EndNote Comes to iPad
For all of my academic friends who have an iPad and use EndNote, Thomson Reuters finally released EndNote for iPad! It is available for $1.00 for a limited time on the App Store. Get it on sale while you can!
An interesting kickstarter for people who want to track objects.
I have lots of friends who continually lose objects—keys, wallets, animals. The Stick-n-Find Kickstarter provides you with traceable Bluetooth stickers that can locate your objects within a decent radius (give or take 100 ft.) There are 8 days left to buy in before the early funding period closes and prices increase after production.
Chick-Fil-A on Facebook…
I am incredibly perplexed by the incessant posting about Chick-Fil-A. I would have to say, by and large, the argument seems to be a soapbox platform for what I would call “White People Problems.” I’m not meaning to suggest that this is only a political issue for White people or that only white people are…
Custom-made inspirational comic character.
How cool is Marvel for doing this? [Via Gizmodo] Marvel Creates Deaf Superhero So Little Boy Will Wear His Hearing Aid. Marvel Comics has a new character with a unique inspiration—a little boy. Four-year-old comic book fan Anthony Smith was born without a right ear and only partial hearing in his left. He needs the…
White Male Privilege
When I teach a course like “Gender and Film,” I constantly struggle with the best method to approach White male privilege without alienating my White male students. I do want my students to recognize that American culture allows people of privilege to go about their lives without questioning the systems that provide them with such…
Who owns your information?
I think it is important to consider the ownership you maintain over files and information you store within online services. This article from AppAdvice offers a good summary about your rights when storing things on several popular cloud services. [source: Who owns the information you store in the cloud?]
Harvard pushing open access.
I find it odd that subscription cost is what prompts Harvard to propose a shift toward open-access publication, but I am excited by the benefits this may bring to the future of academic publishing. I wager that Harvard maintains the clout to bring “prestige” to a model centered on open-access. [Source: Harvard Library: subscriptions too costly,…
Attention all Mac users…
The days of minimal virus susceptibility for Macs are on the decline. Be sure to run this free piece of software to determine if your Mac is free of the Flashback Trojan. [Source: Flashback Checker for Mac to check for the Flashback Trojan]
I think I contracted this a while ago. I hope the brain damage is minimal.
I think I contracted this a while ago. I hope the brain damage is minimal.
I finally saw Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1. I declare this Robot Chicken parody to be far superior to anything I saw in that horrid film.
I finally saw Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1. I declare this Robot Chicken parody to be far superior to anything I saw in that horrid film.