Visual Computing, written 1 week ago, I just read an interesting article about the NVision conference that happened this week in Silicon Valley. It focused on the changes that are happening in the computer industry that are putting more attention on a visual style interface. Here is a quote from Chr...

Is Google Chrome going to be the Firefox killer?, written 4 days ago, Google is going to release in the coming hours what looks like a revolutionary new entry in the browser arena: Google Chrome. The GUI design and engineering effort behind Google Chrome looks impressive. What is more, Chrome is goi...

I Roll Late Nights, written 6 days ago, It's been awhile since I've posted, and I've been getting emails asking if I'm still around. I'm here, but I've really taken a hiatus from the whole medical school thing recently. Now that I've been out of the game for awhile, it's getting tougher and tougher ...

What To Do About Sarah Palin, written 2 days ago, A colleague who is a regular reader came by my office today. "Jeff," he said, "I cannot believe some of the things people are saying about Sarah Palin. You and I both know that if she only had a degree from Harvard or Yale, most of tha...

home again, home again..., written 2 days ago, jiggitty jig!It feels good to be back home again with my kitties and my comfy bed, after a week of blissful disconnectedness (no internet service, no telephone service, minimal news) at burning man. I had a wonderful time, despite the fact that it was a...

Culture Light, written 4 hours ago, In their first cultural exploration of the year, my VCU Brandcenter students roamed Richmond's popular First Friday's ArtWalk. The monthly event features hundreds of artists and dozens of galleries. This month, it also featured art involving light and even a lig...

Browser Wars -- the New Kid in Town, written 2 days ago, Google has jumped into the browser wars with their own new browser, Chrome.  I've been testing it a bit and I'm favorably impressed. The most obvious improvement is speed.  It is definitely one of the fastest -- if not the fastest.  Pages c...

GMAT Sentence Correction blog.

Nevermore, written 4 hours ago, Edgar Allan Poe is buried in Baltimore, where he did a lot of writing and where he died. But a Philadelphia-based Poe scholar is arguing that Poe's resting place is more rightly the inaptly named City of Brotherly Love: ...last year Edward Pettit, a Poe scholar in Phi...

Letter from Munich 378, written 1 day ago, Letter from Munich - the Joseph Affair – 378 EINE DEUTSCHE FASSUNG STEHT WEITER UNTEN. (German translation below – German language character set required for correct display.) Dusseldorf, 5 September 2008 Dear Mr. Graf, dear friends, First Report - Stef...

Resources for the teachers in higher education

Things that depress me in the education system..., written 8 hours ago, Top exam board asks schools to destroy book containing knife poem | Education | The Guardian: "Britain's biggest exam board has been accused of censorship after it removed a poem containing references to knife crime from th...

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National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools', NAHETS', blog.

Friday news roundup - 09/05/08, written 1 day ago, What a week!  Historic U.S. politics, hurricanes, and….. distance learning dominate the news. ;-)  Oh, and Happy Friday!    + University of Denver, a US News & World Report Top National University and seven-time NCAA ice hockey champio...

Marian College, Indianapolis, IN, written 1 week ago, After spending the last four days in Indianapolis, the fall semester is in full swing.After three wonderful days of shooting at a couple of great schools, it's time to hop on a plane in the morning and enjoy a nice LONG weekend with family before...

Rural Broadband Not What You'd Expect, written 2 days ago, There is evidently a strong belief out there, because I've heard it many times, that rural folks don't have broadband and therefore colleges and universities with more rural audiences should avoid the more engaging aspects that Web 2.0 provi...

Political platforms and higher education, written 1 day ago, After clicking to the Republican platform (PDF) from David Weinberger's blog this morning, I decided to also track down the Democratic platform (PDF) and compare what the two have to say about higher education. Going solely from the media ...

And the semester begins, written 1 week ago, Though I look forward to the fall weather (such as it is!), I am a little sad that my stay-at-home-mom summer is over. We don't have daycare for Henry yet, but we have him on waiting lists all over town. Some of the places don't take babies until they're ...

Complete Vindication for False Confessor Jorge Hernandez, written 2 weeks ago, This is not Jorge Hernandez. It's Roberto Cruz Recendes, age 40, the man who actually raped and beat a 94 year old woman in Palo Alto, CA in 2002. More than six years after wrongfully arresting and charging Hernandez, an....