...Douglas Rushkoff is currently "guest-blogging" over on Boing Boing. His entire intro piece is amusing, and well worth a read, but this line in particular leapt out:

"It's hard to figure out how to make traffic flow in a city originally designed for cars..."

Yes, Doug. Try figuring it out for one originally designed for horses.Read more... )

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attackademia.

(Subsets rule applies, of course.)

And this entry should be noted: http://community.livejournal.com/attackademia/2435.html

Why?

Spot the wonk: http://community.livejournal.com/attackademia/1815.html

Edit: I'm assuming ( Read more... )

...to the handful of you who use 'em in professional correspondence, and more or less get away with it by dint of your standing/seniority/cuteness (delete where applicable), but...

Personalized e-mail signatures/smartarse quotations?

Uh-uh.

That's a practice which has been frowned upon since about 2004.

*Taps nose sagely.*

'Gates envisions that the Minerva initiative will consist of “a consortia of universities that will promote research in specific areas. These consortia could also be repositories of open-source documentary archives. The Department of Defense, perhaps in conjunction with other government agencies, could provide the funding for these projects.” ( Read more... )

...from bulb-top to upper stamen, the other (other) business of the weekend involved witnessing this brute unexpectedly blossoming overnight:


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Sorry, Ms. Minto, but this sort of thing just isn't the responsibility of teachers:

'"Children are in the dark about the biological and emotional aspects of sex," said Sue Minto from ChildLine. "This leaves them without the knowledge and skills they need to make informed, responsible decisions about their actions, and so they are getting caught ( Read more... )

...my ancient campaign (often espoused over on academics_anon) for degrees to carry "vintage marks", etc., will probably find this amusing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7045060.stm

And, speaking of amusing, this is superb ( Read more... )