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Archive for “February, 2007”

Getting the Right Writing Tool

Monday, February 26th, 2007

As much as I love Mellel I never thought I would say this, but, I have started using another Word Processing program. Never fear Mellel faithful, I have not abandoned Mellel, I have just added another tool to my word processing repitoire.
Meta-Explanation(feel free to skip if you want)
I have been thinking a lot lately […]


Sunday Entertainment

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

Something to make all those who teach feel a bit better about their jobs.


The Worst Academic Legislation Ever

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

This has to be the worst proposed academic legislation ever. I am not kidding either . . .


Week’s List of Useful Things

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Here is a list of things from the past week or so that people have sent me or that I have seen while navigating the web that you might perchance find useful.
Gideon who uses the hipster PDA (think stack of note cards) sends along a link to note card templates he has created. You […]


Need Housing for a Sabbatical

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

I was wondering how long it would take someone to use the Web to fill this market. Actually I heard someone suggests this a couple years ago. Academic Homes is a website that allows academics to post or find homes for sabbatical, research trips etc. Say you are going away for a […]


Time Saver of the Week

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

I wish someone would have told me this before. Over the course of my lifetime the fractions of a second this will save could add up to potentially years.


Pedagogy of Words

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I saw this first at Matthew Kirschenbaum’s blog, a simple tool to produce TagClouds from any text. At TagCrowd you can upload a text file or just copy and paste. The site will then produce a TagCloud representing up to 300 of the most common words from the text you choose. This […]


The Future of Wikipedia

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

One of the conversations that has been floating around the web lately, was mentioned yesterday on The Chroncile. Apparently the financial future of Wikipedia is less than guaranteed. While I think this is probably a case of Wikipedia trying to raise its giving profile, I am drawn to the end quote in the […]


More about Microsoft Word

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Charlie Lowe, at Kairosnews has an excellent post on thinking critically about Microsoft Word. I won’t try to summarize it, it is too well written for that. Instead I will just say if you are a professor or teacher whose students use Microsoft Word, and especially if it is your job to teach […]


Calling the Help Desk

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Some Hilarity for your Weekend. What happens when you are a monk used to transcribing scrolls, and you are faced with the “new” technology of the book? Well you call the help desk.
(Thanks Rebecca for sending this.)