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All I need are some tasty waves…

By alex | Published: 8/4/2006
And now for a completely non-conference related item (I am at Wikimania). As I’ve always said, I’m not much for conference blogging. I’ve started a half-dozen posts, but abandon them. Needs more stewing. Anyway, for newly or soon-to-be minted Ph.D.-type-quasi-humans, Jonathan Sterne offers an anotated list of job-hunting and job-taking links.
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How to cheat good

By alex | Published: 5/18/2006
I just submitted my last set of grades for the semester. This is always a big weight off my shoulders, but since it will be the last set of grades I ever submit at the University at Buffalo, it is an even greater relief. And so I think it’s time for me to “give back” […]
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More on ratings

By alex | Published: 2/26/2006
“Slithy Tove” has a reply to my brief comment on “Rate Your Students.” I’ve talked a bit about evaluations before, but I thought I’d address some of his comments. In particular, he is frustrated by the lack of quality in some of his teachers. It does seem that, especially among tenured professors, there are bad […]
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Congress Abandons WikiConstitution

By alex | Published: 9/29/2005
Apropos our discussion this week, the following newsbrief from my most trusted mainstream news source: WASHINGTON, DC–Congress scrapped the open-source, open-edit, online version of the Constitution Monday, only two months after it went live. “The idea seemed to dovetail perfectly with our tradition of democratic participation,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said. “But when so-called […]
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