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Monthly Archives: June 2006

Adorno, Meet Kafka

3 Comments Posted by on June 30, 2006

I’ve blogged previously about the perverse difficulties I’ve been having obtaining a copy of Adorno’s “Sociology and Psychology”. I could of course do something smart like actually paying for a copy of the article from the journal that published it, but it’s not that urgent, and our interlibrary loan folks are normally very efficient. I [...]

Miscellaneous

Spam as Found Poetry

2 Comments Posted by on June 27, 2006

Maybe it’s just me, but email spam to this domain seems to be getting more poetic lately. The current day’s offerings include the intriguingly random: “Order status, off thrown” Some nascent political commentary: “Your money, oil filled” And the haiku-like: “Very sad German statistics say in average” A bit less poetic is the spam that [...]

Admin

Star Trek: The Net Generation

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 21, 2006

I just noticed a New York Times article (free registration required) on Star Trek fans creating their own digital video versions of the show. I initially thought the article was going to describe one-off, You-tube-style fan projects, but many of the projects cited are major (if volunteer) ongoing productions. One (Star Trek: Hidden Frontiers) is [...]

Intellectual Property, Miscellaneous, Procrastination

Cheating Successfully

17 Comments Posted by on June 19, 2006

I used to consult for schools and social service organisations that were struggling to manage programs for children with behavioural problems. One of my favourite memories from that time is of a parent who approached me after I had given a talk, described the numerous times her teenage son had been caught in possession of [...]

Links, Teaching

Some Unintended Consequences of Demographic Change

4 Comments Posted by on June 14, 2006

My favourite quotation this term from a student essay: The great post war economic boom had a positive effect on economic activity as population sizes increased, creating demand for the need to understand German theorists. You know you’ve been talking about Habermas too much, when your students start drawing conclusions like this…

Miscellaneous, Teaching

Expatriotism

7 Comments Posted by on June 11, 2006

I’ve been oscillating over this post for the last several days… I’m not convinced that I can articulate clearly and concisely the issues that are troubling me; I believe the post sits outside the normal focus of this blog; and I also suspect it may annoy some regular readers whose opinions I respect… Yet the [...]

Politics

Eggcorns of Planning Wisdom

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 6, 2006

Readers of the delightful Language Log blog will be familiar with their periodic posts on “eggcorns” – the often poetic alternative words and phrases that sometimes result when someone hears a new term, but has never seen it written – like the spelling “eggcorn” for “acorn”. The teaching environment is primed for eggcorn production, since [...]

Courses, Links, Teaching

Everything I Needed to Write (this week), I’ve Written at Acephalous…

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 5, 2006

Since I seem to be spending more time writing over at Acephalous this week, than here at “home”, I thought I should provide a link to the thread where I’ve been posting. My own initial contribution comes fairly late in the piece, but the discussion is still rumbling along from there.

Critical Theory, Links, Philosophy of History

Planted Pots and Other Biodiversity Dilemmas

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 1, 2006

Last year we conducted a number of site visits related to planning issues arising from Victoria’s Net Gain policy. The Net Gain policy was added to Victorian planning schemes in 2003 as part of Amendment C19, but significant details relating to how the policy would be implemented were still being fleshed out at the time [...]

City Planning, Ecology

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