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Getting rid of adverbs, the differences between active and passive voice and A Place to Bury Strangerslinks for 2009-01-19

Filbert Publishing – Adverbs But here’s the truth: The overuse of adverbs is taboo in these days of “I’m in a hurry and don’t waste my time.” If you use too many unnecessary words, your words won’t get read. (tags: writing adverbs) The Passivator (Ftrain.com) A passive verb and adverb flagger for Mozilla-derived browsers, Safari, […]

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2009 01 19 A Place to Bury Strangers
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File Compression and laptop recommendations links for 2009-01-15

HowStuffWorks “How File Compression Works” If you download many programs and files off the Internet, you’ve probably encountered ZIP files before. This compression system is a very handy invention, especially for Web users, because it lets you reduce the overall number of bits and bytes in a file so it can be transmitted faster over […]

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2009 01 15 About the Internet and the Web
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Understanding Computers course, Harvard & Programming Languages links

Computer Science E-1: Understanding Computers and the Internet This course is all about understanding: understanding what’s going on inside your computer when you flip on the switch, why tech support has you constantly rebooting your computer, how everything you do on the Internet can be watched by others, and how your computer can become infected […]

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2009 01 14 About the Internet and the Web
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A Place to Bury Strangers in Aspen

The Official DVD Release Party For The Rocker and College Featuring: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (LIVE) + TOMMIE SUNSHINE w/DJ Marc Frank Montoya on 1/23/09 at Belly Up Aspen, Aspen’s Best Live Music Venue The Official DVD Release Party For The Rocker and College Featuring: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (LIVE) + TOMMIE SUNSHINE […]

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Paying Attention

When I teach I make a big deal about the notion of ‘paying attention.’ Not only to what is going on in class, but paying attention throughout our daily lives to the connections we come upon that help us better understand what we are wanting to learn. It’s difficult to do and takes some training. […]

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2009 01 10 Commentary
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Medical Directives and Pantry links for 2009-01-09

VCU Massey Cancer Center :: Virginia advance directives All adults in Virginia have a right to prepare a document called an “advance directive” to put their wishes regarding medical care in writing. An advance directive lets other people know the types of medical care you do and do not want in the event you are […]

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2009 01 09 food
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Creative Commons links for 2009-01-08

Prosecuting Online File Sharing Turns a Generation Criminal – US News and World Report We’re about a decade into our own hopeless war of prohibition, this one against “peer-to-peer piracy.” The copyright industry has used every legal means within its reach (and some that may not be so legal) to stop Internet “pirates” from “sharing” […]

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2009 01 08 About the Internet and the Web
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Links about ML

A collection of links pertaining to he use of Standard ML, SML, in my class CPSC 401 Organization of programming languages. SML Instructions starting and using SML (tags: sml ml instructions) Standard ML of New Jersey Standard ML of New Jersey (abbreviated SML/NJ) is a compiler for the Standard ML ’97 programming language with associated […]

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2009 01 07 Teaching Comments (0)

links for 2009-01-07

Diplodocs – Find your user manual, user guide, instruction manual or owner manual instantly ! So much time wasted looking all over the place for the instruction manual to tune the tv-set, find the printer cartridge replacement how-to, the meaning of the blinking led on the dashboard. (tags: guide reference manuals lifehacks) Vapour Trails: Revisiting […]

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2009 01 07 About the Internet and the Web
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Podcasts: subscribing and finding

The term podcast, as  noun, comes from a contraction of the iPod and broadcast. Here’s the definition from the Oxford English Dictionary: A digital recording of a broadcast, made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or personal audio player. 2004 Cnet News.com (Electronic text) 8 Oct., A network of bloggers is offering up ‘podcasts’or pre-recorded […]

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2009 01 05 About the Internet and the Web
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