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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: December 2006
InfoVis Porn
I love this music video. I only wish real life information visualization was this fun. I wonder if there were toolsets they used to produce this, or if it was all original animation…
Visualizing Legal Argument
This looks like a fun conference: Graphic and Visual Representations of Evidence and Inference in Legal Settings. For reasons that shouldn’t be all that hard to figure out, over the last couple of years I have been increasingly interested in the way lawyers assemble and understand information. Especially with complex litigation, the amount of information [...]
Comments return
Thanks for all of your comments on… my comments. I got about a dozen comments and they were all great. I implemented the following: 1. Create content that sucks. That way, you aren’t a good target. (I thought I was already doing that, but will redouble my efforts.) 2. Block a set of IPs recommended [...]
Cerebral enema
Checking out movies for tomorrow, and run across Fandango’s description of The Tiger and the Snow, the Benigni film that has been getting lukewarm (at best) reviews. What’s it about, I wondered. Aparently, the lead’s girlfriend is suffering from a terminal cerebral enema. There could be worse ailments, I suppose.
Live Giant Squid
Looks like a Japanese team has filmed a live, tiny (24 foot) giant squid on the surface near Ogasawara. Well, live until they caught it, that is. So, they’re on the side of the boat saying how pretty it is–why not cut it free. I guess I know why not, because we don’t usually find [...]
Festive Yule!
I have never liked the phrase “Happy Holidays.” It just sounds so insipidly commercial. This year I caved (damn Wal-Mart!) and put Merry Christmas on our cards, but that doesn’t really hit it right either. I actually like holidays. Sure Christmas isn’t quite as fun as Halloween, but what if I want to enjoy the [...]
Omnibus Film Review: latter part of 06