Posted in Grad School, tagged noose incident, swastika, Teachers College on October 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It’s hard to understand where this is coming from, but first the noose incident at Teachers College and now this. Distressing and demoralizing at the kinds of things people find it in themselves to do.
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:09:50 -0400
To the TC Community:
This morning, a swastika was found spray-painted on the door of a Jewish [...]
Posted in General Thoughts, Grad School on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I just spent the past ten days or so getting my behind kicked from one end of the College to another, writing up answers to my specialization examinations. As a result I’ve not blogged much; or in these past couple of days slept much, either.
I found the examinations harder than I would have liked - [...]
Posted in Science and Technology, tagged robots on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
new version amazing robot asimo
Credit attention to these clips to Robosingularity, a really cool blog on robots, nanotechnology, etc., that I check in with on occasion. The movement skills on Honda’s robot Asimo, above is amazing - the degree to which the engineers have refined the ‘naturalness’ of the robot’s movements is a marvel. Certainly [...]
Posted in Art, tagged nostalgia, school art, soda cans on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Hey, remember these?
I spent this past Sunday afternoon loafing a bit, recovering from my Friday exam, clicking through E-bay looking for a dresser for my room. I then noticed that there are a number of people who are selling vintage, unopened cans of soda and beer - such as the one above (RC cola - [...]
Posted in Asian Studies, Education, Okinawa, tagged global education, higher education on October 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Courtesy of Beerkens’ Blog, an alert to a new web site / news service devoted to global higher education, University World News. (The title sounds a little tabloidish to me for some reason, but oh well, those are just my ears doing the talking… 
In any event, the idea is something like an Inside Higher [...]
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