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OMG CSS! And what does it mean for teaching?
It’s taken years, but I’ve finally come around to cascading style sheets. I was introduced to them in the absolutely worst way, when a Dreamweaver update suddenly refused to accept half the commands I was used to putting into my … Continue reading
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Let’s do the Time Warp Again
Last night this song was playing on the radio as I drove home. This morning I was reminded of it again as I read the medical news in order – I hoped – to keep my pathophysiology notes up to … Continue reading
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Cat Valente’s Excellent Idea
The Hugo controversy has died down a lot, and instead of merely being mad at each other people are beginning to come up with interesting ideas. I particularly like Cat Valente’s proposal for a set of awards that specifically reward … Continue reading
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When do we get to talk in private?
So apparently this week’s news is that administrators at the University of Illinois used personal email accounts to discuss the Salaita case. I have to say, I don’t blame them one bit. They had a situation in which whatever they … Continue reading
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You know you’ve read too much academic commentary when…
Every piece of academic commentary I’ve read this week has seemed to be going around in circles so fast that it was about to disappear up its own arse. Folks are mad at a faculty member who said that increasing … Continue reading
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The ‘go-to’ question
Long, long ago, in a land not so very far from here, I was appointed to Curriculum Committee. I had no opinions at all about the curriculum, so I attended my first meeting with an insecure feeling. What would I … Continue reading
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A Science Prof’s Take on Trigger Warnings
Brute Reason has an interesting post this morning about how people use trigger warnings. However, it becomes less convincing when it discusses the academic setting. Here’s where I started to shake my head: When people condescendingly claim that college students … Continue reading
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Mutiny on campus
This weekend my socks are steamed by a bit of gossip I heard at work. It goes like this: There’s one job where I work that most of us hate doing, but that needs to be done. The folks in … Continue reading
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While I’m thinking of sex, here’s a repost about why Rho studies ducks.
Someone asked me yesterday why Rho, the protagonist of Advice From Pigeons, studies incubi in ducks. Actually, Rho studies incubi in ducks because it is the hot topic in his field. Like a good PI, I steered my character toward a … Continue reading
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Happy About Sad Puppies
The Sad Puppies are back again, putting forward their slate of nominees for the Hugo awards. I haven’t read any of them, or any of the other slates that have been put forward (except for one story that had absolutely … Continue reading
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