I thought this article from Time. com was pretty cool — Googling For Your Grade.
For both Wilkinson and his students, the “Internet Famous” course marks something of an educational, and technological, experiment. In essence, they are attempting to quantify fame on the Internet by developing a matrix that simultaneously measures the number of eyeballs, the [...]
Day Three: I find it interesting that I had such drama when I lived here in Iowa, because really, Iowa is a very undramatic state. It is a quiet place, a place with little crime, where neighbors are neighborly and the words “milquetoast” is actually used to describe university students. Compare this to [...]
I first came to Ames, Iowa for a summer internship in May of 1995 on a scholarship for women engineers. My life, as usual, didn’t follow the normal path, and I ended up graduating 2000 miles away at a different university with a degree in English. I’ve been back twice, but never for [...]
You may have noticed that, in the tweaking of my site, all of the paid postings are gone. I applied to become a BlogHer advertiser and cannot do this while doing paid postings. I hadn’t done one in some months, so I suppose it is no great loss.
I loved the paid postings. [...]
I just want everyone to know that I am just as sexy as this. Really. Under all my, um, clothing. Riiight.
You know, I’ve struggled with my weight for most of my life. And I often fall into the trap of thinking that, were I thinner and in better shape, my [...]
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