Miscellany from Past and PresentMiscellany from Past and PresentA historian's tumblelog. Various film clips, images and links. Just for fun, but mostly related to the past. 
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"The question of truth in a user-generated world isn?t about the accuracy o
2008-05-08 16:20:00 ?The question of truth in a user-generated world isn?t about the accuracy of information so much as it is about an appreciation for the intricacies of the search, for understanding that truth can be elusive, but the fight for it can be rewarding.? - Monica Hesse, ?Truth : Can You Handle It??, Washington Post, 4/27/2008 More About: World , Question , User
So the Washington Post is calling it for Clinton. Oh well. I can be happy w
2008-05-07 07:16:00 So the Washington Post is calling it for Clinton . Oh well. I can be happy with Obama?s 49.3% (95% reporting). Hard for Clinton to maintain her tired demographic arguments. Indiana doesn?t have that many black people. Gotta figure some white workers voted for Obama too. (1:17 AM, EST) (Numbers from the New York Times) More About: Washington Post , Happy
"Gentlemen, you can?t fight in here, this is the war room!"
2008-05-07 03:29:00 ?Gentlemen , you can?t fight in here, this is the war room!? - Most often quoted line by those students in my classes who saw ?Dr. Strangelove? this semester. More About: Fight , Room
Uh oh. I knew the Burmese storm was bad, but I didn?t realize it also means
2008-05-07 00:05:00 Uh oh. I knew the Burmese storm was bad, but I didn?t realize it also means another major dent in world rice supplies. Not good. More About: Storm
Sign of the times? Three classes this semester, an Iraq War veteran in each
2008-05-06 22:25:00 Sign of the times? Three classes this semester, an Iraq War veteran in each. More About: Iraq War , Classes , Veteran , Semester
The New York Times offers an interesting story on Turkish religious schools
2008-05-05 06:21:00 The New York Times offers an interesting story on Turkish religious schools that offer their students an alternative image of Islam along with quality education. More About: Interesting , Story , Schools
Found at Art Deco, which is chock full of images from this...
2008-05-04 22:17:00 Found at Art Deco , which is chock full of images from this period. More About: Images , Full , Chock
1924 Soviet annimated propganda and science fiction
2008-05-04 21:08:00 1924 Soviet annimated propganda and science fiction More About: Science , Fiction , Science Fiction , Science-Fiction
The topless meeting concept sounds like it might work in some classroom sit
2008-05-04 21:02:00 The topless meeting concept sounds like it might work in some classroom situations too. More About: Sounds , Work , Concept , Meeting
"Any system without scarcity or limitation will eventually suffer at the ha
2008-05-04 20:52:00 ?Any system without scarcity or limitation will eventually suffer at the hands of people who aren?t overtly aware of boundaries ? or who actively choose to break those boundaries because they can.? - Merlin Mann More About: System
"I suspect that email encourages people to act insane."
2008-05-04 20:46:00 ?I suspect that email encourages people to act insane.? - Merlin Mann More About: People , Email , Insane , Suspect
The DC film festival is over now, so I wrote a post on Stoneman?s Corner ab
2008-05-04 20:28:00 The DC film festival is over now, so I wrote a post on Stoneman?s Corner about what I saw. More About: Film , Post , Festival , Film Festival
How many million websites get mucked up when YouTube is down, as seems to b
2008-05-03 14:06:00 How many million websites get mucked up when YouTube is down, as seems to be the case right now?[8:09 a.m., Washington, DC] More About: Youtube , Websites , Million
The Cognitive Age
2008-05-03 14:00:00 The Cognitive Age: Is David Brooks right? Putting down the globalization paradigm with a term like ?mercantilist? and suggesting that it can feed xenophobia makes good rhetorical sense. The arguments he uses about culture and information have long been out there justifying globalization. What about the actual economic trends he describes? I wish online opinion pieces came with some links to accessible, but detailed economic reporting of major economic trends.
In Taco Truck Battle, Mild Angelenos Turn Hot
2008-05-03 13:42:00 In Taco Truck Battle , Mild Angelenos Turn Hot: Send one my way, please. I never see them doing business on DC streets, though I do see them driving, presumably to construction sites.
On Sunday TV, One Hot Rivalry Fuels Another
2008-05-03 13:35:00 On Sunday TV, One Hot Rivalry Fuels Another: Another reason I don?t watch much commercial television: Sunday morning ?news? shows.
Another irony of this election
2008-05-02 18:33:00 (Warning: contains sarcasm) I see another election year irony in how Hillary Clinton runs through the dreams and fantasies of many conservatives. But maybe I?m mistaken about the irony part. After all, didn?t conservatives used to love to hate the Clintons during Bill Clinton?s administration? Maybe we are talking about a fetish here that is some sixteen years? old. Hmmm. I always knew there was something unsavory about some of these conservatives. More About: Irony , Election
Kinda fun. Clinton and Obama in an epic battle, Star Wars...
2008-05-02 17:56:00 Kinda fun. Clinton and Obama in an epic battle, Star Wars style.
Provocation isn't news. It's just entertainment.
2008-05-01 15:52:00 As long as the so-called news outlets continue to conflate provocation with news, we?re going to see a lot more of Jeremiah Wright. When will the news outlets decide that he?s just plain boring? More About: News , Entertainment
Amnesty International has joined the Blogger?s...
2008-05-01 13:14:00 Amnesty International has joined the Blogger ?s Unite campaign for human rights on May 15th. That should give this blogging action more traction. More About: Amnesty , Amnesty International
Obama on the Daily Show last week
2008-04-30 07:24:00 Obama on the Daily Show last week More About: Obama , Daily Show , Week
Times have changed, but Rev. Wright hasn't
2008-04-30 06:00:00 I began to make a short comment here on Wright , Obama, and generational differences, but it turned into a full-fledged blog post on Stoneman?s Corner, and it includes a few thoughts related to historical thinking. By the way, I?m an Obama supporter, but I think my take is relevant no matter where you are in the political spectrum. More About: Times
Times have changed
2008-04-28 01:18:00 Is anyone else enjoying the irony that it?s the black man who is accused of elitism? Times sure have changed.
"Guantanamo, a military spokesman said, does not have solitary confinement,
2008-04-26 23:10:00 ?Guantanamo , a military spokesman said, does not have solitary confinement, only ?single-occupancy cells?.? - William Glaberson, ?Detainees? Mental Health Is Latest Legal Battle?, New York Times, 4/24/26 More About: Military , Confinement
Ripped out of a sound sleep
2008-04-26 12:35:00 So who pulls into a residential neighborhood, parks his car with the music on full blast, and starts polishing his car with a cloth at 6:20 on a Saturday morning? Hell, I was hoping to sleep till 7:00 this morning. And the guy was insulted when I asked him to turn it off. He got in his car with a hurt look on his face and drove off. Doesn?t live here apparently. The music was good, but this wasn?t the time or place for it. More About: Sound , Sleep , Ripped
Steve Martin as a Frenchman learning English pronunciation.
2008-04-26 04:52:00 Steve Martin as a Frenchman learning English pronunciation. More About: Steve , Learning , Pronunciation , Steve Martin
Japanese learning English in one of the strangest language...
More articles from this author:2008-04-26 04:51:00 Japanese learning English in one of the strangest language videos I?ve ever seen. More About: Japanese , Language , Learning 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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