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The critical mass of information…
A former student of mine has a blog where she occasionally puts things down in free verse (something I needed an explanation of … clueless me when she was an English grad student, right?). This morning, I responded with a sonnet. Awful, of course, but since her entry was vaguely about the problems of learning […]
Shadowing
I have a student from my alma mater shadowing me next week. While I wish my schedule allowed me to attend a candidate’s presentation on Tuesday, I think the rest of the week has enough things to give her a sense of what one professor’s life is like. I have the next Education Policy Analysis […]
Bloghacking
Ugh. Someone has hacked into Dr. History‘s blog, turning it into a one-entry porn reference. (Proof that this is not Dr. H’s work is the Google Blogsearch’s list of Dr. H’s posts.) I don’t know her in real life, but it’s highly disturbing that someone would have the maliciousness of screwing up an academic blog. […]
Haloscan comments with ads??
Has anyone else noticed the appearance of text ads in Haloscan comments? It’s appearing in my comments but not in those of some other blogs. Hmmn…
Historical Statistics of the U.S.
By Sherman Dorn on January 19, 2006
Robert Samuelson’s discussion of the new Historical Statistics of the United States says that there is an online version where access can be purchased by libraries (presumably so members of universities can use the materials). I hope so, because otherwise the volumes will be largely underutilized.
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