April 2011
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NoodleBib Assignment Dropbox for Sharing Student... →
March 2011
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February 2011
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Adam Gopnik →
January 2011
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10 Terrific Online Tools for Mom →
November 2010
2 posts
Hey! We're getting iPads! Isn't that... →
Have you been to any of the world’s best... →
August 2010
9 posts
Book clutches at Kate Spade →
Oh my goodness, the cuteness!
How YOU Get Permission →
“I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough....”
– Isaac Asimov (via awritersruminations) (via teachingliteracy) (via librarianista)
P.D. James Turns 90, Still Working On A New Book →
“That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a...”
– The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
"The Great Typo Hunt": The irresistible allure of... →
I have several pet peeves: imply/infer; amuse/bemuse; excessive possessives, but I’m too poor of a typist to go off on others. I would venture that many Internet typos are of the typing/overly assertive spell check variety.
Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the... →
How to deal with this one? It’s not that these kids don’t know any better, but even when you explain it to them, they just don’t care.
At DePaul University, the tip-off to one student’s copying was the purple shade of several paragraphs he had lifted from the Web; when confronted by a writing tutor his professor had sent him to, he was not defensive — he just wanted to know...
The Media Equation - Buzz Bissinger’s Full... →
There’s just a world full of giggles in this. “When I read him on Twitter when he is on one of his jags, I have to remind myself that he is the author of ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ” said Mr. Leitch, now a contributing editor at New York magazine.
July 2010
8 posts
OCLC a Monopoly? →
I’m excited for Shawn Levy and Fox’s ‘terrible,... →
Signage: Better None Than Bad →
No Easy Answers in the Copyright Debate →
Okay, kids, play on my lawn - Roger Ebert's... →
Ebert reverses course on video games and art. You know, I think art is pretty much whatever we decide to call art, and it’s different things for different people. (which is simplistic of me, but I don’t care). So sure, video games can be art. And frankly, my awesome moves in Dance Dance Revolution *do* belong in the Guggenheim.
Learn About Google Moderator @ ALA Learning →
How To Search The Web (in 2000) →
Brown University goes Google →
Jude Law set for ‘Hugo Cabret,’ Gore Verbinski to... →
June 2010
5 posts
New Rikers ‘Librarian’ Looks Familiar →
Libraries Are a Mirror to Societal Success Says... →
The Classroom Still Matters - Freakonomics Blog -... →
I’m more interested here in the fact that someone is actually attempting to study this somewhat scientifically. This area seems to have a lot of opinions, not so much data.
Now that’s a cool license plate →
August 2009
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“But if the men had been portrayed as more high-spirited, it might have taken on...”
– Roger Ebert on “Julie & Julia”
Gee, that sounds like the wife/girlfriend role in oh, just about every other movie made. I’m sure he’s equally upset about women in movies not having anything to do but be supportive of their husbands.
July 2009
6 posts
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Fugdy Fugda →
High-concept, high-risk names →
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Franklin Park Zoo may close due to budget cuts. →
The zoo officials, in a written statement that echoed a letter sent earlier to legislative leaders, said they would be unlikely to find homes for at least 20 percent of the animals, “requiring either destroying them or the care of the animals in perpetuity.’’
And can Jed Bartlett be president? →
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Thoughts upon watching Journey’s “Separate Ways” video Next time I strut around a warehouse, I’m definitely wearing white heels and a black leather miniskirt. Air keyboard is just lame. Sorry. Wait, when did Derek Smalls become the drummer for Journey? Wow, Steve Perry is going to burst a blood vessel.