July 2009
ReadWritePoem →
I don’t know if it is a bad “business” decision to point you to other sites that offer writing prompts, but hopefully you’ll still return to this site and our own regular monthly writing prompt.
Zombie Strippers Ahead →
That’s what the roadside flashing sign says - “Zombie Strippers Ahead” or “Prepare To Be Annoyed” or something that seems equally odd. Turns out that hacking these highway signs is a…
Blogosphere Meets Twittersphere →
Twittorati has launched from the folks who run Technorati. Twittorati is billed as being where the blogosphere meets
the Twittersphere - a way to see what top bloggers are…
Endangered Invertebrates: The Butterflies →
An invertebrate is an animal without a vertebral column - and they probably don’t get much of your interest, even if you are interested in wildlife and endangered species. Did you know…
Before Hollywood There Was Fort Lee, N. J. →
Director Maurice Tourneur [left] with his 1st cameraman Lucien Andriot and 2nd cameraman John Van den Brouk on the set of ‘Poor Little Rich Girl’, Paragon Studios, Fort Lee, New Jersey,…
Panoramic Virtual Tour of Sandy Hook Bay →
Take a look at Brian Richard’s panoramic virtual tour of Sandy Hook Bay and the quieter bay shore of Sandy Hook. Here are salt marshes, sand bars and islands, often deserted, while thousands of…
Early College →
President Barack Obama referenced Bard High School Early College last week in a speech. It’s one example of the “early college” programs that I wrote about earlier this year…
The Making of THE HURT LOCKER →
AUDIO: Screenwriter Mark Boal and director/producer Kathryn Bigelow discuss The Hurt Locker, a suspenseful portrait of the military’s bomb squad technicians. This heart-pounding look at the effects of…
Blackboard Loses on Appeal →
“This week, a federal appeals court invalidated Blackboard Inc.’s 1999 patent for its learning management
software, overturning a lower court’s decision last year finding that the Blackboard…
The Highlands Trail →
The Highlands Trail highlights the natural beauty of the New Jersey and New York Highlands region, and draws the public’s attention to this endangered resource. It is a cooperative effort…
All The News That Fits Your Screen →
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There is no shortage of stories about the death of the
print newspaper. For many of us, newspapers are still the main source of local news, arts…
Facebook Popularity →
Who do you think is the most popular brand on Facebook? With over 3.6 million fans, Starbucks has passed Coca-Cola to become the the most popular brand on Facebook. Their Facebook Page plus
A Digital Bloom →
You can never be sure what reaction you will get if you bring up Bloom’s taxonomy with a teacher. Though it is fairly
ubiquitous in the K-12 world, it is equally unheard of with higher ed faculty….
The Highlands →
The Highlands of New Jersey is another one of those areas that people from other parts of the country just don’t associate with NJ. (The Pinelands is another area like that.) The forested…
More Wonder Years →
For my more personal take on The Wonder Years, check out “I Love You, Winnie Cooper”
Government Says Firefox Is Not Free (Laughter) →
One for the weekend. Here’s a great example of how our government works - or at least how it moves forward
(or backwards) in the area of information technology and the Internet. This…
I Love You, Winnie Cooper →
There is a movie in theaters this summer called I Love You, Beth Cooper , but, back in 1968, I would have declared my love for Winnie Cooper.
Of course, Winnie was just a character on the TV show,…
Wonder Years Math →
Let me be honest right up front. In 1988, I had a crush on Winnie Cooper. Understand that she was not real, but a
character on the TV show The Wonder Years. She was a student in seventh grade. I…
Early Thoughts Autumnal →
I don’t want to rush the summer. And I definitely hate those summertime “Back to School” ads and sales, but…
It is time to think about a fall garden.
Here in New Jersey, it’s time to think about…
Ruthless Wildwood, NJ →
Some highlights from the 1994 documentary by Carol Cassidy and Ruth Leitman. It continues some of the stereotypes of Jersey folks - but as a lifelong NJ person, I also know these people are here….
Haikus are easy but... →
Haikus are easy But somtimes they don’t make sense Refrigerator via typetees.com
http://poetsonline.org for poetic inspiration
Nestbox News About Our Peregrine Falcons →
Nestbox News is an account of activity at a nestbox placed atop Mack-Cali Realty Corporation’s 101 Hudson St., Jersey City, by biologists in the Endangered and Nongame Species Program. …
Students Archiving the Internet →
Here’s a chance for middle or high school students to help capture and archive today’s primary source materials on
the Web. Libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions are increasingly…
The Re-Greening of Cranford →
Back a hundred years ago, Cranford was known as the “Venice of New Jersey.” It was a town that grew up around the meandering Rahway River.
The river was a main mode of transportation with…
Hemingway Patrols Paris →
Today is the 110th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s birth. Hemingway’s longtime publisher, Scribner, is reissuing all his novels this year. There is also a new book…
Math and the Path →
We (of the Writing
Initiative) have been avoiding thinking about heading down the path to creating a writing-intensive math course at
the college. We know it’s inevitable, but we have…
Starting On The Long Path in New Jersey →
The Long Path was first proposed as a New York route similar to the Long Trail in Vermont. Unlike the Long Trail, it was intended as an unmarked route meandering from the George Washington Bridge to…
The One-Credit Online Writing Course →
I am reading that the University of Arizona is developing a one-credit online writing course that will be used to
supplement three-credit GenEd (general education) classes. It’s one way to address…
Freeconomics →
In 1961, a single transistor cost $10. Today, Intel’s latest chip has two billion transistors and sells for $300 (or 0.000015 cents per transistor – which is so cheap that basically a transistor is…
Peregrine Falcon Food Transfer →
Peregrine Falcons Food Transfer Originally uploaded by Sharpeyesonline Wild tiercel (male) Peregrine Falcon (Falcon peregrinus anatum) transfers a prey bird from his beak to the…
Peering Into the Pillars of Creation →
The Eagle Nebula (M16): Peering Into the Pillars of Creation (A nearby star-forming region about 7,000 light years from Earth.), originally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution.
A…
Weekend Words About Summer →
I guess my post last week on summer reading didn’t get out all I wanted to say on that topic, so I added a Weekend in Paradelle post today that goes into more detail. Stop by the weekend retreat…
Summer Reading →
When someone says “summer reading” I think of both enjoyable books and school assignments. It’s a crazy seasonal mindset that we have that there are books that are better suited to the warmer months,…
““Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth...”
– Goodreads
Watch Out For Killer Compost →
Gardeners beware — straw, manure and maybe even compost can kill your garden, thanks to the folks at the Dow chemical company. An herbicide called aminopyralid, released by DowAgroscience in 2005 and aggressively marketed to horse and cattle owners to control perennial weeds, has been associated with the loss of thousands of home gardens in Great Britain this year. So can it happen here? You bet!...
A Dozen Free Sampler Albums of Music →
Amazon is offering you 12 free sampler albums you can download - no strings. No guarantee you’ll like all of it, but there has got to be some music you’ll like in the batch.
Will You Pay For The News? →
Recently, the New York Times e-mailed a survey to its print subscribers to ask how they felt about paying for online content. For access to its website, nytimes.com, they are considering charging…
In Other (and new) Words →
It will be a quiet summer for me with just a few staycations planned where I will just sip some acai juice (even if that
makes me not a locavore) and try not worry about my carbon footprint or…
Coastal Workshop in Cape May →
Cape May Lighthouse
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife will be hosting a “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman” Coastal Workshop in Cape May the weekend of September 11-13, 2009 at The…
