Monthly Archives: December 2008

at least one benefit to a delayed flight

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Michael

I was supposed to fly to Iowa today. I was worried that the weather would get in the way of arriving (it’s supposed to be icy/stormy in Iowa today). Nope. Instead, it was an airplane door that malfunctioned or something. … Continue reading →

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notes from the interblags

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Michael

• Inside Higher Ed: On the age bias in hiring academics • Anne-Marie offers some information literacy tools for synonyms • Matt offers some tools for annotated websites • Matt also shares some videos about Twitter. This one on ambient … Continue reading →

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representing the zietgeist of the last 8 years

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Michael

Chuck Tryon discusses the recent Newsweek special The Way We Were, which asks some cultural critics to pick a single cultural text that represents the last eight years of Culture under the Bush regime. While pointing out the impossibility of … Continue reading →

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Kant attack ad

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Michael

A friend sent me this. Funny:

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Johnson: Everythign Bad Is Good for You (2006)

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Michael

Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson My review rating: 4 of 5 starsIn Everything Bad is Good for You, Johnson attempts to de-bunk the popular narrative that the culture industry is making us stupider, by feeding us … Continue reading →

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