Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Month: July 2007

  • links for 2007-07-26

    Alter: How Superficial Has Our Culture Become? – Newsweek Between the Lines – MSNBC.com (tags: economics life news) About RAND | History | Paul Baran and the Origins of the Internet (tags: history network)

  • Mozzies

    Hate mosquitoes? You should move along. There are amazingly clear pictures under the link. Mosquito sucking my blood (macros)!: Digital Photography Review: I noticed the mozzies were out this evening so got my FZ50 ready with raynox 250 attached and sat down on the porch. Took only a minute and the first one landed on…

  • Bosses Do Not Always Make Best Online Pals

    NPR : Bosses Do Not Always Make Best Online Pals: The era of social networking Web sites makes it a lot easier to cross the line into friendship with superiors. Lucy Kellaway, a Financial Times columnist, describes the problems with befriending the boss in the real world and online. Kellaway spoke with Renee Montagne. Really……

  • Co-Authoring

    Anyone interesting in co-authoring a book? Freakonomics Blog » The Man Behind Tyler Cowen, and Freakonomics Too: FWIW, I am constantly surprised, and a little bit saddened, that more books aren’t co-authored, especially between academics (who often have great research but subpar writing skills) and writers (who spend their days trying to write well but…

  • links for 2007-07-25

    . Tennessee Baha’i­ School (tags: Bahá’í) WebServices – Axis (tags: webservices Apache xml java documentation programming reference webserver Blackboard_Vista) DevNet (tags: blackboard_vista development lms) WebCT – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (tags: Blackboard_patent wikipedia)

  • links for 2007-07-24

    Congresspedia – Congresspedia (tags: government politics wiki) Google Reader keyboard shortcuts (tags: google) Get live updates as programmers, designers, security experts and the like jam Portland, Oregon, for O’Reilly’s ninth annual Open-Source Convention. (tags: opensource computers O’Reilly conferences)

  • Why not cut the regular courses instead?

    Don’t get rid of honors courses, abolish ‘regular’ classes | ajc.com: By Jay Mathews Washington Post Writers Group Published on: 07/23/07 Washington —- The honors course was once a vital part of American high schools, respected by all. That is changing fast, and many students and their parents are upset about it.

  • Transracial Adoption

    NPR : Mother and Son Offer Transracial Adoption Insights: Morning Edition, July 23, 2007 · When Judy Stigger and her husband decided to adopt, they chose children who very obviously didn’t look like them. “If you’re a very private person, this is probably very hard to do because people are curious and do ask how…

  • links for 2007-07-23

    Stupid Email Disclaimers (tags: netiquette email privacy law) The Open Library (tags: books library copyright literature reference)