Blogging this so I can find it when I teach my “News Writing” class this fall. People do like to prank journalists with fake names. In this case, the reporter did what you’re supposed to do — get confirmation — but sheesh. KTVU reports fake racist names of Asiana Airlines 214 pilots from NTSB intern…
I recently bought a new phone. since then, I have answered an incoming call in my car. It felt awesome. Similar:What kids do when Dad won't hand over the iPod So I’m not being selfish… this is …Education10 Rules of Internet – Anil DashA very useful, concise summary of web-en…BusinessParallel structure in writing: Use it!These…
I just touched up a handout on Parallel Structure vs Faulty Parallelism. Similar:When Is Asking the Question Part of the News? (Rarely.) We mostly only encounter the phrase “whe…EducationJack Rollins-Frosty the Snowman I voiced Jack Rollins, writer …HistorySPJ Journalist’s Toolbox Tools of the Month: Transcription favoritesTechnology is wonderful. My journalism s…JournalismLove This Headline: "He took a date to…
These comic panels cover the issue well. (Pennington Publishing) Similar:Courage Wolf: Write "Could Of" or "Would Of." I Dare You.AmusingThe Transformation of American Journalism Is UnavoidableThere will always be a public appetite f…BusinessThe posthuman liberal artsAs those familiar with the liberal arts …AcademiaJoe Turner's Come and Gone (August Wilson's Century Cycle, 2 of 10)August…
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:Trying to Tame Huck FinnAdventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of…AcademiaVery impressive mural has been installed in Admin for SHU’s Centennial.PersonalWhat blogging wasI’ve maintained this blog since the spri…CybercultureWFAA legend on pioneering live coverage of JFK assassination The vast majority of Americans…
I’m a happy, responsible, and no-longer-obligated-for-jury-duty citizen. Similar:First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshuFirst they came… #kristallnacht @ncchesh…PersonalI rather like my instructional page on writing effective dialogue. I created this new grap…HumanitiesMarching in a parade and watching a patriotic musicalHappy Independence Day, fellow Americans…CultureDonald Trump Is a Broken Man (Assessment by Speechwriter for Reagan and both Bushes)Powerful…
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:Le règne…
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:She doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a purse?To stash her Lemonheads and Smarties. ht…AmusingHello, there, mini.Hello, there, mini. Let’s restore you fr…TweetsHabits for happiness: tips…
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:Playing with depth of field (blurring details that are closer than and farther from the fo…AestheticsIn December 2001 I was blogging aboutIn December 2001, I was blogging about …AmusingWhy ‘Cats’…
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:The boy wins once again. #chessGamesHow PatrioticAmusingCarolyn and her friend Travis on Twin Day at summer camp.PersonalYour Brain Does Not Work Like a ComputerThe brain-as-computer is a powerful meme…HealthRespect the Text: Teaching Textual…
RT @mykidcancode: Managing Your Preschooler’s Fascination with Apps – bit.ly/lv1ZyR #parenting #technology Similar:Open Source College Math BookOne day last year, David Lippman got an …AcademiaBooks vs. Kindles: The Choice No One Made Ever”I bought a Kindle. I didn’t immediately…BooksStem subject snobbery: a student’s view on why arts subjects matterWhile everyone complains about the subje…AestheticsWhy our…
Not kidding — 254,460 spam comments in my trash folder! Similar:Meet octobot, a soft-bodied robot that looks like the futureOur future robot overlords never looked …AestheticsThe Rise of "Synthespians"”Mr. Serkis is the human actor behind th…ArtBlender 3D UpdateHoly ray-tracing, Batman, it’s a Blender…AestheticsCollege student makes masks for the deaf & hard of hearing Other than…