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Too much is never enough
07/01/22
The short version: Ratemyprofessor.com was recently acquired by MTV. This is something of which we academics should be aware, and perhaps it is a cause for concern.
The long version: I have known about the website ratemyprofessor.com for several years. Visitors to the site rate their prof -
Shiny new versions
07/01/15
I recently posted a new draft of my induction paper. Having taught with forall x last term, I had the opportunity to catch some errors and infelicities. They have been exchanged for felicities, and the new version 1.21 is on-line. -
Miscellaneous F
07/01/12
Janet laments the decline of library card catalogs and links to this tool for wallowing in card-file nostalgia.
When I was a student at UCSD, the library was slowly eliminating their collection of cards. All of the library records were available at computer terminals, and stac -
Wikis fit wee locks
07/01/06
As any regular reader will recall, I have misgivings about the epistemology of the Wikipedia. Other wikis inherit these misgivings, although it really depends on the details of what information the wiki is meant to provide and who participates in maintaining it.
Two recently-established w
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Too much is never enough
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