That’s the question current and former Bush Administration officials are raising about Scott McClellan’s book on his time in the Bush White House. In the book, McClellan has harsh words for Bush and his administration, calling the war in Iraq misguided. He claims to still have great respect for the president, but makes […]
I’ve been thinking about how to classify Wii Fit and its accompanying Wii Balance Board. The Balance Board was easier than the software. Simply, it’s a device, just like a game controller. It sends signals to the system; the system’s software translates those signals into the game. It’s not a fitness […]
While the evidence is largely anecdotal, it seems that there is a potential trend abrew: colleges dropping standardized tests (SAT and ACT) from their admission requirements. It’s a bold move, but one that can only help students. Here’s why.
1. The standardized test industry is big business! Test companies develop the […]
I went to college here for 4 years, and I never once recall hearing about “Brat Fest“. Then, I start working, and it’s like I can’t escape it. Evidently, every Memorial Day weekend, thousands of people converge on the Alliant Energy Center parking lot to eat bratwurst sausages and consume beer and other […]
Oh my, the world of academia is once again open to me! I can’t yet sign up for classes (not until summer sometime, apparently), but I’ve been looking to my heart’s content. How do some of these class titles grab you?
Public, Community, and Alternative Media
Communication for Complex Organizations
Mass Media and Youth
Rhetoric and Technology
To […]
Sitting right now, in the trunk of my car, is the gaming release of the year for Lauren and me. Since being announced at last year’s E3, we have been salivating for its release. Wii Fit, we feel, is a surefire hit.
I arrived at Target this morning shortly after 8, hoping […]
Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama split last night’s contests. She took Kentucky, and he took Oregon. And true, she won Kentucky, and earlier West Virginia, by very healthy margins. But the trouble for Ms. Clinton is that she hasn’t won enough, or early enough, to become the party’s nominee. I am […]
If you are starting a company or looking to expand, you may want to start adhering to some of the new building trends sweeping the world: making your buildings have as small an ecological footprint as possible. Here’re some thoughts on this subject!
1. Allow employees to work from home for a certain percentage […]
As I have already notified my place of work, I will now notify you. For those of you previously unaware (and there can’t be many of you), I am going to graduate school starting fall of 2008. I will be quitting my current job on July 3 and beginning a new job (as […]
It’s National Bike To Work week, which has brought out a fair number of bicyclers around Madison. Today, while following one of these riders, I noticed a very disturbing action. In fact, it’s one I saw repeated a few weeks ago. Bicyclers these days don’t seem to know how to properly signal […]
Israel is celebrating their 60th anniversary as the most controversial nation on the planet. No nation in current existence has more debate about whether or not it deserves statehood. And while other nations are rife with conflict (the Balkans, other former Soviet-Bloc nations, Kashmir, et cetera), no nation on earth exists with such […]
Amazingly, Democrats have won their third special House election in a row. This most recent one, like the others, was in a heavily Republican district. Greg Davis, the Republican, was defeated handily by Democrat Travis Childers. So cheers for those of us who vote Democratic. Come November, even if John McCain […]
Charter Communications has announced a plan to start spying on users’ traffic, as a way to insert “targeted” ads onto websites.
Please read this blog post and act!
I had a thought-provoking conversation with someone while I was traveling for work last week. She and I seem to align quite closely on a lot of issues relating to work, and it was nice to get the perspective of someone who has been in the corporate world for many more years than me. […]
I’m not saying that the recent troubles of American car companies stem from their poor names, but surely calling your call the “Fusion”, “HHR”, “Five Hundred”, or “PT Cruiser” cannot be helping sales. The funny thing is that I don’t think it’s all that hard to come up with names that are a lot […]