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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: October 2004
Readings: Politics
We are going to segue from journalism to politics, since it seems to be good timing for that. We still haven’t gotten a good hold on the journalistic side of things, yet, but the two are far from mutually exclusive. Read over the following, and write/link to more information. Think about writing a mini-column or [...]
New Scientist on palmistry
I once knew a rocket scientist (really) who read palms. He could tell a lot from your hand. It is easy to dismiss palm readers as flim-flam artists (which most are), but it also blinds you to the possibility that there is anything resembling a scientific basis for palmistry. The New Scientist is reporting that [...]
MITIA Voting Assignment
You have your choice of two options: 1. Post about your experience voting. For some of you, this will be the first time voting at all, and for many of you, your first presidential election. Explain the experience. What sort of place is your polling place? What is the procedure? How do you feel when [...]
MITIA Commenting Assignment
This is a double assignment, and both tasks should be completed before midnight of November 2. 1. Comment on someone else’s blog entry from another blog in the class. Leave your real name. Say something interesting and relevent to the posting. 2. Link to a posting on another blog (either another blog in the class, [...]
Rats!
Somebody call Cyberdyne! A University of Florida researcher has grown a working neural net using cortical cells harvested from a rat. And what to do with this “rat brain in a dish”? Have it play video games, naturally. What I really want to know is if they have it running SETI@home when it’s not flying [...]
Bloglines Step-by-Step
I have heard from some of you that you have had little difficulty signing up for Bloglines, but have had trouble adding feeds. I’m going to work us through adding a feed or two, to give you the swing of things. First I go to Bloglines and click “Log in” in the upper right-hand corner. [...]
Irresponsible “youth”