Oakland 2006

One of the recurring quirks of (and gripes about) academic conferences has to do with scheduling. To be sure, conference organizers have it rough in this regard, since they’re pretty much guaranteed to make someone unhappy with whatever they do. No one, after all, wants to be on the first …

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Last week’s links

A half dozen of the most interesting things to pass through my browser in the past seven days. Reworked pop songs Reworked Virginia Woolf Violent future? Violent media? Pianos that play themselves Papers that write themselves

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Ten books

If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably seen some version of the “Ten Books” meme. A friend there tagged me, and I agreed to follow through … but I’d rather do so here. Partially because it’s a way for me to keep up my renewed commitment to blogging regularly, but also …

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