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Rhetoric RSS FeedsAstronomers find a planet denser than lead - Planets circle the stars that dot the heavens. Before 1995, we couldn?t have said that with any certainty. Now we know of more than 300 planets orbiting distant stars, and we have a fleet of telescopes looking for them. The ultimate goal is to find another Earth orbiting a star like the Sun, but the quest on the way to that Holy Grail has yielded some strange benchmarks. Full Article: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/06/astronomers-fi ...Feed Source: kairosnews.org Free Alternatives to Word - One of my students this semester has hair longer than mine. Maybe that's why he's been writing such great blog posts! Anyway, I thought you might enjoy or profit from his review of free alternatives to Microsoft Word. It's fairly comprehensive and even has screenshots. Check it out!... CCCCs' Use of the Web - t's a little late to try to circulate this ad (deadline is tomorrow), but I'm going to do it anyway. CCCC is looking for a web editor:
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is seeking applications from CCCC members for a new position as CCCC Web Editor (to be distinguished from CCC Online Archivist). The CCCC Web Editor?s term will be three years (non-renewable) beginning as soon as possible after the application deadline and ending in December of 2011. This is a volunteer position.
Actual programming or Web building is not required. Instead, the CCCC Web Editor will have the responsibility of orchestrating uses of new Web building structures made available in the coming months (e.g., blogs, Wikis, Face Book and so on), moderating new community spaces, publishing relevant information, and working with NCTE/CCCC to develop a stronger Website with new features. We antici... CFP: 4Cs Computer Connection (November 1, 2008) - The Computer Connection, a project of the CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition (7Cs), seeks submissions for short presentations and workshops to be delivered at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in San Francisco, CA, March 11-14, 2009. The CC presentations will be offered during sessions A-D on Thursday, March 12, and sessions F-H on the morning of Friday, March 13.read more... Up, up and away - Adam Thierer in Technology Liberation Front has a nice overview of the recent raft of books on the internet. Thierer presents a schema grouping optimists and pessimists, and books by their beliefs/themes. read more... CFP [collection] Metamorphosis:The Effects of Professional Development on Graduate Students - Call For Essays
Metamorphosis: The Effects of Professional Development on Graduate Students
Editors: Andréa Davis and Suzanne Webbread more... Bill Gates on Open Source - I borrowed a copy of Programmers at Work and found some pretty good comments in there from the Bill Gates interview. It's harder than heck to get a copy of this book--I ILL'ed it, and then they only let me keep it for a week. But here's the quotations. These are either from 1986 or 1989; my guess is the interview was closer to the former.
Is studying computer science the best way to prepare to be a programmer?
Gates: No, the best way to prepare is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating system.
You've got to be willing to read other people's code, then write your own, then have other people review your code. You've got to want to be in this inc... Kairos Is Hiring! - Kairos is hiring! Would you like to join our journal? All positions are unpaid volunteer positions.
We have immediate openings for two qualified candidates for the position of Praxis Assistant Editor.
We have an immediate opening for a qualified candidate for the position of Reviews Assistant Editor.read more... The Puzzle Box, Chapter 8 (and other items of interest) -
?The wind was blowing harder now, and the snow was coming down in thick flurries, which quickly turned the fronts of their clothes white and made it difficult either to see or hear; but Dora thought she heard a snatch of music. Then one of the little boys started jumping up and down and pointing. 'Look! Look! They're dancing! They're dancing!' Everyone looked where the little boy was pointing. On the far side of the snow-field, next to the fir trees, the snowmen and snow-women were moving.?read more... ATTW 2009 : : Beyond Work? Technical Communication in Professional, Community, & Social Networks - ATTW 2009 : : Beyond Work? Technical Communication in Professional,
Community, & Social Networks
12th Annual ATTW Conference
March 11th, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Traditionally, teachers and researchers of technical writing have
concentrated on writing in workplace settings. And rightly so. But the
spread of information technology into all areas of social life means
that, increasingly, technical communication practices and genres arise
and collide in social spheres other than the workplace. Combine this
trend with an increasingly mobile work environment in which people areread more... Resurrection - Enculturation and The Writing Instructor, two journals that had gone a few years without publishing, are back online. I'm happy to see them.
... CCCCs' Use of the Web - It's a little late to try to circulate this ad (deadline is tomorrow), but I'm going to do it anyway. CCCC is looking for a web editor:
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is seeking applications from CCCC members for a new position as CCCC Web Editor (to be distinguished from CCC Online Archivist). The CCCC Web Editor?s term will be three years (non-renewable) beginning as soon as possible after the application deadline and ending in December of 2011. This is a volunteer position.
Actual programming or Web building is not required. Instead, the CCCC Web Editor will have the responsibility of orchestrating uses of new Web building structures made available in the coming months (e.g., blogs, Wikis, Face Book and so on), moderating new community spaces, publishing relevant information, and working with NCTE/CCCC to develop a stronger Website with new features. We antic... I want your teeth for the Federal Reserve - It's starting to feel that way, isn't it? I dread seeing our next TIAA-CREF statements, ugh.
... No! Not that face! - is what we say when he makes the following face:
... Market, Schmarket - I am thrilled to be NOT on the job market this year, and I hope I never have to do that again. I do have to chair a search committee (again, sigh), this time for a Writing Center director. Please don't hesitate to apply if you have some interest in this area and Writing Center experience.
Also, I've been asked to help circulate these two ads -- I'm happy to do my part. One for the University of Texas:
The Department of Rhetoric & Writing (DRW) at The University of Texas at Austin is accepting applications for an assistant professor position in emerging communication technologies and digital media, including video and gaming, and with emphasis on production.
DRW faculty members have the opportunity to teach a wide array of courses designed to contribute to the undergraduate major in Rhetoric and Writing and the graduate concentration in Digital Literacies and Literatures -- all with the support of our nationally renowned Computer Writing ... sarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalin - sarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalin
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One unfortunate and very minor side effect of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike: I have the cloyingly sentimental song "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" in my mind and have for weeks. It's by Tanya Tucker; I had thought it was by Lorrie Morgan.
During the many hours I was half-asleep, half-awake last night, I thought about an assignment one could give in a Classical rhetoric course. In my class, we've been talking about the rhetorical excesses of some sophists, the ones criticized by Plato and Isocrates. I thought it might be fun to do a "sophists travel through time" kind of assignment. Here goes: "you're one of those shady sophists who make big promises for what you can teach students. You can make ANYONE a great speaker who can use the power of rhetoric to make an audience do whatever you say. Who cares if that's the right thing or not? Make a video commercial advertising your services." What I saw in my head was a cheesy commercial after the fashion of for-profit colleges, bu... The Baby Meme - I figured I'd create one of those survey/meme things for us babies as a way for us to get to know each other better. Remember, it's what YOU like, not what your parents like.
1. Cloth or disposable? Both, I don't have a preference.
2. Breast or bottle? Breast, unless I'm starving
3. Eczema or reflux? Eczema, but it isn't too bad.
4. Jumparoo or play mat? Jumparoo, I guess, but I'm not that into either of them.
5. Mommy or Daddy? I like them both about the same, but if I have to pick one: Mommy.
6. Sling, front carrier, or stroller? Front carrier
7. Pacifier or thumb? Thumb all the way
8. Bumbo seat or bouncy seat? Bumbo
9. White noise or silence while sleeping? White noise, LOUD -- and ceiling fan
10. Crib, Pack'n'Play, or parents' bed? Pack'n'Play, sometimes bed
I tag: Chico, AndyZ,, and ... My First Hurricane - Someone at work today remarked that I'd experienced my first hurricane (Gustav). We left Lafayette on Friday and were in Florence, AL for a week. Luckily our house didn't suffer damage. I really want Ike to stay away
Now back to playing catch-up.
... And the semester begins - Though I look forward to the fall weather (such as it is!), I am a little sad that my stay-at-home-mom summer is over. We don't have daycare for Henry yet, but we have him on waiting lists all over town. Some of the places don't take babies until they're six months old or a year old. Right now we're taking turns doing childcare, as we have alternating teaching/office hours schedules. We live very close to campus, so this is workable for the time being.
As one would expect, I didn't get as much research done over the summer as I'd hoped, but I did a decent amount of work. I had intended to do the following:
* submit book proposal
* write an article (from scratch, not based on a diss chapter)
* write a proposal for another article
* write a book review
What I actually did was:
* wrote an article (from scratch, not based on a diss chapter)
* wrote a proposal for another article
* wrote part of a book review
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