Another Year, Another Quasi-Hiatus

Classes for the 2011-2012 academic year start tomorrow, which means that blogging will come to a nearly complete stop. I have an exceptionally heavy teaching load this term (deliberately, because I’m developing a new course in the winter term, and FutureSibling! is due in November), and it’s become clear that there are not enough hours […]

Links for 2011-09-06

STAR WARS : The Solo Adventures (HD) – YouTube There’s a little Uncanny Valley thing going on with the characters, but this is still better than anything Lucas has put out in about twenty years. I’d definitely watch more of this. The Chicago Blog: Playing poker with Parker: An interview with Brian Garfield "Donald E. […]

Links for 2011-09-05

Lance Mannion: Do video game avatars dream of digital sheep? or How Pac-Man can help prepare you to save the world "From the Ghostbusters quote that opens the first chapter onward, hardly a page gets turned that doesn’t include at least one 80s-themed Easter Egg. Cline takes some of the fun out of this by […]

Links for 2011-09-04

Atlas Mugged: The Ayn Rand Six Step | Common Dreams "Imagine your landlord coming to you one day and saying, “It’s everyone for himself. We’re not going to supply heat or water or electricity any longer, and we’re not going to conduct repairs.” Of course, you and the rest of the tenants wouldn’t stand for […]

Links for 2011-09-03

Smartypants: What it means to be the first African American President…getting your buttons pushed "We have probably all grappled with the experience that has been labelled "getting our buttons pushed." What we tend to mean by that is that there are people who know our sore spots…those places where we tend to react (in anger) […]

Links for 2011-09-02

How where you live affects the life you prefer. Or not. | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network "How do people value a better life? The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently released the Better Life Index, an interactive graphic that lets you rank 11 different dimensions (income, environment, life satisfaction, etc.) to […]