There\’s a lot of talk in journalism classes about \”new media\”. Usually, when people say new media, they\’re talking about the internet. But the term also includes all the other kinds of multimedia that have exploded and converged in the last 15 years.
But to say that new media just involves new kinds of, well, media, [...]
I had a midterm exam yesterday morning at 8:15. That\’s early, especially when you haven\’t done the readings (can\’t do the readings if you don\’t own the book).
So I got up at 6:45, thinking I would shower, eat a good breakfast and still have a little time to look over my class notes.
But when I [...]
I always like to find other Minnesota bloggers, and Frozen North is a new discovery for me (oddly enough, via Andrew Sullivan).
Check out his post on the two Americas meme.
Also the SSoGMwMFaB is an organization to which I think I should belong. Except I\’m not sure I qualify as a grown man.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn\’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are
- I first saw this a few months ago on the plane to to Argentina, in Esquire magazine. Looks like the meme is much older that that, an also, not really true. As I discovered while writing [...]
What is the deal with Japanese cities doing evacuation drills? I\’ve never been to Japan, but it seems like those people spend every waking moment practicing what they\’ll do in the event of an earthquake, volcano, tsunami, or in this case, a runaway rhino.
Do they really need to practice for this? In the unlikely event [...]
Book covers by your favorite disturbing illustrator – here.
&
For those of you who like to knit –
here.
This morning, walking from the bus to work, I noticed tulips starting to push through the dirt. When I went in to work (on the top floor of Coffman Memorial Union) it was warmish and dry. An hour later, when I got up to go to the bathroom, and passed a window, I saw [...]
Looking toward the new master bedroom and office, just squint a little and you\’ll see it
My mom is about halfway through a major addition to her house. Work began in the fall, but had to stop for a few months in the winter (cold weather, snow, etc.)
Now they\’re back to work, and last week they [...]
Wednesday night on NPR there was a report on the reactions of people in Iraq to the horrific bombings that happened on Tuesday, in which hundreds of Shiite Muslims were killed outside of shrines in Baghdad and Karbala.
The reporter (Steve Inskeep) said the attacks had caused much anger, and that some religious leaders were calling [...]
Suddenly all the trees are made of snow.
Last night, after a string of warm days (I talked about it here), the ground was bare, mushy, and brown. There were patches of stubborn snow left, but even they were retreating. Spring was here.
And, since spring was here, I disregarded the warnings on the news about [...]