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Remaindered Links (with extra porn)

By alex | Published: 11/29/2004
* I’d hire him, even if he is Overqualified. * The War on Drugs has been won… by Target * USB-powered “personal massager.” * DoJ to double funding toward fighting -terror- pornography — wonder what they would have done with Sodom (NSFW). * Is bringing porn to Denmark the equivalent of bringing coals to Newcastle? […]
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A few advisees

By alex | Published: 11/28/2004
Someone asked recently what my advisees do. Well, I don’t have very many. I’m not a very easy person to get along with, and I am decidedly uncool. Add that to the fact that I am very demanding, and expect ridiculously excellent work, and that I have much of my time now eaten up with […]
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Shark jumping

By alex | Published: 11/27/2004
When I started my job three years ago, people (who shall remain nameless) suggested that blogs were an interesting diversion, but would never be a subject of serious academic study. “Why not study decision support systems?” And while it has been nice to see wide coverage in the press, this just served to support the […]
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Blogged, podcast, wikied, frontchanneled

By alex | Published: 11/25/2004
So, the cyberporn class was going to be simple. You know: daily lectures and a bunch of bubble-tests. But now, I am weighing which tech elements to include, and there will probably be a lot. The trick is, what I learn by using these technologies will end up becoming how I teach in every class… […]
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