I just touched up a handout on Parallel Structure vs Faulty Parallelism. Similar:In July, 2000, I was creating handouts on the sounds of poetry, prototypes, and writing fo…It seems that an unusually high percenta…AcademiaMicrosoft's Bing AI Now Threatening Users Who Provoke It: "If I had to choose between your…According to screenshots posted by …Current_EventsCombating Shakespearean shrinkage…
These comic panels cover the issue well. (Pennington Publishing) Similar:Enjoying my "Dystopia in American Literature" class.After a kind of prelude in which we look…AcademiaVandal scratches Poe phrase into car at dealershipLanguage nerds will appreciate this news…AmusingDr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) feature…Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spec…AcademiaWhen…
A thoughtful reflection on religion in Star Trek. While Humans aren’t depicted as participating in any form of organized religion (there is a reference to a Christmas party here, a nod to monotheism there), the series also includes a distrust of science and technology, regularly depicting mad scientists, societies over-dependent on technology, etc.) that insists…
If you’re legally present on a public street or sidewalk, you can legally photograph anything in plain view. (This includes children and crime victims… but just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s always a good idea.) If law enforcement engages you, ask whether you are free to go; if so, then move out of the…
Standardized testing rewards standardized thinking, while excluding creativity, resilience & other “soft” skills. I have started gong out of my way to remind students in my classes that I am not comparing their papers to a “correct answer” in the back of my book — I want them to learn a habit of mind that…
It’s a good day when one’s nerdiness is an asset to a colleague. Similar:Office Hours in the Pool Hall My favorite story comes from the week …AcademiaThis English major will walk off the graduation platform this weekend, and into a full-tim…Be yourself. If have you a bad attitude,…CultureIs Babylon 5 secretly the most influential TV…
I’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-obligated-for-jury-duty citizen. Similar:The daughter experiences her birthday cookie AestheticsShort-range #neovictorian excursion craft, now with glowing power orbs! Over the past year…https://youtu.be/-cJp-kelrL8 AestheticsWooden document holders. Pretty routine, but practice is practice. #Blender3DPersonalOverwhelmed? Start a new to-do list with "1) Breathe; 2) Make 'to-do' list" Felt momentarily overwhelmed by the da…CultureWho is…
Keep a local backup of anything important you’ve entrusted to online services. There’s no guarantee that, years from now, those services will honor the terms you agreed to. Backed by new investors, including singer Justin Timberlake, Myspace (after dropping the capital ‘S’) has been rebranded as a music-streaming service, with a new sleek interface, and…
Penn and Teller are involved with this story. Worth a read. The only record of the game’s existence was a handful of review copies that had been sent out to journalists in the weeks before the publisher went bust, in 1995. The game remained a curious rumor until September, 2005, when Frank Cifaldi, a freelance…
Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook prices. #ethics #books The Federal lawsuit claimed that Apple, led by then-CEO Steve Jobs and senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, conspired with HarperCollins, Hatchett, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster to drive e-book prices up from the $9.99 price point Amazon had established. –readwrite.com Similar:Nor the…
RT @spj_tweets: How TV could suffer the fate of newspapers: @alanmutter shares the second installment of his two-part blog – http://t.co/l… Similar:I asked my geekling whether she was ready for bed…I asked my #geekling whether she was rea…AmusingJuror's CreedWhile researching my obligations for #ju…CultureShe doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does…
RT @DepressedDarth: Dear J.J. Abrams, If the new Star Wars is bad, you will forever be known as Jar Jar Abrams. Sincerely, Star Wars fans Similar:Valentines for Journalists Mark S. Luckie, MediumAestheticsMy "Writing About Literature" Students Are Sampling Text Adventure GamesI’m having my students play Adam Cadre’s…CultureMy Parents (aged 72 and 78) Demonstrate a Ballroom…
I really like MailChimp’s “Social” plugin, which not only publishes a WordPress blog entry to Twitter and Facebook, but also collects responses from Twitter and Facebook users and collects them as WordPress comments. Today I installed a different plugin, Twitter Tools, which is really just a single tool — it lets you create a WordPress…
Habits for happiness: tips for looking on the bright side of life. At bedtime, in order to avoid a nightly litany of complaints, I ask my glass-is-half-empty-and-I-hate-the-pirate-glass-and-there’s-a-bug-in-it tween to list three good things, two neutral things, and one sad thing about her day. Sometimes if she needs to share more than one sad thing, I…
While researching my obligations for #juryduty Thursday, I came across this “Juror’s Creed.” The gender-specific reference to men, the instruction to reflect upon the virtues of democracy, and the instruction to respect the judge’s education all hint at a historical context for the creed. Institutions never put their creeds into writing unless they feel those…
Spent a productive work day doing nothing but optimizing my blog. Added a very nice plugin for displaying thumbnails of related posts. Similar:Above the ready-room desk is the captain's power-napping loft, because self-care is i…AestheticsSnape is not amused at this year's Hogwarts Feast.PersonalSeriously, clouds? Now?PersonalI don't expect any but the largest text will be legible…
RT @mykidcancode: Managing Your Preschooler’s Fascination with Apps – bit.ly/lv1ZyR #parenting #technology Similar:NASA prepares a Mercury probe for orbitNASA’s Messenger probe is about 10 days …Current_EventsOkay, please stop droolingIt perfectly pulls together four importa…CybercultureOn Death and iPods: A RequiemI never owned a classic iPod, though I d…CultureWhat Is Life Like For an Amazon Worker?You dont…
Not kidding — 254,460 spam comments in my trash folder! Similar:New book: basic skills for the multimedia journalistLooking forward to this promising resour…CybercultureChurnalism SearchAt the University of Virginia, one summe…CultureFair use prevails as Supreme Court rejects Google Books copyright caseFair use is a concept baked into US copy…BooksTesting out my new greenscreenFriendly advice… If you…
“Bach is not for the weak of mind.” — Miss Renee, my kids’ piano teacher. “I’m in trouble.” — Peter, my son. Similar:I am slightly ahead of the boy. Rare.PersonalLiberal arts college professor assaults alt-right group memberCarefully choosing language that fits yo…AcademiaWorld Trade Center Literary and Cultural Reflections (first posted September 11, 2001) Not knowing…
While I am uncomfortable with the whole “classroom as marketplace” metaphor, since it’s pretty much gamifying without the fun, I am nonetheless interested in this strategy for encouraging students to collaborate by having them attach a value to the artifacts they present to the class for sharing.. We shop for everything from apps to ideas.…