December 2009
The Long Night’s Moon of December →
There are two full moons this month.
One occurs tomorrow – December 2, 2009 - and the other will be here on the 31st (which means it will also be considered a Blue Moon).
This first full moon of…
November 2009
Ocean Garbage →
Image: SEAPLEX, Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition
It may be a long way from the ocean waters off New Jersey, but the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also…
Cyber Monday →
Oh no, as if Black Friday shopping wan’t enough, now it’s CyberMonday - I’m actually glad I have to go to work.
Moving To Google Apps for Education →
Google Apps was a topic that came up
in several sessions at the NJEDge conference I attended recently. Actually, the talk was about Google Apps for
Education which is different from…
Hôtel de Glace →
Singing and Snoring →
A few years ago, I did a sleep study in the hospital to determine if I have sleep apnea. I do. I woke up momentarily 80 times during the night.
Sleep deprivation is just one of the bad results of…
Poetry Submissions →
Submit your poem written to the current Poets Online writing prompt. Submissions information at http://poetsonline.org/submit.html
http://poetsonline.org for poetic inspiration
Other Walks of Life →
When Australian Aboriginals go WALKABOUT, they return to the bush for a time to escape westernized life. When members of the royal family go WALKABOUT, they leave the comfort of their cars to shake…
NJ Trail and Ultra Runners →
We are an informal trail running group in Northern New Jersey. This site was created as a way to let people in the group know of upcoming group trail runs and to spread information on upcoming trail races. There are no membership fees for the group and anyone is welcome to come out for the group runs.
Walking and Wanderlust →
“Walking is a pastime rather than an avocation.” – Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Rebecca Solnit writes in Wanderlust about walking, but not in the ways you might imagine. It is certainly not an…
It’s the End of the World As We Know It and NASA... →
Rest easy about 2012. NASA is on the job.
I have written a few times about 2012 here (* a quick search on this blog actually reveals more references to 2012 than I would have guessed) as it relates…
Black Friday and the Social Net →
The Internet has gotten more and more commercial since it’s very early days, but social networks have also gotten more
and more commercial letely. (Another reason why academia distrusts them?) I am…
The Lieutenant Dan Band (with Gary Sinise on bass)... →
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Nov. 23, 2009) – Gary Sinise, Leann Tweeden, Kristy Swanson, Kevin Farley, and the Lt. Dan Band joined troops in Afghanistan as a prelude to the holiday season.
When the Lt. Dan Band took the stage of Bagram Airfield’s Morale Welfare and Recreation clamshell tent, they seemed to electrify the air with their music in a big way…
Very cool, Gary.
The National Day of Listening →
Today is National Day of Listening. On this day, you are encouraged to record and share conversations with loved ones and neighbors. This is a project of StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit…
Tees For Nine →
All t-shirts at the very cool threadless site will be $9 for 24 hours only (Starts Friday 11/27 12:01 am CT, ends 11/27 11:59 pm CT) Get the holiday gift list out, fire up the…
A Good Sign for Reading? →
Should it been seen as a good sign for the state of reading that the top-selling, most wished-for and most-gifted item on the Amazon website is the Kindle?
I can see most-wished-for (as in…
Serendipity35 Talks Turkey, Not Tech →
Two days off for Thanksgiving, but my blogging continues elsewhere, so you might want to visit my blog that barely ever mentions technology for two turkey-related posts including…
Ben Franklin Talks Turkey →
In a letter to his daughter written from France on January 26, 1784, this is what Benjamin Franklin had to say about whether the bald eagle or the turkey should be the symbol of our…
Why Man Creates →
A brief history lesson from “Why Man Creates” by Saul Bass.
That 29 minute animated short documentary film looks at the nature of creativity. It was written by Saul Bass and Mayo Simon.
The…
Wild Turkeys in New Jersey →
Though you won’t find them on the NJ endangered or threatened species list, this is a good time to write a bit about wild turkeys in NJ. The Division of Fish and Wildlife started a Turkey…
Disability As Ability →
Six years ago, Thorkil Sonne’s youngest son was diagnosed with the mysterious developmental disorder. It turned out to
be autism. In Sonne’s native Denmark, autistics are typically considered…
Can You Write Like Sarah Palin? →
Write Like Sarah Palin - A little challenge from Slate.com What is the single worst sentence in Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue: An American Life? According to Slate’s Going Rogue index, it…
Listening →
I discovered, a bit late, that the National Day of Listening is this Friday, November 27, 2009.
Not a great day to choose for teachers (who are likely to be off from school digesting turkey) or…
Tech Therapy and Painting the Battleship →
Scott Carlson, a Chronicle of Higher
Education reporter and Warren Arbogast, a technology consultant who works with colleges, have a podcast called Tech Therapy. (Subscribe in…
Habitats and Partnerships →
The NJFO’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife program recently wrote an article for the New Jersey League of Municipalities Magazine that highlights how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can interact…
After Reading That Birds Rehearse Their Songs... →
After Reading That Birds Rehearse Their Songs During Dreams Sleeping birds not only dream, but probably dream about the songs they sing during the day.
While asleep, their brains show a burst of…
Defrag Your Brain →
Quick followup to my earlier post on dreaming that used the analogy of what seems to occur in the brain while you sleep to the defragmentation of a computer drive.
As usual, I am not the only one…
Laughing At Poetry →
Take a listen to these three poems read by Billy Collins at a Dodge Poetry Festival. Collins is much loved, and equally criticized, because his poems are accessible - even enjoyable. …
Sacred Places With Stephen Dunn →
I chose this month’s poem for our prompt from a collection of Stephen Dunn’s poetry because I like what he is doing with that word sacred. If you look up “sacred” in the dictionary, the…
Filling the App Gap →
On Friday, November 13, WCAU, channel 10 in Philadelphia, came to NJIT to film a news story on iPhone and small
device application development at NJIT. The video linked to the…
What Dreams May Come →
excerpt from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal…
Perchance to Dream →
I was reading online about the publication of psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s The Red Book and it sent me back to my own dream books.
I have been keeping a record of many of my dreams since I was 14. At…
Tuna's Death Spiral →
NY Times Editorial - Published: November 21, 2009 “Tuna’s Death Spiral” “The United States should stick to its guns and list the bluefin tuna as an endangered species to protect it from being…
To Sleep →
I read this week an estimate that somewhere between 10-34 percent of Americans suffer from insomnia. It’s enough that it is a big business. That’s not my interest in the topic, but for perspective:…
Fan Widgets →
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Let the Great World Spin →
Colum McCann has won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel Let the Great World Spin. Colum McCann’s novel tells the stories of 10 New Yorkers on a summer day in 1974 when a…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region →
Service special agent examines carcasses of an immature bald eagle and an osprey during an investigation of bird shootings on private hatchery property. USFWS photo The Northeast…
The Chrome Operating System →
FROM http://mashable.com “Google stole the
tech and media spotlight today as it revealed a mountain of new details about Chrome OS, the company’s new operating system
due in late 2010. It…
The Observers →
I thought I spotted an Observer outside my office window.
Must put on my foil helmet…
Churches and Government - Facebook Conquers The... →
Facebook started 2009 with about 150 million active users worldwide. They passed the 300 million mark in September. At
their current growth rate, they will probably end the year at more than 375…
Letting The Read/Write Web Into Classrooms →
In RSS for Educators:
Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom, John G. Hendron writes about the importance of
using the Read/Write Web (AKA Web 2.0) in education. Hendron says
Losing the Conservation Battle With Atlantic... →
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6916573.ece Issues that affect us in New Jersey, sometimes have much larger repercussion in our Northeast region, nationally or even…
Backpacking →
Backpacking is a great autumn and early winter recreational activity in NJ and our region. For newbies, ultralight backpacking may be a good approach. Although that “advanced” style of…
Mourners →
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Never argue with a 90° angle. →
Never argue with a 90° angle. It’s always right.,
originally uploaded by Threadless Mondays.
To Be Read →
I will never get to read all of them - and the list is much longer - but here are the last 48 titles I added to my
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