Monday, October 31, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Will Ferrell and George Costanza respond.
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Careful what you wish for John Oliver
This is all John Oliver's fault. [stolen from Reddit]
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Duplicate Detective: Find & Delete Duplicate Files on the Mac App Store
I just cleared 984 MB using Duplicate Detective for Mac. Check it out here:
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Friday, October 28, 2016
Attempting to codify grammar is extraordinarily challenging since it seeks to discern structure in a body of data that emerged randomly and continues to morph unpredictably. The grammarians who most completely recognize their role as observers...
Text stolen from a review of a grammar reference on Amazon.
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media.philly.com
I want to be Karl Lagerfield for Halloween. http://ift.tt/2f0r4ev I've got the glasses.
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
Mitski Performs "Your Best American Girl"
This is so good. Via Alex Gilvarry
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Ben Folds just turned 50 about a month ago. I listened to a lot of Ben Folds during the early years of grad school in Louisville, circa 1996. I can remember listening to Brick in the cockroach-infested tiny kitchen of our little apartment, with our crack dealing neighbor who I got evicted that stole my guitar.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Mark Crane
Let's be super special Spotify friends so I can judge your music choices.
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i.imgur.com
I guess they're filming a new Mission Impossible, but with an all-bear cast.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Early Voting Locations & Schedule
Early voting locations for Utah county. The sooner you vote, the sooner you can quit thinking about this election.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
The Weakerthans - One Great City!
"I hate Winnipeg" Recommended by The Mountain Goats guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlsjEP7L-k Rob Crawford
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Mad Max: Fury Road Goes Black and White in New Video
There are a few sample scenes from Road Warrior in black and white in this clip.
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New photo by Mark Crane (Craniac)
Three years ago I climbed on the roof of our villa and took a picture of our compound. That half-build tent thing in the background was part of the Gulf Mall, which opened for business about a week before we went home, two years later. I know, nobody cares but Google is nagging me to relive this day so that I won't think too much about our Skynet/Back to the Future III reality.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
New photo by Mark Crane (Craniac)
This is the computer lab at UVU where someone showed me what the "tab" key was for, 27 years ago. It's being converted into something else.
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New photo by Mark Crane (Craniac)
This is the computer lab at UVU where someone showed me what the "tab" key was for, 27 years ago. It's being converted into something else.
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The 2016 Bison Roundup is Here!
The Antelope Island State Park bison roundup is this weekend!
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The 2016 Bison Roundup is Here!
When they put tracking chips in the bison, I didn't say anything, because I am not a bison... "The bison are also given a small external computer chip, which serves as a permanent ID that stores their health information. Once the bison are checked, they are either released back onto the island, or kept in the coral where they are later sold in a public auction."
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Slicing and dicing photocopies of open faced books
I just learned something very useful for work. Basically, it's a way to scan books two pages at a time and then convert them to single page pdf files. I could have used this 15 years ago.
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Monday, October 17, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Survey Says Americans Are Getting Stressed By The Elections
"If the 24-hour news cycle of claims and counterclaims from the candidates is causing you stress, limit your media consumption. Read just enough to stay informed. Turn off the newsfeed or take a digital break. Take some time for yourself, go for a walk, or spend time with friends and family doing things that you enjoy."
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Saturday, October 15, 2016
The making of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
This is like a dynamic meme generator. It's hilarious. Sorry about the politics.
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Friday, October 14, 2016
p.fod4.com
When I decide to teach two new courses in one semester.
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Build Mental Models to Enhance Your Focus | Charles Duhigg
I'm too distracted to watch this.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Independent Claus. http://ift.tt/2dO1Tyk Still writing that grammar midterm.
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www.fresnostate.edu
Al verbs are created equal, but some verbs are more equal than others.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Pomelo's Cheap Flight Alerts
I've been getting cheap flight alerts from Pomelo. This is not a referral for magic points or anything. Right now there are tickets to Peru from SLC (and other cities) for $400. http://ift.tt/2dx2zFj How To Book MORE EXPENSIVE OPTION: First, search using Google.com/flights. Pull up the month view to see all available departure/return dates. Book using the links Google Flights gives you if you want to book directly with the airline. Google Flights Sample Search FOR BEST PRICE: take the dates you find on Google Flights and plug them into Priceline.com to save $200 or more. Priceline also has a 24 hour, 100% money back return policy (check fare conditions to make sure - but this has always been the case for me). Remember: Because this is a mistake fare, prices will change quickly! Additionally, here are a few dates that are working for me: 26th October – 8th November 9th-22nd November 16th-28th November 16th-29th November 22nd Nov – 4th December 26th Nov – 9th December 27th Nov – 9th December 28th Nov – 11th December 1st-15th February 2nd-15th February 8th-22nd February 23rd February – 8th March 15th-27th March 15th-28th March THERE ARE MANY MORE DATES AVAILABLE, those are just samples.
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67.media.tumblr.com
Somethingn to take your mind off the poopstorm of the election:
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
HuffPost Politics on Twitter
https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/785355962680913920
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www.engineering.com
There was a little bit of this during the last ten minutes of each class today.
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www.lcomics.com
from Todd Petersen "This morning I was just reading a book, minding my own business, when Ike came up to me and said, "Dad, what's the multi-verse?" Little did he know, I have been preparing for this question for my entire life. #nailedit"
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Saturday, October 8, 2016
How to Walk Past a Group of Teens Without Attracting Attention - The New Yorker
Great advice for teachers. "Do not make eye contact. They don’t need to know about your lifelong string of rejections or your secret need for approval. Just keep looking down at your practical shoes like the shame-filled, frightened adult you are."
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Qatar’s cybercrime law is being abused by criminals and must be changed
Pedophiles in Doha are using the country's sloppy cybercrime law to silence journalists.
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Thursday, October 6, 2016
She Breaks Your Heart
"WHEN YOU STUDY MINIMALISM IN THE NOVELIST Tom Spanbauer's workshop, the first story you read is Amy Hempel's The Harvest. After that, you're ruined. I'm not kidding. You go there, and almost every other book you ever read will suck. All those thick, third-person, plot-driven books torn from the pages of today's news -- after Amy Hempel, you'll save yourself a lot of time and money."
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www.azquotes.com
I'mpretty sure that Amy Hempel is an Elf Queen. Her short stories are funny, sad, and very good.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
One confirmed clown sighting in Provo among dozens of concerned reports
""Clown imagery is not new in its affiliation with crime behavior and crime," Taylor said. "But it's hard to separate someone who's a fan of Insane Clown Posse music from someone who could be a criminal."
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016
What was it like to have David Foster Wallace as a teacher?
http://ift.tt/2dDcSel "On the first day of class, Dave wore a cut-off Star Wars sweatshirt and a bandana to tie back his greasy hair. His spectacles gleamed. If I had been expecting the wunderkind of Infinite Jest, my idealized visions crumbled as I watched him spit a stream of black tobacco spittle into a Slurpee cup. He looked less like a militant grammarian than a transient who had accidentally wandered into the English Department. Previous students of Dave Wallace had warned me of his tongue-lashings, his obsessive precision with language, his voluminous footnotes. I had arrived with my armor on, ready for a writerly battle with a giant of literature. But this guy, frankly, looked like a goofball. "
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Monday, October 3, 2016
Orem Police Department
Clowns! Clown alert! Our police department had to issue a special response because of all the people calling up wanting to know if they could shoot clowns.
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Sunday, October 2, 2016
Published scifi novel word counts [Archive] - Absolute Write Water Cooler
My Intro SF students voted against Dune, which has 185,000 words. I don't think they realize that our next book, "Fire Upon the Deep" has 285,000 words. I know because I downloaded it, converted it to plain text, then pasted it into Microsoft Word and did a word count. We are going to be reading this for two weeks. I tested their reading speed in class, and the average is about 400 words per minute. That means it will take them 11 hours to finish. I feel like I'm colonizing their brains.
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New photo by Mark Crane (Craniac)
Most of this has melted, but I'm sure there will be more.
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Lucas wanted David Lynch to direct Return of the Jedi
"So, he took me upstairs and he showed me these things called Wookiees. And now this headache is getting stronger."
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Saturday, October 1, 2016
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