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    Monthly Archives: January 2012

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    30 Jan, 2012
    Follow Friday Yes, #FF No
    tech geek

    A few weeks back I changed how I approach Follow Friday on Twitter. I still try* to pass on a few good recommendations, but I’ve never been a fan of

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    24 Jan, 2012
    What’s in (40% of) a name?
    close to home

    I’ve recently undergone a name change. I didn’t have to fill out any forms, and my driver’s license hasn’t changed, but legal forms hardly represent the reality of day to

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    21 Jan, 2012
    So you think you’ve defeated SOPA . . .
    rants, teaching, this I believe, tinfoil hat talk

    In the wake of Texas Representative Lamar Smith pulling the Stop Online Piracy Act from consideration yesterday(and Senator Harry Reid doing the same for the Protect IP Act), I saw

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    17 Jan, 2012
    What you won’t find on a blog or in a book: Direct instruction from a pro
    writing

    In my last post, I linked to some good online resources for writers, pointing out how in many instances these were as good as (or better than) some books you

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    15 Jan, 2012
    The best resources for writers are online—and free!
    link soup, writing

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything writing-related, so if you’re not a writer, hopefully this post won’t bore you too much. I cringe inwardly every time I hear

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    10 Jan, 2012
    Fifteen Years: A Shared Dream
    artist's life, assorted nerdom, blargety-blog, close to home

    Fifteen years ago tonight, my best friend Lisa and I made official a journey that we’d begun months before. On an amazing (but freezing) night, in front of all our

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    9 Jan, 2012
    Meme + Award = Blog Post!
    assorted nerdom, link soup

    This morning I was tickled pink to learn that I’d won the Nobel Prize been awarded the “Versatile Blogger” Award by Carrie Daws (or perhaps it was the “Inspiring Blogger”

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    7 Jan, 2012
    Knowledge for Its Own Sake
    assorted nerdom, math, teaching

    Several weeks ago I stumbled across this interesting interview with Professor Brian Cox, who hosts the BBC/Discovery Channel show Wonders of the Universe. I haven’t watched the show itself—while there’s

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    3 Jan, 2012
    Perspectivefail
    bookish life, teaching, writing

    There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how’s the

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    1 Jan, 2012
    Fundamentally, We Deliver Ourselves
    books you might enjoy, close to home

    If you look toward the right and down a bit, down where it says “Currently Reading,” you’ll notice that I’m reading a work of nonfiction. Unlike most people, apparently, I

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