Archive for March, 2008

WordPress 2.5

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

I just upgraded to WordPress 2.5. The dashboard redesign looks great and I really like the additions of help throughout. On the server side, no issues at all.
Now I need to find the time to go through my posts and tag them, and write excerpts–unfortunately, I got out of that habit. I also need [...]

RIP John Slatin

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

John Slatin died last night.
Just last week I was talking about Maximum Accessibility with a student in preparation for a presentation; I got the book out and was reminded how excellent it really is. I didn’t know John well, but he was very well-respected in the accessibility community, and my few email exchanges with him [...]

Back in the pool

Friday, March 21st, 2008

An Achilles injury puts me back in the pool, which isn’t so bad.

Thankfully, we ain’t scientists

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Beer leads to more publishing: clearly, Jeff’s secret!

Mexico!

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Madelyn’s latest silly habit.

Driving through Forgottonia

Monday, March 10th, 2008

A trip through rural Illinois, with quite a few photos.

Sabbaticals

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Inspired by Debbie, Jeff, and Steve, and a faculty meeting, I’ve started thinking about my AY2009-10 sabbatical.

Half past

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Unplanned 16 mile run (longest in a while): 2:24:40 (9:03/mi).

Literacies shmiteracies

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

A recent NCTE position statement “Toward A Definition of 21st-Century Literacies” fails to measure up.

Odds and ends rebound

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Odds and ends on a warm weekend: storm windows, a visit from Erin’s friend Cindy, etc.