Monthly Archives: October 2007

I’ve always preferred the back row. Maybe it’s a leftover primitive defensive reaction, to keep potential threats in front of me. Maybe it’s because I’m shy, and don’t want people looking at the back of my head. I’ve often been … Continue reading →

I don’t remember if I’ve blogged about the Whitney Awards yet. If you haven’t heard about them, you can go to their site at http://www.whitneyawards.com. You can read the rules, but the Whitney awards are basically trying to become THE … Continue reading →

I congratulate those of you who read that horrible pun in the title, but still decided to read the article. That pun was just awful. My brother sent me an article from the New York Times that talks about Google’s … Continue reading →

I get to meet and work with a lot of cool people at my job (in real life, their faces aren’t that dark). They do cool stuff at work, and then go home and do cool stuff there too. One … Continue reading →

My number two son is very creative when it comes to Halloween costumes. He makes up his mind early, decides how to do it, and then does it. This is the son who two years ago decided he wanted to … Continue reading →

The good folks over at the Open University in the UK wrote a post this morning about the hesitancy of people remixing their materials. From the post: “In the last year we’ve seen around 900,000 people using OpenLearn materials in … Continue reading →

I was looking online to see what time our library closed. I found the hours, and then noticed a link to a list of the 100 most banned books. I should note that our library called them banned books, the … Continue reading →

My undergrad was in Political Science, and my heart will always be there. I love studying politics. I like the history aspect, I like the psychology aspect, I like how deep down it’s all about the understanding of human nature. … Continue reading →