Commentary
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Argghhhhh Mac OS X: Virus-Free
The Chronicle of Higher Education has, once a week or so, a “Colloquy,” or live discussions about a set topic. Readers submit questions in advance, which are answered by an “expert.” This week…
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Flash Woes
Bear with me while I engage in a controlled rant. One of the more trying aspects of shopping this past holiday season was that, for one reason or another, I had to do…
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Mixing Analog and Digital
I was on campus last week for a campus technology committee meeting, and I ran into one of the faculty I used to perform instructional technology support for. We started talking about the…
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Moving to MoveableType
No, I’ve not quit blogging about Instructional Technology, I’ve just been distracted with one thing and another. I’ve returned to technical editing; one of the books I worked on, Dennis Cohen and Bob…
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Safari and iSync?
I downloaded the new Public Beta 2.0 of Apple’s Safari, the fast, elegant, streamlined web browser for OS X. I’ve liked Safari right from the start, largly because ot the interface and feature…
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Composition This Time
This time I’m teaching English Composition. I’ve not (yet) persuaded the students to blog, but I have created a blog for the class. I’m also using the official WebCT site. Composition instruction is,…
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There’s Enough Idiocy in the World . . .
Without adding to it with statements like this, from Dave Weiner: I’m not pro-war, but all the estimates of what it would cost to win the war I’ve heard are missing one thing.…
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Teaching Again
Technically, I’m a humble Teaching Fellow (that’s a TA to you) so I don’t have to prepare lectures (though I do have the opportunity to lecture, and I am responsible for grading). I…
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DMCA and Fandom
I attended the “The DMCA and Fandom” panel on Sunday at ConJosé. The official description reads: How has the Digital Millennium Copyright Act affected Fandom? Fan writers, editors and lawyers discuss recent actions…
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Information Wave Technologies Bans the RIAA
From a press release from host Information Wave Technologies, via Metafilter: Due to the nature of this matter and RIAA’s previous history, we feel the RIAA will abuse software vulerabilities in a client’s…