Saturday, March 05, 2005

Vonage Rocks.

via String Cans

Period. Vonage is an Internet telephony service. You plug a little box into your cable modem or dsl line and then plug your phone (or entire house phone system) into the box, and all your calls are routed through the Internet. The quality is equivalent to regular phone almost all the time, unless you’re using alot of your bandwidth for other purposes, and you get extra features like your voicemails being accessible on the web or being emailed to you, etc. The craziest thing, though, is that it costs $25 per month for unlimited local AND national long distance. That’s $15 per month less than I was paying Bell South just for local service ($40 per month).

Second Tar Heel Tavern here!

Over at Pratie Place

Harvard: The Medium IS Most Decidedly The Message

Halley's Comment via ThoughtSignals

You can't keep an editor down...

Southernrants at Sue's Place

Spring Makeover?

Sue from SouthernRants is refashioning her site into "Sue's Place".
I need to do some spring making over my own self. Boy howdy!

Pop in and say hello!


Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.


THE LIBERAL MEDIA

via Scrutiny Hooligans

We won't get fooled again...
(Yeah, right!)

Some would have you believe everything is hunky-dory in Iraq.
Hunky-dorian for whom, I ask.
From what I have seen it is hunky-locrian at best.
And no where near mixolydian, not to mention hypomixolydian...

Were Mahler here to sort things out,
he'd say the trumpets blown in caps
Mock the bugles playing Taps
which Armerichair ears will never hear.

Armchair America. A kiss conceals a bite.
A hug, a stranglehold.

While quakebuttock Cornfeds confound confeds
sleeping gently in their beds
as bombs crash through the ceiling
10 thousand miles away.
Hey!
The Liberal Media is in town!
It is dressed in beige and brown.
It signals through the flames
detractors outing Plames

Humptyhillhead humbly dumbing down
town humming in the hummer mummer parade
charade. She her a zade.

From whom the horses speak
of blinds and blinding visions
of Vishnu rising from the sands
Come the take on where it's at.
If only the lines could be red between,
So blew the daze of our lies.


[From the Bad Poetry Series, "Nonny's Barrelscrape: Edict 49".]

Le futur de la Caroline Blogosphere : Édition De Charlotte

Comment et pourquoi Blogs changera le futur

Comme nous explorons le futur de la Caroline du nord, nous aux anonyMoses tamisera par les idées des bloggers régionaux, avec l'emphase particulière sur des bloggers de région de Charlotte... avec la logique étant triple. D'abord, je suis ici. Je suis un blogger de Charlotte. La deuxième raison étant que la colline de Greensboro et de chapelle ont déjà a après, en ce qui concerne blogging et le blogosphere... et certainement un présent dynamique. Charlotte, d'autre part, est plus de futur, moins après. Mais par écrit au sujet de Charlotte blogging, et comment il se relie au futur de la Caroline du nord, ce sera une joie nécessaire pour consulter et se rapporter aux succès et aux leçons de la colline de Greensboro et de chapelle...Dans le meilleur des cas, chaque bloggercon de réussite avancerait tout ce qui a été appris de chacune de ceux précédants, puis l'essai pour s'améliorer sur lui manières de bonnes et de roman. Par exemple, nous voulons avoir un mélange plus équitable des hommes et des femmes, et un éventail, socio-économique et racial. La musique de phase pendant et après que la conférence soit discutée, et nous espèrent que la vaste et merveilleuse de musique scène de Charlotte participera, avec la musique et les blogs. Mon espoir est que la soirée apportera un concert libre comportant des musiciens et des artistes de secteur, qui si tout va bien aussi blog. D'ici peu ce sera le cas qu'une bande devra simplement annoncer leur concert sur leur blog afin d'emballer l'endroit. Il happeing déjà, sûrement.Et quand un blogger légèrement chevronné voyage à un autre environnement blog-riche, tel que Greensboro, colline de chapelle, Asheville... lui ou elle n'a pas besoin d'être un étranger en ville. Annoncez que vous prenez le voyage, et chargez-vous de rencontrer les bloggers locaux au-dessus du café ou du thé vert. Il déjà est fait. Dans mais un filet jusqu'ici cependant.Parmi les bloggers de Charlotte-secteur que j'ai recueillis, jusqu'ici, est ce qui suit. Pendant que je procède, j'espère trouver les secteurs qui ont besoin se développer, et puis essaye d'affecter le changement vers le corriger, rapportant l'échec ou le succès, comme se produit. Je pense que vous constaterez qu'il y a une gamme assez étendue parmi les bloggers suivants, mais les suggestions sont plus que la bienvenue.

Como exploramos el futuro de Carolina del Norte, nosotros en los anonyMoses tamizará con las ideas de bloggers regionales, con énfasis particular en bloggers del área de Charlotte... con la lógica que es triple. Primero, estoy aquí. Soy un blogger de Charlotte. La segunda razón que es que la colina de Greensboro y de la capilla tiene ya a más allá de, en lo que concierne a blogging y el blogosphere... y ciertamente un presente dinámico. Charlotte, por otra parte, es más futuro, menos más allá de. Pero en escribir sobre Charlotte blogging, y cómo se relaciona con el futuro de Carolina del Norte, consistirá una alegría necesaria para consultar y para referir a los éxitos y a las lecciones de la colina de Greensboro y de la capilla...Idealmente, cada bloggercon que tiene éxito traería adelante todo que fue aprendida de cada uno el preceder, después intento para mejorar sobre él de maneras buenas y de la novela. Por ejemplo, deseamos tener una mezcla más equitativa de hombres y de mujeres, y una gama más amplia, socio-economically-econo'mico y racial. La música viva durante y después de que se esté discutiendo la conferencia, y nosotros esperamos que la escena extensa y maravillosa de Charlotte de la música participe, con música y blogs. Mi esperanza es que la tarde traerá un concierto libre que ofrece a músicos y a los artistas del área, que esperanzadamente también blog. Después de poco tiempo será el caso que una venda apenas tendrá que anunciar su concierto en su blog para embalar el lugar. Happeing ya, seguramente.Y cuando un blogger algo chevronné viaja a otro ambiente blog-rico, tal como Greensboro, colina de la capilla, Asheville... él o ella no necesita ser un extranjero en ciudad. Anuncie que usted está tomando el viaje, y arregle resolver los bloggers locales sobre el café o el té verde. Se está haciendo ya. En solamente un chorrito hasta ahora sin embargo.Entre los bloggers del Charlotte-a'rea que he recolectado, están hasta ahora los siguientes. Mientras que procedo, espero encontrar las áreas que necesitan convertirse, y después intento afectar el cambio hacia corregirlo, divulgando falta o éxito, como sucedo. Pienso que usted encontrará que hay una gama bastante amplia entre los bloggers siguientes, pero las sugerencias son más que la recepción.

Asso we esplora the futura of North Carolina, noi ai anonyMoses setaccerà con le idee dei bloggers regionali, con particolare rilievo sui bloggers di zona de Charlotte... con la logica che è tripla. In primo luogo, sono qui. Sono un blogger de Charlotte. Il secondo motivo che è che la collina del chapel e de Greensboro già ha a oltre, per quanto riguarda blogging ed il blogosphere... e certamente un presente dinamico. Charlotte, d'altra parte, è più futuro, di meno oltre. Ma per iscritto circa Charlotte che blogging e come si riferisce al futuro di North.carolina, sarà una gioia necessaria per consultare e riferirsi ai successi ed alle lezioni della collina del chapel e de Greensboro...Nel migliore dei casi, ogni bloggercon successivo porterebbe in avanti tutto che fosse imparato da ciascuno di quei precedenti, quindi la prova per migliorare su esso sensi del romanzo e nei buoni. Per esempio, desideriamo avere una miscela più giusta degli uomini e delle donne e una vasta gamma, socia-economico e razziale. La musica in tensione durante e dopo che il congresso stia discutendo e noi sperano che la scena ampia e meravigliosa de Charlotte di musica partecipi, sia con musica che blogs. La mia speranza è che la sera porterà un concerto libero che caratterizza i musicisti e gli artisti di zona, che eventualmente anche blog. Fra poco sarà il caso che una fascia dovrà semplicemente annunciare il loro concerto sul loro blog per imballare il posto. Già happeing, certamente.E quando un blogger piuttosto seasoned viaggia ad un altro ambiente blog-ricco, quale Greensboro, collina del chapel, Asheville... lui o lei non deve essere uno sconosciuto in città. Annunci che state prendendo il viaggio ed organizzi venire a contatto dei bloggers locali sopra caffè o tè verde. Già sta facendo. In ma un trickle finora comunque.Fra i bloggers che di Charlotte-zona ho riunito, finora, sono il seguenti. Mentre continuo, spero di trovare le zone che devono svilupparsi ed allora provo ad interessare il cambiamento verso correggerlo, segnalando il guasto o il successo, come accado. Penso che troviate che ci è una gamma ragionevolmente ampia fra i seguenti bloggers, ma i suggerimenti sono più del benvenuto.

As we erforscht the künftiges of North Carolina, wir an den anonyMoses erforschen, wird durch die Ideen der regionalen bloggers, mit bestimmtem Hauptgewicht auf Charlotte Bereich bloggers... mit der Logik sieben, die dreifach ist. Zuerst bin ich hier. Ich bin ein Charlotte blogger. Der zweite Grund, der ist, daß Greensboro und Kapelle-Hügel bereits a hinter, was das Blogging betrifft und das blogosphere... und zweifellos ein dynamisches Geschenk haben. Charlotte ist andererseits mehr Zukunft, kleiner hinter. Aber, beim Schreiben über blogging Charlotte und wie es auf der Zukunft von Nord-Carolina bezieht, ist es eine notwendige Freude, zum der Erfolge und auf der Lektionen Greensboro und Kapelle-des Hügels zu beraten und sich zu beziehen...nehmen Sie von ihm, Ideen und Inspiration weg.Ideal würde jedes folgende bloggercon alles, das von jedem von das Vorangehen erlernt wurde, dann Versuch vortragen, um nach ihm in den guten und Romanweisen zu verbessern. Z.B. möchten wir eine gerechtere Mischung der Männer und der Frauen und eine breitere Strecke haben, soziologisch-ökonomisch und rassisch. Phasenmusik während und nachdem die Konferenz besprochen wird und wir hoffen, daß Charlottes beträchtliche und erstaunliche Musikszene, mit Musik und blogs teilnimmt. Meine Hoffnung ist, daß der Abend ein freies Konzert holt, das Bereich Musiker und Künstler kennzeichnet, die hoffnungsvoll auch blog. Bevor lang es der Fall ist, daß ein Band nur ihr Konzert auf ihrem blog verkünden muß, um den Platz zu verpacken. Es happeing bereits, sicher.Und wenn ein ein wenig reifes blogger zu einem anderen blog-reichen Klima, wie Greensboro, Kapelle-Hügel reist, Asheville... brauchen er oder sie, nicht ein Fremder zu sein in der Stadt. Verkünden Sie, daß Sie die Reise nehmen, und ordnen Sie, die lokalen bloggers über Kaffee oder grünem Tee zu treffen. Sie wird bereits getan. In aber ein Trickle bis jetzt zwar.Unter den Charlotte-Bereich bloggers, die ich erfaßt habe ist bis jetzt die folgenden. Während ich fortfahre, hoffe ich, Bereiche zu finden, die sich entwickeln müssen, und versuche dann, Änderung in Richtung zum Beheben sie zu beeinflussen und berichte Ausfall oder über Erfolg, wie, geschehe. Ich denke, daß Sie finden, daß es ein ziemlich breites Spektrum unter den folgenden bloggers gibt, aber Vorschläge sind mehr als Willkommen.

Aangezien wij de toekomst van Noord-Carolina onderzoeken, zullen wij bij anonyMoses door de ideeën van regionale bloggers ziften, met bijzondere nadruk op het gebiedsbloggers van Charlotte... met de logica die drievoudig is. Eerst, hier ben ik. Ik ben Charlotte blogger. De tweede reden dat die de Heuvel van Greensboro en Chapel reeds een verleden, betreffende het blogging en blogosphere... en zeker een dynamisch heden heeft is. Charlotte, enerzijds, is meer toekomst, minder voorbij. Maar schriftelijk zal het schrijven over het blogging van Charlotte, en hoe het op de toekomst van Noord-Carolina betrekking heeft, het een noodzakelijke vreugde om naar de successen en de lessen van de Heuvel van Greensboro zijn te raadplegen en te verwijzen en Chapel...Ideaal gezien, zou elk die bloggercon naar voren alles slaagt brengen wat van elk van de voorafgaande werd geleerd, dan poging op het op goede en nieuwe manieren te verbeteren. Bijvoorbeeld, willen wij een billijkere mengeling van mannen en vrouwen, en een bredere waaier hebben, socio-economically en raciaal. Leef muziek tijdens en na de conferentie wordt besproken, en wij hopen dat de enorme en wonderbaarlijke de muziekscène van Charlotte, zowel met muziek en blogs zal deelnemen. Mijn hoop is dat de avond een vrij overleg brengen zal dat gebiedsmusici en kunstenaars kenmerkt, die hopelijk ook blog. Vóór lang zal het het geval zijn dat een band enkel hun overleg op hun blog zal moeten aankondigen om de plaats in te pakken. Het happeing reeds, zeker.En wanneer enigszins gekruid blogger naar een ander blog-rijk milieu, zoals Greensboro, Chapel Heuvel reist, Asheville... is hij of zij needn't een vreemdeling in stad. Kondig aan dat u de reis neemt, en schik om lokale bloggers over koffie of groene thee te ontmoeten. Het wordt reeds gedaan. In maar een druppeltje tot hiertoe niettemin.Onder Charlotte-Gebied bloggers die ik zijn volgend me, tot hiertoe, heb verzameld. Aangezien ik te werk ga, hoop ik om gebieden te vinden die het ontwikkelen vergen zich, en probeer dan om verandering naar het verbeteren van het te beïnvloeden, het melden van mislukking of succes, zoals gebeurt. Ik denk u zult vinden dat er een vrij breed spectrum onder volgende bloggers is, maar de suggesties zijn meer dan welkom. Oi.

Friday, March 04, 2005

308,905 words and blogging...

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US Military shooting at journalists again...

U.S. Fires on Car Carrying Freed Hostage


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - American forces fired on a car carrying a freed Italian hostage as it approached a checkpoint in Baghdad on Friday, killing an Italian intelligence officer and wounding three others, including the just-released journalist, Italian officials said.

YOU ARE BEING FRAMED

Create a poll. Ask questions like:

Clean Air. For or Against?
FOR
AGAINST

Clean Water. For or Against?
FOR
AGAINST

Choices. For or Against?
FOR
AGAINST

When framed in this way, which is clear and straightforward...most people would proclaim that they are for clean air, for clean water, for choices, and so on. And so those whose livelihoods include dirtying up the water and air, or taking away people's choices...frame the question differently.

Industry regulations. For or Against.
FOR
AGAINST

So suddenly the issue is not clean air, rather it is regulations.
But polluters are catching on. And so with one hand they take away the restrictions on polluting, and with the other, call it something that sounds appealing to the "clear" (literally) majority, by calling it something that sounds warm and fuzzy, like "Clear Skies", "Healthy Forests", "No Child Lying Liars"...no wait, I think it was "No Child LEFT BEHIND". A take off on "Kiss My Left Behind", no doubt...

The whole idea of "compassionate conservatism" is, Lakoff writes, an Orwellian construct masking the true intent of the policies. The key craftsman of this strategy is "the right's language man, Frank Luntz," who notes that conservatives can gain the upper hand--even when science is against them--by using language strategically. "People who support environmentalist positions like certain words," Lakoff writes in Elephant. "They like the words healthy, clean and safe because these words fit frames that describe what the environment means to them. Therefore, Luntz says, use the words healthy, clean and safe whenever possible, even when talking about coal plants or nuclear power plants.

I was turned on to George Lakoff in the mid-80s, when my Semantics teacher put "Metaphors We Live By" on the reading list. It was tremendous then, and remains so. A smallish book, I would highly recommend it to those interested in language, metaphors, politics or Lakoff.

Anyway, you needn't remain framed.
Here are some keys to the escape hatch:

Lakoff and Framing in the News

Clear Skies, Healthy Forests: Why Language Matters
E/The Environmental Magazine, CT - Mar 3, 2005

Recommended Reading for Liberals
Political Gateway, FL - Mar 1, 2005

Thinking of Jackasses
Atlantic Online - Mar 1, 2005

Tribe looks forward to the past
Taipei Times, Taiwan - Feb 26, 2005

Dean, Lakoff, and the Elephant.
BlueOregon, OR - Feb 24, 2005

Don't think of framing this
Lincoln Journal, MA - Feb 23, 2005

War of words over Social Security
The Green Bay News-Chronicle, WI - Feb 15, 2005

How Progressives Can Start Winning Again By Renaming Their Opponents and Reframing The Debate
Common Dreams - Feb 9, 2005

don't think of an elephant! (review)
Blogcritics.org - Feb 5, 2005

Thursday, March 03, 2005

National ID Card, Passport to Police State?

I read this thought-provoking piece at the blog of one of the pioneers of community blogging, Jay Ovittore:

This past week, the House of Representatives passed bill HR 418, the bill that introduces the Real ID Act (National ID card). I see this move as a passport to a police state. A few tidbits on the National ID card:
1)States have the option to opt out, but that means they would not receive grants from the government for their DMV and licensing divisions.
2)If you do not get a National ID card, you can not enter any federally owned building, board an airplane,etc... you get the point.
3)This is the scary part, there has been discussion about a homing chip (RFID chip, Radio Frequency ID Chip) to track where you are as well as what you buy, etc... The implement of Biometric Info such as retina scans and DNA info. Big Brother not only watching but recording into a database who you are, what you do, etc...

Click here for the full monty...

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Meet Charlotte Democrats


Pizza is Fuel



The Age of Exuberance. Part Two
Please introduce yourselves. I told them tonight of the upcoming bloggercon, and they thought: "Who are you?" A great bunch of folks, but not yet blogging, sadly.


In an effort to gather a healthy group of bloggers for the upcoming Bloggercon, I find myself hurling myself into conversations, and blurting out all manner of alien noises which sounds a lot like "bbblog", or something similar. Frog maybe. But visions create their own energy. And when this energy is multiplied among resonant others, the only word to describe such a state is exuberance. The first Age of Exuberance had its visions, then its realities. And now at the inflection of the Second Age of Exuberance...the synergy is palpable. The possibilities our new frontier.

It is not for one political side or party or team though, but should include all views, all peoples.
Spread the word wherever you can. Either that, or just accept what those who are left behind to work the old machinery try to sustain a way-way monologue.

I tend to vote Democratic, but would never want to cut off voices I may not agree with.
As long as people are civil, many of the former walls that separated people can come down.
Blogs may be a way to "tear down that wall". Not necessary compromise one's principles or standards, but rather instead to learn that no one is the monsters some would like to portray.

And indeed...would-be enemies, such as bloggers and newpaperpeople, at the previous bloggercons, shared information, and friendships and partnerships were formed. The community benefited and grew...as the world watched and many cheered.

And just when you thought Information was being swallowed up, and disposed, by global conglomerates, the Information squeaks through the cracks of this blog then that, and is free.

Join in the great dialogue.
Be a part of history.
Become a blogger. Because.
No matter where you go, there you are.
And it's better to be a live dog than a dead lion.
:)

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Harvard Presidents Throughout History

Harvard Gazette

I had the good fortune of taking a class given by the wondrous Peter Gomes on the history of Harvard, which turned out to be also a history of universities, and many were the delightful boluses of pregnant information as Learning marched forever onward. Well, I say "forever". I really mean "in fits and starts".

The first president of Harvard, was a bit of a kook, and had no idea what his institution would become. His wife served the boys a stew made of things better served flushed, and he was chased out of the country and hunted like a dog. Little did he know that he would be the first head of what would become the first corporation in the western hemisphere, and the first college or university to boldly say they had the right to confer degrees, thus paving the way for every other college and university in America, when, in 1693, President Mather said: 'The General Court of Massachusetts, the Governor, Council, and people of New England have named and established Harvard College as a University (academia), with authority to confer degrees, in the manner of the English Universities.'

There have been many presidents since Dunster, most a good deal better. Hard not to be, really, unless your name is LARRY SUMMERS. (Just kidding!) I just think it is a style issue, but I will get to that in a minute.

Things seemed to pick up a bit when President Eliot took the reins...he and his wall of books. He, who was more popular than the President of the United States. He who determined to lure the best minds in the world to Cambridge, and thus make Harvard a national treasure.


President Rudenstine

Book learning alone might be got by lectures and reading; but it was only by studying and disputing, eating and drinking, playing and praying as members of the same collegiate community, in close and constant association with each other and with their tutors, that the priceless gift of character could be imparted.
—Samuel Eliot Morison,
The Founding of Harvard College

Then came Lowell, who widened and enclosed the institution, by making it more of a university, AND more of a college. He also opened the doors to common folk.
His vision of creating colleges, or Houses in the English model, where students could live together, guided by wise mentors, and work on developing their character as well as their minds was not lost on the presidents, who seemed to embody a gentle style of tolerant, genuine curiosity -- a style which invites discussion in a way that pain nor shock would seem appropriate. And yet that tradition may be on pause, while President Summers re-reads his histories.

Surely it is not because he is an MIT man, rather than the typical Harvard, Princeton or Oxford man, occupying the post. Surely it is not some stunt, like the huge MIT banner rising from the Harvard-Yale game.

Go back, and read the lives of Eliot, Lowell, Bok, Rudenstine, but also read Dunster.
There is a pattern, an evolution, an evolving style. And arrogance is a disease, not something you wear like a stole.

You are a smart man. But we are more than heads. We are also more than Math and Science, even if MIT may have led you to believe otherwise.

Why are not more men in chorus? If everyone sang there would be a chance of peace. A window. And where is all this Math and Science taking us? Better bombs? Better chemical weapons? Advanced forms of Death?

Considering so much of what it goes toward, I don't see why more people don't simply walk away from it. No need to say that some haven't the aptitude, when the attitude become the problem. I am reminded of the "Gays in the Military" "issue". Why would gays, or anyone, want to go into the military in the first place? I thought the idea was to "ride the right horse", and if one takes you where you don't want to go, then refuses to bring you back...what kind of horse is that?

And so it comes down to horses. Don't be a horse's arse.

End of transmission.

[Correction: Nathaniel Eaton was the first president, but Dunster was the first in a continuous line. The "Lost Colony" of Harvard Presidents. And it was he whose wife served up the poop, and was run out of the country. He wound up dying in debtor prison. Dunster was only run out of the colony of Massachusetts. Can't believe I forgot that after only 20 years! ]

Arvin Hill: Investigate Propagandagate


Arvin Hill: Investigate Propagandagate

Lessons from Bush Honeymoon, Part Two

In My Backyard, Please: The Infrastructure Beautiful Movement

The New York Times > Sally Greene > Ed Cone.


Aliens LOVE a beautiful infrastructure!


Meet ZeFrank...

Watch his video clips... Fun to be had.

White House press corps flap is far from over

via The Charlotte Observer

White House press corps flap is far from over
excerpt:

The White House correspondent formerly known as Gannon has quit his job and acknowledged his real name, which is Guckert.

And his employer, a conservative Web site operated by Texas Republican activists, having already erased all traces of "Gannon," announced Thursday that it was unplugging its Web site to "reevaluate operations."

But the Jeff Gannon/James Guckert saga is far from over. It remains unclear how a graduate of a conservative training program, someone with no previous journalism experience, someone whose writings were often lifted directly from White House press releases, still managed to gain access to the White House press room, where he spent two years lobbing gentle questions at the press secretary and the President.

etta lea: Charlotte's Musical Goddess



Lea of Ishi will be opening for the equally great Anais Mitchell on March 26th at the Evening Muse. You must not miss this. Carpool from Greensboro and Chapel Hill if you can, or up from Charleston.

There is excitement in the air!

Monday, February 28, 2005

The American Street - Blogblocks & Groupblog Synergy

More on the social evolution of blogs, by anonyMoses

Inside The 'Gannon' Case: How Blogs Broke It Wide Open

Inside The 'Gannon' Case: How Blogs Broke It Wide Open

Inside The 'Gannon' Case: How Blogs Broke It Wide Open

For the first time last month, I was able to follow a 'blog probe' from the start, and it was amazing to see the resources and skills the larger sites can bring to bear on a single issue or controversy.

In Defense of Citizen Journalism

In Defense of Citizen Journalism

In Defense of Citizen Journalism
The citizen-journalism movement is where journalism is heading. Newspapers, if they want to stay in the game, need to acknowledge the 'lecture' model of journalism is dying, and join in the 'conversation.'


By Steve Outing "

hipteacher: Re: Student Blogging

hipteacher: Re: Student Blogging

Blogs as teaching tools, via Coturnix

The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, has a blog that's loaded with features

such as podcasting and tags. Not bad for old media.
- Thoughtsignals by Mark Tosczak

Sunday, February 27, 2005

Biography of the Presiding Bishop


XXV Presiding Bishop The Episcopal Church, USA, Frank Griswold

The Presiding Bishop was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. and earned an A.B. in English literature at Harvard College (1959). He attended the General Theological Seminary and earned his B.A. and M.A. in theology at Oriel College, Oxford University (1962, 1966). He has received honorary degrees from the General Theological Seminary, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Nashotah House, Sewanee and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

UNC Charlotte - J. Murrey Atkins Library - Blogs

"Blogs are the place to go if you really want to learn what is going on in the world."

College of Information Technology - UNC-Charlotte

New COIT

Queens University of Charlotte now featuring Men with Runic Ears


(Note the center rune.)

Queens University of Charlotte, where a collection of men can spell a word.

It wasn't that long ago that Charlotte's Queens University was just Queens College -- an uppity college for bright Southern Presbyterian belles, resembling Andover though a few Kennedys shy.

But look at it now! Well, it still looks like Andover, but deep down we all know it is a University, and that there are now crawling through the halls...men. And boys. Males who have runeshaped ears, and men with ears with a more Sanskritish curvilinearity, although not dropped from a line like so much laundry.

Sample Charlotte's Tweak & Beat

Tweak & Beat

Small Spaces
Yui walked quietly down the graffitied street. Thoughts floated away like the distant music falling from an above apartment window.

'Sounds familiar' she thought walking closer to the place where Haki would be waiting.

It was a nice little neighborhood, wireless, connected to the world in a most natural and unique way.

"Have a take, and don't suck": Behold Charlotte's Cheerful Malcontent

Suburban Assault Vehicles (with a special acidic distaste for Hummers).




The Future of the Carolina Blogosphere: Charlotte Edition

How and Why Blogs will Change the Future

As we explore the future of North Carolina, we at anonyMoses will be sifting through the ideas of regional bloggers, with particular emphasis on Charlotte area bloggers...with the logic being three-fold. First, I am here. I am a Charlotte blogger. The second reason being that Greensboro and Chapel Hill already have a past, as regards blogging and the blogosphere...and certainly a dynamic present. Charlotte, on the other hand, is more future, less past. But in writing about Charlotte blogging, and how it relates to the future of North Carolina, it will be a necessary joy to consult and refer to the successes and lessons of Greensboro and Chapel Hill. The third reason is that I want to add to the discussion taking place at the Tarheel Tavern, where North Carolina is the main topic, as well as take away from it, both ideas and inspiration.

Ideally, each succeeding bloggercon would bring forward all that was learned from each of the preceding ones, then try to improve upon it in good and novel ways. For example, we want to have a more equitable mix of men and women, and a wider range, socio-economically and racially. Live music during and after the conference is being discussed, and we hope that Charlotte's vast and wondrous music scene will participate, both with music and blogs. My hope is that the evening will bring a free concert featuring area musicians and artists, who hoefully also blog. Before long it will be the case that a band will just have to announce their concert on their blog in order to pack the place. It is already happeing, surely.

And when a somewhat seasoned blogger travels to another blog-rich environment, such as Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Asheville...he or she needn't be a stranger in town. Announce that you're taking the trip, and arrange to meet the local bloggers over coffee or green tea. It is already being done. In but a trickle as yet though.

Among the Charlotte-area bloggers I have gathered, as yet, are the following. As I proceed, I hope to find areas that need developing, and then try to affect change toward correcting it, reporting failure or success, as happens. I think you will find that there is a fairly wide spectrum among the following bloggers, but suggestions are more than welcome.

a100wwe's blog of news, politics, and sci/tech
Ace Pryhill
Affecting Frank
After Hours w/ Jason Workman
Aku-Rei*
Ana Kova*
Anna Banana
AnnieFromTheBlock
anonyMoses
An Un-Educated Perspective on the World
(Howard W. Stall)
Banter, Bitching & Moaning
Begging To Differ
Beth Cherry
BlackHoleIraq
Brady Gaster (TatoChip)
Cada dia, cada vez...
Carolina Panther Page
Charlotte Weblogger Meetup Group
Cheerful Malcontent
Cold Fury
Collection of Thoughts, A
Cozmic Blonde
DaveTemple.com
Dione Rochell*
Don't cry for me, pas de calais (Skyfi)
DrainMyBrain.com
Eruanne Grace*
Frocky (Doombilly)
From the Ashes (Meishi Namida)
gabuyafa*
Garrick Wells
Gene G. McLaughlin*
Greg Burnett web log
GrinsNLaughter
Guyana Gyurl
History of Time Travel
Hitched to Everything
Hugh R. F. Campbell
HyperLincoln
Inside These Walls
Jamzoo
Ken Webster
Legend of the Slashfiend
Liberals Lie (Brian Simms)
mitch*weblog
Mocklive
Monkey Chatterings
More than Expression (Jennifer Medlock)
Caleida (My Lenore)*
Natural Mystic's Random Musings
NerdiiBlackBoy
North Cacalacky Politics
North Carolina Experiment, The
nsikora*
Ogre's View
Patrick McElhaney
Perpetual Insanity
Perpetual Platitudes
Philoblogger
Pseudomuffin Art*
Random Indentations
RandomURL : "You never know what you might find"
Raphael D'Angelo*
Reality Blogs
Rhapsody Radish
Richard Jones Write Site*
Right-Wing News
RockSchool
Ruby Red
Sample Reality
Simply Idle
Sister Toldjah
Sir Shannon
Soaring Dragon*
Soneji's Domain.
Spilt Milk
Statmark's Reasonable Blog
Stojak: Blithering Idiom*
Tempting Tales
terri's cellar door
The Allan Handelman Show
The Charlotte Capitalist
The Labyrinthine Mind
TheTrenchcoat Chronicles
This is not the greatest blog in the world. (Kathy Kraly)
T. L. Crowe*
tokitikki*
True Confessions of an Ex-Human
Tweak & Beat*
vintage: a lasting origina
Yada yada yada*
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