http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/ Is It Really Worth All the Trouble? en-us 2005-04-05T06:57:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/019092.html RSS feed works just fine. Just takes Yahoo! 24 hours or so to catch on. Mad props to the U. Libraries Blog Squad.... Notices webs0080 2005-04-05T06:57:33-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/018999.html For some reason, the RSS feeds from the U.'s blogserver do not seem to syndicate properly to Yahoo! I am sure that greater minds than mine are hard at work on the problem. Oddly, the other blog feeds, LiveJournal, DeadJournal,... Notices webs0080 2005-04-04T07:33:19-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/015944.html The U Blog system has been good to me. It has turned me into a MovableType convert. Last I checked, the number of comments this blog had garnered placed it in the top 20 or so of all the U... Notices webs0080 2005-02-15T08:25:04-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/014609.html I have been falling behind on my blogging. It is interesting (to me, anyhow) that no sooner do I make a space for it at mayoreric.com, I seem to lose interest in it. It may well be that I have... Grad School Purgatory webs0080 2005-01-26T05:18:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/014349.html The snowthrower has been idle so far this season. I am not entirely sure the thing is a snowthrower and not a snowblower. It is the more powerful of the two, and I think that is the thrower. It has... House and Home webs0080 2005-01-22T07:41:55-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013972.html Yes it is true that I have had my nose to an academic grindstone for a long time. As an undergrad at Maryland, I took summer and winter courses each year in addition to a full courseload during the semester... Grad School Purgatory webs0080 2005-01-17T11:32:49-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013969.html At one of the many low points of the past semester, I entered a seminar. This seminar was one where openness and honesty were actively encouraged. While the course is intended to be more practical than theoretical, the conversations often... Grad School Purgatory webs0080 2005-01-17T10:46:02-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013927.html Last year, I and a colleague met with two professors for lunch. We went to this Chinese-Vietnamese place across the street from the Carlson School. It was cheap, and they had a buffet. This indicates that the professors were buying.... Grad School Purgatory webs0080 2005-01-15T12:53:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013921.html I heartily endorse a visit to the Mental Health Clinic as a source of literary inspiration. Since silence is implicitly (at least) imposed on clients, they have the opportunity to observe humankind at its most frail. The people a writer... Grad School Purgatory webs0080 2005-01-15T09:09:38-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013885.html People cannot know whether Ph.D. programs are right for them until they try them. Period. Even if all your friends can have Ph.D.'s, only by sharing seminars and discussions with peers genuinely suited for the task can you see whether... Grad School Purgatory webs0080 2005-01-14T07:29:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013651.html The U. has made some features in its MT installation available to Mac users like myself which have been available to the Wintel crowd for some time. They are supposed to make boldface, italic, underline and urls more or less... Rants webs0080 2005-01-11T07:37:30-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013650.html I can't say I know what exactly is going on over at Generation Bob. All I can say is that a book is more like a tattoo than a balloon. And that blog content is easily exportable to book form.... Open Letters webs0080 2005-01-11T07:22:32-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013602.html We set off for Cabela's to pursue a huge sale on Gore-Tex. That material is de rigeur for canoe camping in the Boundary Waters, since it appears true that it is always raining there. When it is not snowing that... webs0080 2005-01-10T07:25:02-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013547.html I am sober now. Roomie heroically drove out in the sub-freezing temperatures on the chance that she would see me exit the Loring Pasta Bar. This is what is known as True Love, especially since we have been out of... Rants webs0080 2005-01-08T08:41:25-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/webs0080/posts/013447.html I rub my eyes at 7:43 this evening and wonder why I am so tired. Oh that's right: I woke up at 2:07, 3:07, 4:07 and 5:07 this morning. At 9:35 this morning, I walked in the 2 degree weather... webs0080 2005-01-05T20:47:27-06:00