October 22, 2008
I’ve been playing around with iWeb this evening, and having fun creating a new site. The trick was to figure out how to integrate this blog with the site.
I’ve figured it out, and it works pretty well. I’d like it a little better if I could figure out how to make the blog link from the site open in a new tab, but I guess I can’t have everything.
October 7, 2008
Both of our current presidential tickets trouble me, though for different reasons. I’ve been hard pressed to articulate my discomfort with the Republican ticket, but Rob Vischer over at Mirror of Justice sums it up well in this post.
September 26, 2008
This is hilarious. Thanks to the folks at The Monkey Cage for posting it.
(Oops..should I have spelled the word in the title “recolonised”?)
September 23, 2008
Sometimes I need (if it’s a class blog) or want (if it’s this one) to post something when I don’t have my computer handy.
Most of the mobile solutions I’ve tried have too many limitations (such as the inability to assign a category to a post).
So, I’m trying iBlogger, which just became available at the App Store today. If it works as well as I hope it will, I’ll be able to post from the Touch anywhere there’s a wi-fi connection.
September 16, 2008
In prepping for class today, I was looking at a survey done in 2005. One of the things I want my students to be able to do is ask good questions about the classifications a survey uses and the questions it asks.
One of the classifications in the survey is Gen X, which the survey defines as those aged 18-40 at the time of the survey. I don’t think I buy that classification; most definitions I’ve seen use 1980 or 1981 as the cut-off birth year for the younger end of Gen X. Someone who was 18 in 2005 wouldn’t fit that definition.
Besides, the survey’s classification would put a few of my upper-level students in Gen X, but I don’t think they could identify with very many of these cultural markers of the generation.*
*Remembering Battlestar Galactica, in this case, means remembering Lorne Greene in the role of Commander Adama.
September 1, 2008
That’s an incredibly simple statement, but there’s a lot of meat there. To see what I mean, take a look at Fr. Ron Rolheiser’s current column, “Honesty as Sobriety.”
August 14, 2008
Yes, I know–it’s been a very long time since I’ve updated this blog. What can I say? It’s been a very busy summer, during which I’ve:
I’m hoping to be a bit more regular about posting once the new semester is underway.
If you look to the right, you’ll notice several changes to the sidebar. I’ve removed outdated links, and added several new ones, including links to the various congregations and offices within the Family of Holy Cross.
Yesterday, I learned that two of my brothers in Holy Cross–Fr. Michael Wurtz, CSC and Fr. Stephen Koeth, CSC–have blogs. I’ve created a category for Holy Cross bloggers and added them to the sidebar. If anyone reading this is aware of any other CSC/MSC bloggers out there, please let me know so I can add them.
May 21, 2008
You just might be a graduate student if…
May 15, 2008
Even though the semester just finished–Commencement is Saturday!–I’m already thinking about next fall, when I’ll be teaching a course in Politics and Religion. I’ve been looking for ways to help students become more literate about religion and the role it plays in modern life.
So, while out for a run today, I tuned in to a (relatively) recent episode of American Public Media’s Speaking of Faith (yes, it’s available as a podcast). My intent was to get a sense of the program (which I’d never listened to before) to see whether it would be worth my while to use it with my students.
I’ll have to check out a few more episodes before I make that call. But the episode I listened to today, The Beauty and Challenge of Being Catholic: Hearing the Faithful, is definitely worth listening to.
May 14, 2008
…is that they should be in some way related to the post they’re attached to. I delete comments that have no relation to the post, especially if they’re advertising something (even if what’s being advertised is worthwhile).
That’s why I recently deleted a comment that was awaiting moderation. It had nothing to do with the post it was attached to.
Nonetheless, it pointed to a YouTube clip (in Spanish, with English subtitles) that I enjoyed, so I’ll provide the link myself:
