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There once was a worksheet that was meant to be used in a face-to-face scenario. The goal was indicate where you fell on a spectrum across a number cultural orientation of measures. The challenge was […]

I am playing around with unfurling1 open graph data in the WordPress TinyMCE editor. You can see what that looks like in the video above. It’s a lot like the oEmbed experience in WordPress but with the open g […]

At VidCon, Influencers, Fans, And Brands Seemed Ready To Leave YouTube BehindAt one point, the party converged around an Instagram-famous Pomeranian wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses. The dog’s owner was t […]

Kafka’s Joke Book – McSweeney’s Internet TendencyWhy is a raven like a writing desk?”
“I don’t know,” Gregor told the faceless interrogator for the fiftieth time.
“We can’t help you if you won’t work with u […]

I’m sticking this js/css combo in a number of the WordPress themes we’re building.
It’s two pieces, a javascript piece that finds the YouTube videos and wraps them in a div and a CSS Piece that makes the video […]

The Grey Lady Learns Pivot Tables: NY Times J-Course Data, Part 1 | spreadsheetjournalismThis just in: The newspaper of record is rebranding itself into the newspaper of records. The Times – the one from New Y […]

xkcd: StackModer tech stack
You Are Now Browsing In Incognito Mode – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Who Gets to Own the West? – The New York Timesf America. In the last decade, private land in the United State […]

We feel this is some kind of Dogwood. It is creating vine like roots as it grows up and around our fence. It acts like an evergreen because the leaves never fall off this particular variety.

This is a ridiculous thing. It came into my head the other day and it amused at least a few of my children . . . once I explained what Snarf was.
I plan to make ridiculous things more often. I initially had it […]

This is a ridiculous thing. It came into my head the other day and it amused at least a few of my children . . . once I explained what Snarf was.
I plan to make ridiculous things more often. I initially had it […]

Opinion | In Stores, Secret Bluetooth Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move – The New York TimesBluetooth beacons, however, can track your location accurately from a range of inches to about 50 meters. They use l […]

Pinboard on Twitter: “This call for privacy regulation by the New York Times editorial board serves invasive tracking scripts from at least 15 outside domains. I have asked the NYT to disclose this fundamental c […]

It’s been a good while since I had the pleasure of working with Mike Wesch and Ryan Klataske on ANTH 101. I revisited the course recently to write a letter of support for an award submission for online courses. I […]

The Sound of Data (a gentle introduction to sonification for historians) | Programming HistorianSonification is the practice of mapping aspects of the data to produce sound signals.
The North Face used Wikipedia […]

Origin Story
Let’s say someone wanted people to write down very personal, very sensitive thoughts about privilege, bias etc. They’ve turned down Google Docs as an option because they heard that people can see tha […]

Origin Story
Kathy asked me if I had any grade book plugins that they could use with a faculty development course. The goal was to show faculty where they were in the course. I knew I did not wish to use Learn […]