March 2008
February 2008
10 good Unix command line usage habits →
For those of us who spend half (or more) of their time in a terminal window. [link]
UW students confronted by ‘aggressive, angry’... →
This seems to be a situation where the officer made a serious mistake in picking tactics and scaling his response.
Maps! →
The Conquests of the Middle East →
A great animated map that shows the various empires established throughout the history of the middle east.
Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print →
US Interventions 1801-2004 →
AncientWeb.org: The Ancient Worlds Great... →
Turks →
A Journey of a Thousand Years 600-1600
D'oh! →
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has always been one of my favorite buffoons in Congress. No one trick pony, he’s been putting in long moron hours for years up on the Hill and on the chat shows. But it was…
Trolley problem →
Samantha Power on American responses to mass... →
I’d love to get my hands on this TED talk ASAP, as we’re going to be talking about genocide in my Current World Problems class in the next few weeks.
Fox News Falsely Claims That Weatherman Bill Ayers... →
Jeezus. FoxNews is rah-rah Obama when he’s up against Hillary, and then (unsurprisingly) turns on the sludge machine.
“The bottom line for next Tuesday is that no matter who “wins” the...”
– My Election Guru I saw Karl Rove confirm this on FoxNews with Bill O’Reilly earlier this evening, so it must be true.
Open Source Mac →
“You learn that the best things that happen in your class weren’t wholly...”
– Letter To A Young Teacher - Practical Theory Thanks. This is exactly what I needed this morning.
WatchRoy Gould: WorldWide Telescope
Vitamin Features » How to recreate Silverback’s... →
WatchSo, Matt Santos : West Wing :: Barack Obama : reality That works!
“The time that is spent by teens online is actually rather limited, with 12 to 17...”
– Teenagers Are Leading the Online Revolution? Maybe Not…
“When the invitation to an elected public official to speak to the national...”
– Rev. John H. Thomas, IRS Investigating United Church of Christ Over Obama Speech
“Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American...”
– John McCain, 2000
Note, this is a position that he has since reversed. I really like the John McCain that had no chance of getting elected.
sillygwailo: I actually wondered if he's been sabotaging Hillary's campaign
intentionally?
sillygwailo: yeah
sillygwailo: by playing the race card and getting angry
me: is this the same reason he was abusing a perfectly good cigar in the oval office to get back at his wife?
me: Hell, I've only been living with her for about six months -- and I can hit the off button on the TV any time -- and I'm already tired of her.
sillygwailo: where was the bull-dog when Gore was running?
me: Ummm...
sillygwailo: or does a sitting president campaign?
me: I think they were worried that Bill would upstage the animatronic Al. [He] might not survive the comparison.
me: And I think that it is considered a little bit crass for a sitting President to get partisan to that extent.
Portable Reservation
Keith Olbermann: "So, has Bill Clinton gone off the reservation?"
Guest: "I don't think so. Bill carries his own reservation with him... it's portable."
“And, yet, it’s not just the details of Obama’s policies that suggest...”
– The Audacity of Data
Watchzachhale:
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early. So true.
Revolt and Unite! →
Unite! Rise up! It’s time to revolt!
Although I believe that teachers should be subversive, I prefer to say that they should be revolting, because nobody chants, “Sub-vert! Sub-vert!”
A big, loud, “Re-VOLT” has a way better ring to it. And of course, cynics can then make their snyde remarks, like “Oh look, the teachers are revolting. I’ve been saying that for years…”
And therein lies the...
“No Country for Old Men” won the Oscar for Best Picture. Just what McCain...”
– Election 2008: Presidential, Senate and House Races Updated Daily
Harlem rent parties and Fats Waller (kottke.org) →
● Design and the Elastic Mind →
On view at MoMA through May 12, 2008: Design and the Elastic Mind. In the past few decades, individuals have experienced dramatic changes in some of the most established dimensions of human life: time, space, matter, and individuality. Working across several time zones, traveling with relative ease between satellite maps and nanoscale images, gleefully drowning in information, acting fast in...
What I Did Before Presenting Blogging 101 at... →
Here’s a list of things I did on my computer before attaching the overhead projector to my MacBook. They’re by no means best-practices, but they were in response to presentations I’ve seen before.
Closed all email, instant messaging, RSS reader, and anything else that might bounce on the dock or send a Growl notification to the screen. At least two presenters either forgot to do...
The Great Depression and the Arts →
Roaring Twenties - Social Studies Lesson Plan,... →
Very cool optical illusion →
Donors Worried by Clinton Campaign Spending →
Nearly $100,000 went for party platters and groceries before the Iowa caucuses… Rooms at the Bellagio luxury hotel in Las Vegas consumed more than $25,000; the Four Seasons, another $5,000. And top consultants collected about $5 million in January…
“But it’s the Clinton strategists, not the Obama voters, who drank the Kool-Aid....”
– The Audacity of Hopelessness
