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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
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Monthly Archives: May 2003
Where are you?
One of the topics that always seems to grab students when we talk about privacy is the question of subdermal trackers. Digital Angel holds some patents on personal locators, and caused quite a stir when they announced that they were about to test subdermal versions of their devices. They quickly backed up on that, but [...]
Caught again
Lots going on the last few days, and have had some difficulty prioritizing it all. Of course, went to see Matrix Reloaded today. I have little doubt that the film will bring new cache to the title many of us throw around: information architect. It has, as usual, some deep thoughts dressed up as deep [...]
Not Sticking to His Guns
I was just about ready to come out in favor of Dean: socially liberal, but states-rights, seemed to be a candidate I could actually not feel yucky about voting for. But now he is backpedaling on a sticking point for the Democrats, gun control. I know, I know, he has no chance of taking the [...]
Not me, mmmkay?
Just to clarify, the “Alex” on last week’s South Park was emphatically not me, it was a fellow named Alex Glick (here, scroll down) , which should have been obvious since my character has far less hair, mmmkay?
My own subway
I have always wanted my own subway. I could start with a used subway car being sold by Tandy/Radio Shack, from their private subway. It’s up on ebay, and going for $5000 the last time I checked: Vintage M&O Subway Train Car
(Pre) Graduation Day
I like rituals. I think they hold some value–especially when they commemorate beginnings and endings. Today we held commencement for the School of Informatics (I link with shame to our desperately confused website). It was a bit confused, but all worked out in the end. The picture is of me, Chiung-Wen Hsu, who defended her [...]
Comestible coatings