he cleaned his glasses on another person's clothing. presidents should not do such things, it is not appropriate even with permission. gentlemen carry their own glass cloth, and boy scouts should be prepared. he apparently is neither.

Pizza? Not Tonight. As Gary of Amygdala writes, ordering a pizza may get you in hot water with the government: It's dinnertime, and you're hungry and tired, so you pick up the phone and order your favorite pizza. But you might have just… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

IP Memes: SCO Many Lawsuits, SCO Little Time. (My April contribution to IP Memes follows. Many thanks to the indefatigable Pamela Jones of Groklaw for the inspiration, and for maintaining such a useful and vibrant site. You can read more about Pamela at Wired News, Linux Online, Linux Planet, and eWeek.) Happy World Intellectual Property […]

Sweet BBQ [bOing bOing] —— i want one.

Academic Calvinism. Eugene Volokh points to a very good Chronicle article on Invisible Adjunct’s decision to call it a day. The piece does an excellent job in capturing why her site was important. Adjunct faculty often find themselve systematically excluded from the collegial supports that allow tenured and tenure track faculty to chat, compare situations, […]

Why people don't share what they know. The ideas for blog-based communities now being advanced by Jonathan Briggs reminded me of an interesting table of different knowledge behaviours posted by Mopsos. It charts Knowledge Web, Knowledge Ladder, Knowledge Torch, and Knowledge Fortress against definitions, examples and recommended… [Designing for Civil Society] —— it should be […]

Can we connect every village?. Run – do not walk – over to First Monday and read Larry Press' “The Internet in developing nations: Grand challenges.”… [InternetPolicy.net] —— i'm less optimistic that information technology can do much for most of the world, right now, but maybe in a few years. but there are serious structural […]

it isn't a bad writeup….. scary parts :45% of faculty are adjuncts….

and education doesn't seem to help. and the presidential administration is right there with them

a family of 4 on 18000 a year…..? i don't think so.