August 31, 2006
Two Posts by Me
The last two posts on my personal blog were of the sort that I would usually have put here, if not for YLTLSWC. Here are links: Don't Marry Career Women? and Guess Who?. The "guess who" is a good one, I think. fortec star software for free
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August 18, 2006
Welcome to our New Server
FYI, we just moved over to a new hosting company. We stopped leeching off of our friends and got an account with Network Redux, who (so far) I like very much. But you always like a new hosting company a lot for the first month or two, so we'll see how that goes. One interesting thing is that they have a very active forum, and all of the long-time users there seem pretty pleased. They also host ImageMagick and Adium -- two fairly important open source projects -- which is good for a ton of brownie points in my book. fortec star software for free
Anyway, I think everything should be in place and working smoothly, but please let me know if anything seems funny.fortec star software for free
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August 9, 2006
Do You Know Anyone in Oklahoma?
In just a few weeks, Ruth and I will be leaving from my mom's house in North Carolina, headed for Irvine, Califronia. We're taking 40 most of the way, and if you know of anything interesting along that road, we'd love to hear about it. We got a copy of Roadfood, but we'd give even more weight to recommendations from people we know, and we want stop and see as many interesting sights at we can. Unfortunately, the world's largest ball of twine is in Kansas and the House on the Rock is in Wisconsin, but surely there's something good along the way.fortec star software for free
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May 12, 2006
Comments are Back
I had the website named "tonguebutnodoor.net" in some config file. But the server was redirecting requests sent there to "www.tonguebutnodoor.net", and this difference blew some CGI script's mind. Awesome. fortec star software for free
In order that this post not be a complete waste, I bring you this story. A Missouri school district let some Answers in Genesis creationist visit a bunch of schools and talk to students during their science classes. This generated an editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch which ended with this:
Last year, the percentage of Potosi seventh- and 10th-grade students who scored "proficient" or "advanced" in standardized science tests was below the state average. Perhaps instead of hearing about creationism, those students would be better off spending their science classes learning about science.That's ridiculous. The problem is obviously that there aren't enough questions about Genesis on the state's standardized tests.
Hat tip: Afarensis.fortec star software for free
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May 11, 2006
Comments, Laptops in Class
Apologies for the comments not working. I'm looking into it; I need to talk to Adam about getting access to the server.fortec star software for free
Meanwhile, a link for Monica, because she's the only person I know who does this.
This school year, the University of Michigan Law School became the latest graduate school to block wireless Internet access to students in class, joining law schools at UCLA and the University of Virginia.fortec star software for freefortec star software for free[...]fortec star software for free
"When you focus primarily on transcribing everything said, you are not making good use of the class as a practice opportunity," she wrote in an e-mail to her law students, explaining her decision to ban laptops.
See. I knew it. This is why I never took notes as an undergraduate. Of course, Professor Hawks disagrees:
It seems to me there is an unrecognized selection effect here. Aren't the students who take notes using laptops in graduate schools very likely to be the same few who did so as undergraduates? Except now they are many because they got admitted?Or they're not awesome enough to remember everything the first time. Law schools should only want awesome students.fortec star software for free
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January 29, 2006
Monica Keeps it Real for Her 'Hood
I would be remiss if I did not point out that this is the best blogging under the TBND umbrella in a long while. fortec star software for free
As if West Virginia hasn't been in the national news enough, now they're getting flack for using Dance Dance Revolution in the middle schools gym classes.fortec star software for freeThursday morning, Bill Littlefield had a commentary on Boston's public radio station WBUR criticizing the policy. He compared using video games in fitness to using junk food to get children to eat healthier. He said kids will run around and play games outside not because it's competitive, but because it's fun, like all you need is a playground and a ball to keep kids from getting obese.fortec star software for free
Littlefield needs to leave skinny New England more often. There are playgrounds and balls all over the country, yet child obesity continues to rise. It's a major problem in rural areas, but the obesity epidemic is growing everywhere, as Bad Blood, the recent New York Times series on Diabetes makes clear. There's obviously a major problem, and Littlefield refuses to recognize that traditional methods aren't addressing it.
Read the rest of Monica taking Littlefield to task.fortec star software for free
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