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~LS~ — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:46:56 +0000

WordPress 3

~LS~ — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:12:51 +0000

One of my summer goals was to learn Wordpress 3 and convert my websites to the new platform. I did master some of the basics of the new Wordpress, but I didn't get the chance to do the conversion. I set up my website for my classes (laurasells.net),... Read more

Widgets, apps, plugins, and other lovely things

~LS~ — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:11:21 +0000

I love widgets, apps, plugins, and add-ons. I don't know why I get such a kick out of these little programs, but I do. On facebook? Not so much. But on other things, yes. I am seriously considering getting a Blackberry or iPhone or some such device... Read more

Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?

~LS~ — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:22:35 +0000

I'm contemplating teaching Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 ("The Typographic Mind"). I don't feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn't find a pdf or doc... Read more

What Google thinks of me…

~LS~ — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:05:23 +0000

Googlism is a fun site that tells you what Google "thinks" about you by posting short excerpts of Google search results on your name (or whatever). Google squelched Googlism's capabilities by preventing the application from gathering fresh data, so... Read more

Wannabe feminism

~LS~ — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:18:10 +0000

It is no accident that Enlightened Sexism, Susan J. Douglas’s new book, opens with a discussion of the Spice Girls. The Spice Girls represent the negation of feminism by commercial cooptation. Girl Power, which the Spice Girls placed front and... Read more

Updating Voxygen Status

~LS~ — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:58:00 +0000

Today I spent the day working on Voxygen. I got quite a bit done. None of it is loaded up yet, of course. I won't do that until the whole thing is updated, obviously. But I'm moving right along, page by page. One thing I did today that was... Read more

Updating My Website — aka Climbing Mt. Everest

~LS~ — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:33:00 +0000

Pardon me while I whine a bit.As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, one of my summer goals is to update my website. This is a daunting task. I counted up how many pages I have on the site and there are over 130! The website is pitifully out of date in... Read more

Those Whacky, Peppery, Obama-y Nigerian Scams

~LS~ — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:10:29 +0000

I should be getting ready for school, but I'm procrastinating! At least it's Friday. I so adore Nigerian Scam e-mail. These people get more and more creative all the time. I still fail to understand why people fall for this stuff, but apparently... Read more

The World 2.0

~LS~ — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:57:03 +0000

* I can't remember the last time I heard a busy signal. * The Guiding Light has gone off the air after 72 years. I used to watch that show with my grandmother when I was ten. * An MSN article predicts that, due to the competition from virtual,... Read more