Archive for February, 2009

Testing the Wordbook Application

This is just a test. Move along…nothing to see here. Edited to Add: test worked. I like it. See author’s home page, WordPress plugin page. Close Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSphereSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows LiveWorlds MoviesYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS [...]

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February 28, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Techie  No Comments

Food. I Heart It.

I am sitting in my house, just home from seminar (well, an hour ago), and I am starving. I often suffer from Too Stupid to Eat syndrome, which is unfortunate because I love food. I mean, I really really love it. Were it not for my intense love for chicken and waffles, I would call [...]

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February 25, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Misc Life  One Comment

Dance Your Diss, Doodle Your Thesis

This post from BoingBoing about scientists dancing their dissertations reminded me that I really need to doodle my dissertation. When I doodled my MA thesis in 2006 (see below), kind of as a joke, the doodle actually helped me develop the elevator-pitch version of my thesis (and then ultimately to write it). So, I plan [...]

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February 21, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Academics  No Comments

I dunno…what IS the most important word in the first 25 lines of Paradise Lost?

Toria is pretty jazzed about this question, and the fact that she has a game studies guy and an Americanist discussing it with her (she’s an Early Modernist). NEED MORE PEOPLE. Here’s your chance to wax philosophical in a low-stress environment with no need to cite sources, even! What do you think is the most [...]

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February 20, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Academics  No Comments

On Staying Politically Neutral in the Classroom

When I started teaching college students, nigh on two and a half years ago, I didn’t really know what I was doing (not that I especially know now). I wasn’t a particularly great college student as an undergrad, and that was 1989-1992 anyway (meaning: little recollection of specifics), so pedagogical examples to draw upon were [...]

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February 15, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Teaching  5 Comments

Upcoming Conferences

I think it goes without saying that if any of my blogging buddies are going to be at any of these conferences, I would love to meet up. 4Cs in San Francisco; my panel is on Saturday at 9:30, which conflicts with a lot of panels that I wanted to go see. Also, there are [...]

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February 12, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Academics  No Comments

Why Comment on Blogs?

Let me be the first to note that in the last year or so I’ve been a lousy commenter on blogs. I read a ton (see blogrolls) and I bookmark a bunch of stuff to write about later (which I never do), but taking a moment to write a thoughtful comment? Or even a not-so-thoughtful [...]

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February 10, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Teaching, Techie  No Comments