Archive for September, 2007
Media Transparency
If you don’t know Cursor or the Center for Media Transparency, you should. Cursor is the premier alternative news aggregation site. Since the start of the Iraq war they have been playing an important role aggregating the best of the blogsphere, making it easy for the rest of us to know what’s out there. Similarly, […]
Tweets vs. Lifelog
As of now I will stop posting tweets to this blog. Once again this blog will become a space reserved for long-form blogging. You can continue to read my tweets in the sidebar on the right, or over at my Twitter page.
At the same time, I’ve stopped using Twitter as a feed aggregator to create […]
Tweets 2007-09-22
Krugman says: “the Clinton plan basically is the Edwards plan” (and both are better than Obama’s plan) http://tinyurl.com/24fzwn #
Season 2 of “The IT Crowd” is even better than season 1! Elements of Seinfeld, but sillier (and more British). #
Belgians faces the possible demise of their nation with “exasperation and a hint of embarrassment.” http://tinyurl.com/2oxgz2 #
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Tweets 2007-09-21
Talking about racial injustice in class, a student really wanted to know if, given power, Blacks would behave the same way towards whites. #
Even if Dr. Evil asked for a billion dollars instead of a million, he still wouldn’t be "rich": http://tinyurl.com/2rkvzs #
Thousands of young boys and girls are being forced to fight in the […]
Tweets 2007-09-20
I wish I could convince my colleagues to use box.net and google groups instead of CC’ing 9MB e-mails to everyone … #
Job Announcement
Job Announcement
College of Indigenous Studies at National Dong Hwa University [Taiwan]
http://www.ndhu.edu.tw/
POSITION DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES: The Department of Indigenous Cultures and the Graduate Institute of Ethnic Relations and Culture invite applicants for three (3) open-rank faculty positions in the humanities and social sciences, beginning February 1, 2008. We are seeking applicants who do research in […]
Tweets 2007-09-19
Wow. I didn’t know Siouxsie Sioux had a brand new album out. How cool is that! #
[status] Kerim is happy he asked Juno to guest lecture on animal communication. http://tinyurl.com/2p35fc #
Tweets 2007-09-18
Musicovery works surprisingly well… http://musicovery.com #
[reading] NY Times Ends Subscription-only Access: After two years (to the day, actually), the Time.. http://tinyurl.com/2k7zpm #
Jottit.com is just about the easiest way to create a website I can think of. Has some wiki-like editing features too. #
[reading] Will Anyone Pay for a Newspaper Online?: Earlier today, The New York […]
Tweets 2007-09-16
A little girl came into the supermarket to tell me that Juno was crying. I put her in charge of petting the dog till we came out. #
"assume that the first report of an association is incorrect or meaningless" http://tinyurl.com/2z8lkp #
The hardest part of web design is getting people to think seriously about what content […]
Tweets 2007-09-15
[reading] New iPods reengineered to block synching with Linux: The latest iPods have a cryptograph.. http://tinyurl.com/ywovkz #
[reading] Idea Festival: Woz. Wow.: Steve Wozniak is the featured speaker at the second night of t.. http://tinyurl.com/25gumj #
At last night’s party everyone was admiring the book of Juno photos printed by HypoDot. I should make more of these! […]
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