The Revolution Will Not Be . . .
Apparently, I am a conservative. I have just learned that I am a stuck in the mud too blind to see that the revolution may not be televised, but that it is online. Accept this or be declared the...
View ArticleGetting Down In Binary
In a series of New York Times articles, Patricia Cohen explores various ways that scholars and instructors make use of tools housed under the digital humanities umbrella. In one, she describes a...
View ArticleJourney Into the Valley of the Academicus
I had not intended to spend so much time among the Homo Academicus. Yet, my ship wrecked, all means of escape seemingly cut off, I was stuck there. They were hospitable enough, not anxious to drive...
View ArticleAt Home He’s A Tourist
It is no accident that Lucy Honeychurch begins A Room With A View with her Baedeker in hand, only to be without it at the end. To start, she is a slave to convention. By the end, she makes her own...
View ArticleDesign is the Thing: Declension and the Web
Design matters. Those who have published books our articles probably know what I’m talking about. Seeing one’s work in manuscript form is a very different experience from seeing it as a finished...
View ArticleFrustrated
The assignment for this week’s class was to set up a blog in order to test out the design possibilities in WordPress. Due to events beyond my control, the free site that was to be set up did not...
View ArticleComputerside Companion
Time. There isn’t enough of it. This week our task was to read a book chapter by Carole Palmer and to look through an Omeka exhibit. Perhaps because I’m buried in a host of tasks, I confess that I do...
View ArticleTime Crunched Again
Once again, I find myself with scant time to organize my thoughts. Nevertheless, here are a few. On Booker I very much enjoyed this article for a variety of reasons. First, I know the area in...
View ArticleMr. Bean Gets His Assignment
Not going to say much about Mr. Bean. A nice fellow, of course. Spends a little bit too much time trying to figure out which pants to pack and he definitely needs to be more careful when he goes...
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