Monthly Archives: February 2009

Academia

Diane Ravitch and Gary Orfield giving critiques of the “new” direction of the Department of Ed

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It looks like Obama’s education policy will be a third term for President George W. Bush. This is not change I can believe in. (Ravitch)

Posted on the “Teachers & Parents for Real Education Reform” blog

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Life

Decided to stop the daily digests, and my glasses broke!

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Was getting a little excessive I think…
Hmmm. Maybe I can create a page of my google reader feed and people can subscribe to it if they want…

Also, my glasses broke today. That kind of sucks. But I’ve got a pair of sunglasses that work in a pinch. Now, should I get $30 cheapies again or actually go to some brick-n-mortar glasses store and pay more for a pair that might last longer than 1.5 years?

Games

Mirror’s Edge in 2D!

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Mirror’s Edge 2D

Follows the tradition of making Flash games out of cool FPS games, like Portal: The Flash Version.

web 2.0

Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-24

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googlereader (feed #2) 9:56pm Sita Sings the Blues to air in full on PBS
googlereader (feed #2) 9:57pm Sita Sings the Blues to air in full on PBS
googlereader (feed #2) 9:57pm Sita Sings the Blues to air in full on PBS
googlereader (feed #2) 12:30am Deconstructing Temperament
googlereader (feed #2) 7:33am Teaching Carnival 3.2
googlereader (feed #2) 8:18am Engine and Caboose, On the Same Track
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Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-23

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googlereader (feed #2) 4:39am Space Debris image
googlereader (feed #2) 6:00am Sasha Obama Keeps Seeing Creepy Bush Twins While Riding Tricycle Through White House
googlereader (feed #2) 8:00am COLUMN: Hit Self-Destruct – ‘Obsidian – The Life of The Party?’
googlereader (feed #2) 10:39am The Majorly Mysterious Mima Mounds
googlereader (feed #2) 2:00pm F.lux Changes Your Screen Brightness by Time of Day [Downloads]
googlereader (feed #2) 5:59pm New Media Practices in India, Part 1: Introduction
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Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-22

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googlereader (feed #2) 11:55pm Cabinet door’s squeals are eerily Chewbaccaesque
googlereader (feed #2) 5:53am Literacy 2.0–Educational Leadership March Issue
googlereader (feed #2) 10:19am Homesickness
googlereader (feed #2) 10:58am Funny spoof song about freecreditreport.com
googlereader (feed #2) 3:49pm Save Bundles of Cash by Buying Eyeglasses Online [How To]
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Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-21

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googlereader (feed #2) 9:00am Top 10 Tools for Landing a Better Job [Lifehacker Top 10]
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Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-21

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googlereader (feed #2) 2:00pm Top 10 Tools for Landing a Better Job [Lifehacker Top 10]
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Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-20

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googlereader (feed #2) 4:39am Google Data Visualization Concepts
googlereader (feed #2) 2:02pm When is a free credit report not a free credit report? When it’s from freecreditreport.com
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Daily Google Reader Favs for 2009-02-19

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googlereader (feed #2) 12:00am Facebook causes marble loss
googlereader (feed #2) 6:50am Band Puts All Its Music (Plus More) Into A $3 iPhone App (Michael Masnick/Techdirt)
googlereader (feed #2) 7:54am Idea: The Blogosphere Adventure Game
googlereader (feed #2) 7:54am Idea: The Blogosphere Adventure Game
googlereader (feed #2) 7:58am The Art of Game Design
googlereader (feed #2) 8:16am The Clinton Economic Record and Rising Tides
googlereader (feed #2) 10:13am Concept ship models by Christophe Desse
googlereader (feed #2) 8:06pm DiGRA Conference Website now available