July 2010
Call For New Courses For Peer 2 Peer University →
The Peer 2 Peer University is gearing up to
launch its third cycle of courses this coming September, and we’re looking for new faces to join the community. Do
you have an idea for a six week…
Kinderhook Creek Is Back →
Kinderhook Creek was a popular New Jersey country rock band in the 1970s and 80s. They kind of created a live bar band market for country rock music in the Jersey/NY club scene. They…
Lyme Disease →
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread to people by the bite of infected ticks. It is prevalent in New Jersey. At one time, it was a disease associated with people who…
Nixty →
And now “open” online education has Nixty http://nixty.com. It is a website that let’s you take and
create courses for “free.” They are starting with courses available from open-source…
What I'm Listening To: Speaking of Faith →
I have always been a big radio fan. Nowadays, a lot of my radio listening is done via podcasts that I listen to on an iPod. But it’s still radio. This is one in a series of posts about programs…
Procol Harum →
Procol Harum circa 1967 In April 1967, Gary Brooker formed one of my favorite bands of all…
KMFDM →
An email from Rene in New Zealand came in last week to “correct” a reference I made on the site. Unfortunately, he was correcting an old version of…
Take Back Lunch →
Every Wednesday this summer, workers across America will be taking a collective lunch break. Well, that’s the plan. Tony Schwartz (author & CEO of the Energy Project) talks about those ideas in his…
Hidden Kafka Papers Found →
Not to overdo the Franz Kafka connections the past week, but you know how it is - when you focus on something, suddenly you see it all over the place.
I wrote about Kafka last weekend and then I…
The Dumbest Generation →
I had not heard of a book by Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein called The
Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don’t Trust…
Utah Jazz →
Original logo
The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is currently a member of the Northwest Division of the Western…
DadCentric Parenting Tips →
Good Parenting Tips from DadCentric
I’ve learned a lot since becoming a parent. I’ve learned that two-year olds suck at hide and seek…
http://www.dadcentric.com/2008/01/index.html
Renaming Endangered Species →
The Queen’s Executioner via http://static.guim.co.ukCan giving endangered species more common English names help save them? That was the idea behind the Oxford University…
The Way I Am Working Isn’t Working →
I just wrote a few days ago about a book I’m reading about trying to better control our addiction to digital connectivity. Coincidentally – or maybe not so coincidentally – I had also borrowed a copy…
Flipboard: Your Social Magazine? →
Billed as “the world’s first social magazine,” Flipboard is a free app that allows you to flip through news,
photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter in a “magazine”…
Kafka →
Writing here last weekend about Harvey Pekar got me thinking about R. Crumb who helped Harvey get first published. I wrote a post about Crumb on the other Paradelle blog, Evenings in Paradelle, which…
To Be Online, or Not To Be Online →
To Be Online, or Not To Be Online. That is the question that William Powers is trying to answer in his new book that I started reading this weekend. Okay, maybe it’s not a question that has a black &…
Before Why Name It That →
I still get a few emails each week complaining about misinformation on the original version of this site. That site was called What’s In A Name and it was done as an Internet student project by my…
'Inception' close to a sci-fi masterpiece →
4 stars from Rafer Guzman
Hungry Ghosts, Corn, Mead and the Full Moon →
This month’s full Moon is on Monday, July 26. It’s most commonly referred to in America as the Buck Moon, a name that comes from Native Americans. Male deer, which shed their antlers every year,…
AC/DC →
AC/DC is the Australian rock band formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. They are often labeled as “hard rock” or “heavy metal”…
Allaire State Park and Allaire Village →
One of NJ’s living history museums is Allaire Village. Lving history was a concept that became popular in the late 1960s. The idea is to let visitors see a historic site populated with people who…
Kafka and R. Crumb →
I was writing about the writer Harvey Pekar who died recently and it got me thinking about another artist/writer, R. Crumb known in the…
Snopes.com →
You know that email you got about helping someone in the UK get a few million dollars out of a bank? Maybe you got an email about missing children or a prayer request for a dying child. Did you…
Mozilla Drumbeat in NYC →
If you are an Open Web advocate, mark Saturday, August 7th for a meetup event where you can meet people and projects
that are keeping the web open. (Plus, free pizza and beer.) Mozilla…
A Credible Search →
SearchCredible is a launch page for your search. You enter your
search query and then you select what you think will be a a “credible” resource such as EBSCO Host, ERIC,
Oxford…
Kafkaesque →
An illustration from R. Crumb’s book Kafka
“Kafkaesque” is an eponym used to describe concepts, situations, and ideas which are reminiscent of the literary work of the writer…
Study Finds No Link Between Social-Networking... →
Spend as much time on Facebook as you want—it won’t affect your GPA, a new study says…
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/blogPost-content/25541/
I Write Like →
I don’t what the voodoo algorithms are behind the I Write Like website. You paste in a sample of your writing and it “analyzes” the style and tells you what writer you write like.
I took a blog…
350 Challenge from Brighter Planet →
Endangered New Jersey joined the 350 Challenge. After they hit their goal of 350 participating bloggers in under a month, they decided to keep the 350 Challenge open indefinitely. Now over…
The New Jersey Osprey Project →
I recommend that you check out the New Jersey Osprey Project blog done by Ben Wurst. Ben is listed as a Habitat Program Manager in New Gretna, NJ. The blog has lots of information and…
Skiffle Music →
Skiffle is a type of popular music with jazz, blues, folk, roots and country influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments….
Why DID They Name It That? →
Why Name It That? has been online for about three months. The intent was to post the origins of names - mostly rock bands, but also products, teams, places and others. A kind of etymology that…
The Zombies →
on MySpace Music (How retro!) Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
MusicFest 2010 →
Great multi-day free festival in Union County, NJ
September 11 & 12
Oak Ridge Park, Clark, NJ
So far on the lineup:
SOUL ASYLUM,
THE ZOMBIES,
OK GO,
SUZANNE VEGA,
MIKE PETERS & FRIENDS,
VITA CHAMBERS AND 61 NORTH
Spoon,
Robert Randolph and the Family Band,
Nils Lofgren Acoustic Duo,
Jesse Malin and the St. Marks Social,
and The Bravery
The Alarm to perform at the...
Social Media Draws a Crowd - WSJ.com →
Social Media Draws a Crowd
Start-Ups and Established Agencies Look to Carve a Niche in Online Action
BY SUZANNE VRANICA
As more and more advertising dollars flow into social media, some Madison Avenue firms are seeking to grab a piece of the action. But it will be a tough fight as the space is overrun with companies seeking to own the segment, from start-ups to public-relations firms. Universal...
American Splendor →
I grew up reading comic books. I never became obsessed with them. I collected them – that I kept them in a box – but I didn’t put them in protective bags, but them to maintain the collection or…
TMZ →
A reader sent in a “request” asking me about the story behind the website and TV show TMZ. In the time that it took for him to email me, he could have found the answer online, so I don’t normally do…
Jersey Shore Bennies and Shoobies →
A “Benny” is a derogatory term used by residents of the (New) Jersey Shore to describe tourists. Though the origin is arguable, many people believe that Bayonne,…
Dreams And Movies →
The new film Inception is on my “to see” list for next week. First off, I’ll watch almost any film about dreams. Plus I am a fan of Ellen Page and Leonardo DiCaprio. And Christopher Nolan previously…
Band Names From Other Bands →
Some bands take their names from songs by other bands. It’s a simple explanation that artists honor other artists. Radiohead took its name from the …
How To Be Happy →
A nice and simple flowchart of happiness by David Meiklejohn and Alex H/34 Too simple? Try this second version. (view larger size on Flickr) Filed under: Think About It Tagged: happiness
