“Website lets lonely sport fans share their despair” (New Scientist) … way to go Matt
Wootius Hootius!
An academic woo-hoo came in the form of: “We are pleased to inform you that your paper, titled ‘PoliticWiki: Exploring Communal Politics’ has been accepted as a RESEARCH PAPER for publication in the Proceedings of WikiSym 2006.” After a long few days of work and disappointments, this news was a welcome lift. WikiSym 2006 is [...]
Manic-Depressive Mac
Thanks to the generosity of Makice parents everywhere (in no particular order: Grandad & Grandma Carol; Nanna; Grammy & Pete; Grampy & Jean), I am the proud owner of my first new Mac since 1996. I have to qualify that, of course. We seem to have iMacs accumulating in our house. One is a snowy [...]
BUMMER!
Someone beat me to this. I had been talking for several months about taking a box of random things that have no sentimental or practical value to me — like lesser baseball cards, old magazines, some excess computer cords, paper, pins, and other knick-knacks — and putting it on eBay as “Box of Crap.” I [...]
Indecent descent
Culture v. Nature? … No contest.
What Amy Wants
Kevin spent hours matching tempos to my described running pattern to make me the ideal Marathon workout mix. Through his efforts, I discovered which Bob Schneider songs can help me run the extra mile (“Better” being the perfect song for the last minute sprint). Now, he can skip all the hard work and just buy [...]
Don’t call you, you’ll call us
Newly hired IU head coach Kelvin Sampson was officially slapped on the wrist (a hard slap, but just a slap) for prior recruiting violations while at Oklahoma. He can’t get any bonuses for the next year — none were in his new contract — and he can’t phone any prospects for a year. IU loses [...]