May 2012
10 posts
Nebula Award winners announced - Boing Boing →
This is the first time I’ve read a Nebula winner before it won. Among Others by Jo Walton was pretty great.
Quarterly Co.™ →
A subscription service that surprises.
Daring Fireball: A Few Words About The Talk Show →
I like it better…
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Remarks by Aaron Sorkin '83 at Syracuse... →
So great :
Today is May 13th and today you graduate and the rules are about to change, and one of them is this: Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free,...
Seattle library hides 1,000 books around town for... →
Neat
Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely... →
This is how you build something people will appreciate.
Arizona Kids Think USA - Camp Wamatochick of... →
Looking forward to taking 18 middle school students on a leadership retreat this weekend. Especially looking forward to the archery activity — my students assure me they have Katniss-Everdeen-level skills.
April 2012
5 posts
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1074301/Valve_Han... →
If I were ever to open a charter school…
Clicky Keyboards — Shawn Blanc →
Geeky and fun
Fanfare for the Comma Man - NYTimes.com →
Love it. Love, love, love it.
A Book Apart, Design Is a Job →
Buy it. MM is a straight shooter, and his views on design work can be applied to all work.
MAKE -- concrete coffee table →
Summer project?
March 2012
7 posts
The Silence of Mike Daisey by sippey on SoundCloud... →
Caught in lies, unsure of what to do next.
Why Cycling Works in the Netherlands | timbuk2... →
Mass Effect 3 →
There are so many reasons I’m displeased with the Mass Effect 3 ending; here are some well-thought-out arguments against the let-‘em-wonder ending —
“Walters’ notes scrawled across loose leaf disappointed me. The ideas are clearly not fleshed out at all, strictly drawing board material, the execution we see in game is indicative of that. ” Lots of speculation...
My Daughter's School Assignment: Dinner for 4 @ $4... →
If you’re willing to spend this much energy and thought helping your children with their homework, you’re doing right by them.
On knitting 50 life-sized bees - Boing Boing →
I’d like 1,000 of these in a jar.
Meat Slop →
Loves his meat slop…I need to try it.
January 2012
4 posts
Marathon training (again)
Sunday marks another round of serious marathon training; last time, I decided to ease off training after I was regularly running 10 to 12 miles. I had finally hit the runner’s high that so many articles and podcasts urged me to wait for, but I just didn’t have the mental wherewithal to run for hours at a time.
This year, I’m planning on using:
the Hal Higdon Novice 1 program
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iPad textbooks
There have been strong rumors of Apple getting into the textbook distribution game and optimizing educational content for the iPad.
The recent Jobs biography makes it clear that Apple will try to revolutionize the textbook industry. Jobs wanted to hire excellent textbook writers and give away content free with the purchase of an iPad.
Alaskan town has 176 inches of snow on the ground... →
I’ve never experienced 176 inches of snow, but I have fond memories of shoulder-high, Michigan snow.
"Cheaper" is not a tablet feature that interests...
Cheaper tablets— The industry’s enthusiasm for tablets was considerably tempered this year compared to last, when more than a hundred manufacturers thought they could capitalize on the iPad’s success with their own models based on Google’s Android software. Sales were disappointing, in large part because Apple prices the iPad relatively low compared to the cost of making it....
November 2011
16 posts
Thoughts about Skyrim
I began the game with a mage and have become the Arch-Mage of the Mage College; I can’t bring myself to join the Guild of Thieves with this character, so I need to make a new one.
I actually care about my Mass Effect I/II Shepherd. It’s nothing compared to how much I genuinely care for my Skyrim character.
The statement above isn’t as crazy as it seems — tell...
Ukulele Covers
It’s not that I don’t enjoy listening to music, but very few songs are artists really capture my interest. And I’ve never really had a genre of music I loved. But now, I have ukulele covers. They’re great. Enjoy!
http://ukulelecovers.tumblr.com
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The... →
gross —
Reconstituted, vaguely anatomically-shaped meat was something of a specialty for Arend, it seems. And though the sandwich is made of pork shoulder and/or reconstituted pork offal slurry, it is pressed into patties that only sort of resemble a seven-year-old’s rendering of what he had at Tony Roma’s with his granny last weekend.
Builders Club Hayride
Maybe I’m more of a dork than most people, but I find it very inspiring when sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth graders set goals such as:
when we see bullying, we should let a teacher know but also go talk to the kid who was bullied to help him or her feel less alone.
when our parents come home and it’s clear they’ve had a rough day, we should ask them to tell us about it and...
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Things that are at-risk when a much-needed...
my students’ belief that their community finds them worth nurturing
my optimism
a level playing field
my drive to arrive to work at 6am every day
my sanity
my ability to write snarky lists, which is hard to do when you feel plain-old-sad
Happy 90th Birthday, Grammy
That’s probably 1 year for every 100 pierogi you’ve made me.
Overrides →
>With overrides, voters decide whether to “override” the state-set limits on property taxes to give more money to schools. A “maintenance and operation” override funds teachers and academics, and capital overrides pay for buildings, technology and equipment such as textbooks and furniture.
All necessary, and all criminally underfunded by the state of Arizona.
Turkey Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
After today’s field trip, my students are obsessed with the disgusting turkey vulture; it was a good day.
Red Wings Sign Niklas Kronwall to Seven-Year Deal... →
I’ll say it now — I think he’s worth every penny.
Phoenix Arizona Bus Tours - Christmas in Primm... →
There is no way this could possibly be as much fun as I think it will…
Quotebook — A Notebook for Your Quotes (on iPhone... →
Welcome to The Verge | The Verge →
October 2011
6 posts
“I’m tired of guys floating around out there and trying to do to much. Make...”
– Winging It In Motown - For Detroit Red Wings Fans
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Summer Glau Arrives at BuzzFocus with a Mysterious... →
hyping it
Stalking in the age of Facebook →
So weird.
Eric Schmidt on Steve Jobs - BusinessWeek →
The quote about children in the last paragraph is stunning.
August 2011
2 posts
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American McCarver: Gruber: "Convince me that a... →
Hipster Ipsum | Artisanal filler text for your... →
Biggest chuckle of the day