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Category Archives: things I love
Adapting The Decemberists
The 8-yo spends a significant amount of free time drawing comic books (basically, whenever he’s not playing soccer or on his computer). And one of his favorite albums from the past year is The Decemberists’ The King Is Dead. So … Continue reading
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New Mars Discoveries from Viking, 3 Decades Later
A couple of months ago, I did a “This Day in Technology” piece for Wired.com on the anniversary of Viking 2, and so I’ve been paying attention to Mars news. This latter-day Viking discovery looks pretty cool: Scientists repeated a … Continue reading
Here’s a funny thing (actually, 2)
Two announcements: I’m mostly pleased to say that, as of this afternoon, I’m the president-elect (effective virtually immediately) of the CCSU AAUP chapter. On our campus, that’s a union position, representing full-time *and* part-time faculty, librarians, and coaches. I say … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, CCSU, self-promotion, things I love
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For my CT readers: Merlin Mann is @ CCSU next week!
On Tuesday, April 28, Merlin Mann (of 43folders.com, You Look Nice Today: A Journal of Emotional Hygiene, 5ives, 30 Seconds With That Phone Guy, Kung Fu Grippe, and too many awesome things to mention) will be at CCSU. Mann will … Continue reading
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Even art critics need fact checkers; or, how ahead of his time *was* Darwin?
In this morning’s Times, at least in the CT editions, Benjamin Genocchio reviews Endless Forms: Darwin, Natural Science, and the Visual Arts, an exciting show at the Yale Center for British Art. By way of setting the exhibit up, however, … Continue reading
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My current tech crush: Dropbox
Anyone who regularly accesses multiple computers knows how hard it is to keep track of files. That’s why Zotero now offers online syncing & backup, why MobileMe offers Back To My Mac, why flash drives are so popular, and why, … Continue reading
Posted in productivity, software, things I love
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