The Secret Life of Machines – Word Processor part 2

Beautiful, beautiful 1980s introduction to “sophisticated word-processor” technology. Similar:The Dauphin (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 10)A pretty 16yo destined to bring peace to…AmusingIn June, 2001 it seems I only blogged three times…I’m not sure what else I was doing durin…AmusingOn my fantasy #steampunk cruiser, every uniform is a parade dress uniform. #Blender3D #ble… The first…

Benjamin Ajak and Judy Bernstein

I just attended an inspiring talk by Benjamin Ajak (one of the Sudanese “Lost Boys”) and Judy Bernstein, who collaborated with Alephonsion Deng and Benson Deng to write They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky, which was SHU’s summer reading book.   “Education is the power of the world.” “When I tell my story,…

At NYU, the Only Blogger In Her Generation Y Class Vents

A journalism student at NYU published a Generation Y-ney piece on PBS’s MediaShift. The first thing I notice when I walk into the class is that there are 14 girls and two boys. Already NYU is dominated by females, but the journalism department is exceptionally estrogen-infested. Professor Quigley begins by explaining how blogs are becoming…

Interactive Fiction Competition 2008

>get games Similar:Vincent Connare, Inventor Of 'The Most Hated Font,' Defends HimselfA typographic engineer, Connare was work…AestheticsWhat Happens When Digital Cities Are Abandoned?“The great paradox about these digital c…CultureIn discord with its own rules, the AP refers to an 18yo mass-shooting suspect as a "teenag…The AP’s own rules say an 18yo is an adu…Current_EventsFacebook will…

Courthouse News Service

Via Crooked Timber and BoingBoing: Thomson Reuters demands $10 million and an injunction to stop George Mason University from distributing its new Web browser application, Zotero software, an open-source format that allows users to convert Reuters’ EndNote Software. Reuters claims George Mason is violating its license agreement and destroying the EndNote customer base. (Courthouse News)…

I Hate Bucky Dent

Every door on every floor is closed, whether or not students are present. This seems so different from my days as a student, when you always left your door open if you were in, I suppose to signal your willingness to talk and to avoid homework if you could just find the smallest pretext to…

How To Put Out Kitchen Oil Fire

Blogging this to show to my kids later. Similar:Part of Wright brothers' 1st airplane on NASA's Mars chopper “Wilbur and Orville Wright would be pl…AwesomeRemembering the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (1986)Space Shuttle Challenger Destroyed (my …CultureForce of Nature (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 9) A Space Thing leads to an en… Rewatching ST:TNG In…

Teens, Video Games and Civics

Pew Internet: Game playing is universal, with almost all teens playing games and at least half playing games on a given day. Game playing experiences are diverse, with the most popular games falling into the racing, puzzle, sports, action and adventure categories. Game playing is also social, with most teens playing games with others at…

Those Who Write, Teach

My provost sent this link to the English faculty, inviting us to share our responses. My father succinctly summarized his feelings about my choice to dedicate my 20s to writing fiction. “You’re not living in the real world,” he said. I reacted with a young man’s defensiveness, but in retrospect his assessment seems less critical…