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Archive for October 22nd, 2008

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Assimilated

Mrs. Offering got me that Kindle for my birthday and it arrived last night. So far it’s a lot like people say: the text is stunningly clear; the Next Page button on the right is annoying; the interface, I think, pretty clever. And you can read this blog using the "experimental" basic web browser, [...]

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The Rats in the Polls II

The Hill proves me eerily prescient.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Reading is fundamental

By Thoreau
Me:  I want to take a more sophisticated approach to physics in the honors course, and the textbook for the regular course is not really conducive to that.  If I use the regular book, I’m kind of limited.
Colleague:  That’s not true.  You could use the regular book but use class time to discuss more [...]