Ian Bogost Has Won a HuffPo Badge for his Anti-Gamification Comment on HuffPo

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Just watching TV too boring for today’s children

Be careful, kids, because every time you say “TV sucks,” an advertising executive loses his Lexus. Just watching TV too boring for today’s children – Telegraph. Similar:How Bill Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolutionWhile I appreciate the efficiency of uni…CultureWander (1974) — a lost mainframe game is found!Interesting news for historians of digit…Current_EventsThe…

Save The Words

In honor of the cold I am fighting, I just adopted the word “gleimous,” meaning “slimy, full of phlegm.” —Save The Words.   Similar:Topical Satire Is Not "Fake News."While I’ve been preparing to teach a cla…AmusingDisability advocates: Don't drop COVID-19 safety measuresWith the lethal threat of COVID-19 on th…AcademiaOh No, Performers Coming Into AudiencePITTSBURGH—Audience members…

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Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive

Stunning collection of thousands of hours of video clips documenting the moment our world changed. Each image in this sequence represents about 30 seconds of what CNN was airing. Clips are also available from Moscow, Paris, Baghdad, and elsewhere.   Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive. Similar:#MyNYPD Hashtag Promptly HijackedSomeone is regretting this PR move.…

Science Fiction Used in IPad Lawsuit

Samsung notes that “the tablet disclosed in the clip has an overall rectangular shape with a dominant display screen, narrow borders, a predominately flat front surface, a flat back surface (which is evident because the tablets are lying flat on the table’s surface), and a thin form factor.” You don’t actually see the actor interacting…

Seton Hill Grotto Parking, 6:02.

Look at all these open spaces, thanks to the new employee parking lot. Similar:Kirby Delauter SagaLet’s hope many, many more journalism st…HomeI can probably remove that link to LycosOn a web page that I posted in Nov 2000 …BusinessMore split-screen actinghttp://youtu.be/EGgeZWskEs8DesignA New Talent EmergesI tried hard to frown disapprovingly whe…HomeYou'll Cry When You See This…

Awesome Modular Tables

Maura 331, where I’ll spend 6 hours a week teaching has been refitted with these awesome modular tables. Our great CIT folks took out the huge, blocky, immobile PC stations. Since students have their own MacBooks and iPads, there is no reason to clutter up the space. I love the freedom this setup provides. It’s…

I’ve Stopped Creating Syllabi. Now I Create Syllabuses.

At some point, using “syllabi” as the plural of “syllabus” started to bother me. Being “correct” about egg-headed words such as phenomenon/phenomena or criterion/criteria is among the most visible markers of education and class — and insufferable pedantry. For instance, those who wear tinfoil hats while blogging from their parents’ basements are likely to wave…

Photographer Says No To Senior Pictures For Bullying Students – High School Playbook – Main News Story – WTAE Pittsburgh

Freelance photographer Jen McKendrick won’t take pictures of “ugly people” — that is, the high school bullies who were doing what bullies do on Facebook. “If you are ugly on the inside,” says McKendrick, “I’m sorry but I won’t take your photos to make you look pretty on the outside!” A WTAE-TV article explains it thus: McKendrick…

Commonly Misused Words: ALL RIGHT and (Slang) ALRIGHT

For more on ALL RIGHT, ALL READY and ALL TOGETHER, see Grammar Girl. The slang term “alright” is always slang. Similar:AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its jou…A federal judge ordered the White House …Current_EventsName-calling and ad hominem attacks don't provide anyone with reasons to change their mind…AcademiaThe…

Commonly Misused Words: THAN and THEN

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