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Some less-than-finished furmiture
‘Tis the season when students start returning, reinflating the nearly empty balloon that campus becomes over the summer. We are fortunate to have a really cool, engaged set of students that generally make you really glad to be a teacher. There are, however, moments that make you want to cry.
To whit: A [...]
Remembering Rosalind Franklin: A note on Ada Lovelace Day
Today, 24 March, is Ada Lovelace Day, honoring the remarkable woman that is arguably the first computer programmer, working a full century before the construction of the first electronic machines that we would typically recognize as modern computers. In honor of her work and the crucial but typically underreported contributions of women in technology, [...]
Also posted in Science Tagged Ada Lovelace Day, biology, Research, Science, technology, Women Comments closed
Obama opens up WhiteHouse.gov to search engines
Obama is opening up WhiteHouse.gov to search engines, where the Bush administration has large chunks of it blocked off.
An MLK day to remember:
We’ve come so far, and there’s so much still to do
Now let’s get to work, folks.
Tags: history, inauguration, MLK, Music, Obama, Politics, president, Video
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Yes we can (improve the security of our e-communications)
Instead of preventing Obama from using e-mail and his Blackberry, we should use this as an opportunity to move the whole country forward in terms of the security of our electronic communications.
Also posted in Computing, Education, Science Tagged digital signatures, electronic communications tools, encryption, government, Obama, president, Research, security, software Comments closed
What an amazing night!
I’m exhausted and am going to bed, but it’s been a truly amazing night. McCain was gracious in a (crushing) defeat, and Obama was humble, inclusive, and inspiring in his acceptance. It was in so many ways a night to be proud of the U.S. after so many years of cringe-inducing stupidity and [...]
What McCain can do for America
Today has no doubt been one of the longest and most unpleasant day’s in John McCain’s professional life. He’s been smacked, and smacked soundly, and lost what is almost certainly his last chance to be President of the United States.
That doesn’t mean he can’t still at least one more great service for his country.
He can [...]
What goes around apparently keeps going around
Common working people has got to take the seatin Washington, in Washington.And I’m gonna tell you workers ‘fore you cash in your checksthey say America first but they mean America nextin Washington, in Washington. — Woody Guthrie, “Lindbergh”
Is it annoying if we keep wrestling with the same issues, or does it just mean they’re [...]
You have to either laugh or cry (and I’ll help you do both)
Lacking the time or neural function to generate any new content, I’ll instead pretend to be engaging in some sort of hip new mash-up by dropping two wildly different videos on you. Connections? Nope. Cool synthesis that comments on the post-modern state? Doubt it. Worth the time? Probably.
The first [...]
You tell ‘em, Al!