My student journos were given one class period to…

My student journos were given one class period to film, edit, and publish a 2-min TV news story. Speed journalism! blogs.setonhill.edu/el200-2013-fa/… Similar:My Minecraft-obsessed tween made this blocky foam pig at art camp. Next up: Stage Right summer musical th…AestheticsOverheard at Quora: "Why after all these years is Moodle still so ugly?"Moodle is a free course-management…

@ZCharisma Oh, now I feel bad.

@ZCharisma Oh, now I feel bad. Similar:Carolyn Gombell Is Not a Real Person: #JusticeforCarolyn Is a Campaign Against Twitter Ref…Fascinating use of social media. To be c…Current_Events10 Rules of Internet – Anil DashA very useful, concise summary of web-en…BusinessJury Duty UpdateI’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-…GovernmentDesert Bus: The Worst Video Game Ever CreatedPenn and Teller…

xkcd: Headlines

It: nailed. xkcd: Headlines. Similar:Final Mission (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 9) Picard and Wesley bond on a Desert …Rewatching ST:TNG. The plot, such as …MediaPortrait of a Ten-Year-Old GirlThis thoughtful article demonstrates how…CultureThe posthuman liberal artsAs those familiar with the liberal arts …Academia'New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirlBe…

My geekling is not just pretending to be Spock…

…she’s pretending to be “Spock in a Tree on Omicron Ceti III.” Similar:Amazing show. Young lovers, a witty (but often stupid) servant, speeches, rants, exaggerat… PersonalScat "boop oop a doop" and variations (Esther Lee Jones, Helen Kane, Betty Boop, Marilyn M… A few years ago I was working regularl…BusinessEducated, uplifted, boosted, and fed. Block party celebrating…

“Only You” — 11yo Carolyn Sings a Power Ballad from “Starlight Express”

The observation car Pearl sings of her love for Rusty, in the “Like ‘Cats’ but with Trains” show “Starlight Express.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma4FusuIgSM   By the way, that’s a Star Wars Stormtrooper outfit, with pink accents added by my wife. Post by Stage Right. Similar:A Matter of Honor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 8)Rewatching ST:TNG after a…

RT @textfiles: Hi internet. In another few minutes…

RT @textfiles: Hi internet. In another few minutes I go onstage to point everyone to archive.org/details/histor… and hopefully computer history … Similar:Maybe I'll just delete these QUARTER OF A MILLION spam comments.Not kidding — 254,460 spam comments in …CybercultureTweet: For an anatomy project, my #geekling made a Vulcan…For an anatomy project, my #geekling mad…TweetsJuror's CreedWhile…

One of the Sadder Lost and Found Messages You’ll Probably See Today

Not my item, but the pathos caught my eye. Similar:I MacGyvered myself a heat sinkI’m getting ready to record about 18hrs …DesignReally, WCCC? AcademiaDani Girl (Oct 1-3, 2015) at the Geyer Performing Arts CenterVinnie Tresco, Carolyn Jerz, Matthew Hom…CultureA former student working in SEO shared this. I miss Google classic.AmusingJournalism is now the second draft…

The Amazon Mystery: What America’s Strangest Tech Company Is Really Up To

Seriously: What is Amazon? A retail company? A media company? A logistics machine? The mystery of its strategy is deepened by two factors. First is the company’s communications department, which famously excels at not communicating. Three requests to speak with Amazon officials for this article were delayed and, inevitably, declined. This moves discussions of the…

Tween: “My friends say Bieber’s a jerk now.” Me: “…

Tween: “My friends say Bieber’s a jerk now.” Me: “It’s hard when your idols fall.” Tween: “That’s why I don’t have any. Except for you.” Similar:In Defense Of Metaphors In Science WritingWe live in an elegant universe. The c…CultureAnd the girl has succeeded in getting me to wear t…And the girl has succeeded in getting…

Emily Dickinson Manuscript for “The Chariot”

A new Emily Dickinson archive is online. Here is the opening of one of her most famous poems. Reading View for Fascicle 23. Similar:Here's to the grim-based photojournalist who saved my bacon ~35 years ago Here’s to you, grim-faced photojournal…AcademiaThe History of Typography Told in Five Animated MinutesOpen Culture. AestheticsFormer Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh sentenced…

Nerdy Rainbow Loom Crafting

My wonderfully geeky tween made these Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde pendants with her Rainbow Loom. Next on her list: making Pac-Man. Similar:Each building in my #medievalyork simulation has four levels of detail (so that distant ob…AestheticsCarolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production of Little…Another fun show! Great job,…

AP reporter’s mistake: Did the punishment fit the crime?

Reporters have been sometimes fired for willful misconduct, such as repeated instances of plagiarism or fabrication. Reporters who’ve suffered that fate, such as the New York Times’ Jayson Blair and The Washington Post’s Janet Cooke, were guilty of gross journalistic malpractice. But firing a reporter over an unintentional mistake is “extremely rare,” said Scott Maier,…

The Decline of Wikipedia: Even As More People Than Ever Rely on It, Fewer People Create It

I’m getting ready to introduce my freshman writing students to college-level research, so I found it helpful to read this brief introduction to the internal problems Wikipedia creates for itself. When a major news event takes place, such as the Boston Marathon bombings, complex, widely sourced entries spring up within hours and evolve by the…

“Does size matter?” — student journalist, making…

“Does size matter?” — student journalist, making a person-on-the street video interview about the new iPad. Similar:How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweetOn Sunday night, President Donald Trump …AcademiaIn Defense Of Metaphors In Science WritingWe live in an elegant universe. The c…CultureJuror's CreedWhile researching my obligations for #ju…CultureParallel structure…

RT @joningold: Thing is, the freedom of the parser…

RT @joningold: Thing is, the freedom of the parser is a sham – not because it *doesn’t* understand everything but because no-one plays as t… Similar:Hello, there, mini.Hello, there, mini. Let’s restore you fr…Tweets10 Rules of Internet – Anil DashA very useful, concise summary of web-en…BusinessI'm no longer surprised, but still want to document.This is…