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Tweets
- @lrainie As it is, each time I start a class session with "Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin..." fewer and fewer recognize it. 2 days ago
- @lrainie It's hard for me to do anything menacingly, and I'd try it for a classroom entrance, but I suspect the reference would be lost... 2 days ago
- @lrainie That is my new goal! Channel Omar more often :). 2 days ago
- @lrainie Reducible in part to "who said it wasn't already all a game"? :) 2 days ago
- Word or two length predictions for social media game-changers over next decade? Me: Goggles, Badges, Social Sensors #gamechangers 2 days ago
- One more on the "higher ed is newspapers" meme. David Brooks: http://t.co/bUsz8sXA 2 days ago
- My students know I am not a fan of Flash. Rare exception: http://t.co/1ElX1Q8E 3 days ago
- More updates...
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Monthly Archives: April 2003
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The department has invited several people to give job talks this week and next. No, I won’t say how many. No, I won’t say who. No, I won’t say where they are from. But I can tell you that there were job talks, and there will be more of them. It’s not as though this [...]
Sarcasm
Wonder if Bush will push for “faith-based initiatives” in Iraq.
And beyond
It would be hard to miss this news, but Scaled Composites has officially announced the existence of SpaceShipOne, which has quickly become a front runner for the X-prize. I am a big fan of Burt Rutan. When I first took flying lessons, years ago, my aim was to eventually build and fly one of his [...]
I like my Skechers, but…
Barbara’s comment below regarding Prada reminds me that I need a new bag. The one depicted to the left, the Isaburo 1889 model City 1-2-3 is a frontrunner. Unfortunately, it is literally priceless. OK, that’s not entirely true, you can purchase it in Tokyo (for a “mere” ¥28,000), but I contacted them–no I don’t have [...]
Ethical rudders
It seems I am more ethically aligned with Kant than with Nietzsche. News to me! This according to the Ethical Philosophy Selector (via, most immediately, Joshua). The full lineup: 1. John Stuart Mill (100%) 2. Jean-Paul Sartre (86%) 3. Kant (83%) 4. Jeremy Bentham (79%) 5. Ayn Rand (74%) 6. Epicureans (71%) 7. Aristotle (67%) [...]
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