Peter Kirby posted this on the XTalk list. I am wondering what people think of this idea. I know that we (academics) often say how important it is to have information free and accessible, but the reality is our jobs (promotion, tenure) and the jobs of the supporting publication industries […]
From a student blog posting: State College – A Photo Journal (farm about 15 min walk from campus) I cannot wait for our first snow! (Via Students @ Schreyer Honors College, Penn State.)
For those interested in how the fundraising side of things work, here is a little primer on endowments at universities. (Cross posted from engage.shc.psu.edu.) With the generous gift commitment from Mr. and Mrs. Schreyer many folks have been asking me how it all works. I will begin by saying that […]
What a relief! So be sure to check out my occasional podcast. Man requests “podcast license” In October, the Global Geek Podcast network became concerned about Apple’s cease and desist letters regarding the phrase “podcast”. So podcast host Dave Gray wrote a letter to Steve Jobs. In the letter, he […]
The Chronicle: Daily News Blog: Richard Dawkins Goes Head to Head With Campus Critics of His Attack on Religion What I find so frustrating about Dawkins is not his views but that (1) he insists that science (specifically Darwinianism) proves that God doesn’t exist, as Stephen Gould pointed out science […]
I was sent an email with a series of questions for an interview for a local magazine. I thought some might be interested in how I responded to the questions. 1. Was it difficult to leave New Orleans given all that’s happened there? It was. In fact, we evacuated to […]
Sufjan Stevens is an incredibly talented, if a bit bizarre, musician. Last year Ed Cook (known as Ralph the Sacred River to many of you) put me on to his music and even had a link to a set of three Christmas albums by Sufjan for free download! So I […]
This is just silly. It will be interesting to see if the ACLU does get involved. A former student at the Art Institute of Portland, in Oregon, says that he was suspended and then expelled, in a series of events that started when he questioned another student’s belief in leprechauns […]
This is interesting to me because just this weekend I decided to move over to BonEcho, the MacIntel optimized Firefox that is mentioned below. The criticism of the text rendering is right on, but as I begin to use del.icio.us tags FireFox has nifty plugins. Safari better than Firefox Filed […]
(Just reposting to make sure it shows up in iTunes.) My paper went fairly well (or at least, that is what people told me 😉 ) and the sessions were even better. I really enjoyed them and the afternoon session was packed. Kevin Wilson and Steve Cook were there! It […]