the forgotten canon

Regent University’s Theater Dept. tried something interesting: blend Shakespeare’s As You Like It with modern technology using texting, Twitter and Ning. As we entered the theater audience members were told they could subscribe to the text messages, follow the Tweetstream, or participate on a Ning. As interesting as the concept seemed to be it ended up being an epic failure. Issue #1...

A few days ago I was approached by a student who is working on her MA thesis. She is not one of my students, but had been pointed in my direction by a colleague. She had recently had a conversation with the administrative official who must approve all theses in the college before they are officially deposited with the university. This administrator told said student that although the main point of...

There is an interesting discussion happening over on the techrhet listerv regarding how the humanities is (or is not) taking up the digital. It began with the posting of a link to Richard Miller’s presentation regarding the proposed Center for New Humanities at Rutgers. (You can view the presentation on YouTube.) The discussion has been of particular interest to me since it has coincided wit...

Earlier this week Mr. Sharpton made what he is now calling an “unfortunate” comment that is “being taken out of context” about Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. In a debate with Christopher Hitchens regarding the existence of God, Sharpton said: As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don’t worry...

OK, I know it’s been a while and I didn’t intend to have my first post in 2 weeks be a rant, especially about something so mundane as comment validation tools, but dammit–I really hate those things. Yes, I know they are necessary. But you people who make them necessary just suck! Every time I try and leave a comment on a blog or buy something from a site that requires one of tho...