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When is a calorie not a calorie?
In other news, “The Hidden Truth about Calories” is both fascinating and, luckily, not just a rehash of other recent blogs and articles questioning the old wisdom “a calorie is a calorie.”
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Summer Soups
Ms. S. recently dubbed me the King of Soups. It’s possible that she was exaggerating; it’s possible that I misremember exactly what she said. But hyperbole or not, it’s true that soups have recently been “my thing.” Before this year … Continue reading
… and Dinosaurs … IN SPACE!
We always catch things a day late. Or several days late. It’s wibbly-wobbly-2012-DVR-timey-wimey stuff. And so: Sunday evening we got around to the latest Doctor Who episode, the delightful “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.” Talk about truth in advertising.
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“The Future Won’t Look Like This […]”: a snippet of commentary
The A.V. Club has a list of 11 unintentionally ridiculous depictions of virtual reality, which the commentors find intriguing primarily for what is not included (e.g. Unix-girl in Jurassic Park, which then inspired a spirited defense, etc.), and I’d add Hackers, … Continue reading
“Primer” meets “The Prestige” … in the Bermuda Triangle
That’s “Triangle” (2009), which I played in the background while [1] S was at work (sorry … I wasn’t trying to be the deadbeat), [2] I was doing a little cleaning, [3] a cat insisted upon sitting on my lap … Continue reading
Web Projects #3: Framework Choice
I spent my time in Hungary and Romania, and later in Belgium. It was no surprise when, years later, a friend gave me a box set of Django Reinhardt’s early recordings. It’s 2012 and I’m looking forward to Tarantino’s latest/next, … Continue reading
Names are hard. Or not. (aka: TL;DR)
When I worked at the Journal of Asian Studies and re-developed their books and book reviews database as a Django application what took me the longest—perhaps discounting procrastination—was not the actual coding or testing, both of which went rather quickly … Continue reading
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Web Projects #2: Language Choice
When I began my web apps back in 2007 I was adamant about a few things but quite flexible regarding others. I cared about the integrity of my data: I would not be using MySQL, and SQLite was for testing, … Continue reading
Various and Sundry, the First
A new month, new … obligations? Tasks? Goals? January 1st ‘the goal,’ such as it was, was to do a drawing-per-day. That lasted until February 4th. One or two days in there I may have ‘missed’ my scheduled sketch, done … Continue reading
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Tagged Kant, Killing Joke, Sweat Home Alabama, Whiskey, X-Men
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Recapping the Synthetic and Dialectical
In my current GN 265 (German Literature in Translation, 19th & 20th centuries) course we are preparing a second short essay as well as final papers; this is an opportunity to return to discussing different types of writing styles for … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Writing
Tagged Death in Venice, Hegel, Heidegger, Hesse, Kafka, Martyrs, Rilke, Steppenwolf
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