush the process. (And I’m talking to myself as much as to you.) At the same time, I think its important to acknowledge that writing “masterful…

How to Lie with Data Visualization

Data visualization is one of the most important tools we have to analyze data. But it’s just as easy to mislead as it is to educate using charts and graphs. In this article we’ll take a look at 3 of the most common ways in which visualizations can be misleading. —Heap Data Blog. Similar:Goodby big…

Understanding Poetry

INCIDENTAL COMICS: Understanding Poetry. Similar:Over time, Google has made paid ads harder to spot  In 2007, Google changed the long…BusinessArsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21)With an A-plot that comments on the Cold…CultureHow professors use their time: faculty time allocationInteresting social science approach to h…AcademiaBlog ten-beat lines of verse, like Shakespeare wrote. Blog ten-beat…

My Day of Digital Humanities

I’ve blogged a bit as part of today’s Day of Digital Humanities. Day of Digital Humanities on Twitter. Similar:Verizon Forced Me to Remove Parentheses, Quotation Marks, and Apostrophes from a Customer …When I finally found a way to contact Ve…HomeTolkien v. Orwell: Who understood modern surveillance best?Interesting set of observations explorin…CultureI can probably remove that…