Tim is going under the knife today. Say a little prayer for him, if you’re a religious sort. Or, for you atheist/agnostic/doubters like me, cross some fingers, knock some wood, or just think a kind thought (it can’t hurt).
All you Mac freaks already know that OS X Leopard is out today. I’ve been reading a lot of negative reviews of Windows Vista this past week. I didn’t really need much convincing that it’s to be avoided. When my XP laptop finally dies, it’s turning into an iMac. I’ve been [...]
Every semester, at least one person turns in heavily plagiarized work. The policy against it is on the syllabus and on every paper assignment. I devote an entire lecture to the topic. I tell my students straight up that I run their papers through plagiarism detection software (and I do, too). [...]
Slacktivist gives the lie to one of Huckabee’s recent bits of historical revisionism.
Some cool news: now Gmail supports IMAP. Here’s how to set it up. I’ve been using Gmail for a long time now. But it might be fun to check my mail with a desktop client once in a while.
Classic arcade game meets culture jamming: Wack-a-Murdoch (via freepress.net).
I didn’t take a lot of pics at Bikes, Blues, and BBQ this year, but here are a few.
Gina and I left last Wednesday for our annual trip home to Fayetteville, Arkansas and got back to Charleston late last night. We spent a lot of time with her family and mine. We also worked in some visits with friends. Gina had a baby shower while she was there (another [...]