UPDATE: Finished that report I just finished that last referee report that I posted about a few days ago, so that invitation to yell at me is now off the table. However, something funny happened today. I just received another request to referee a paper. So now you may yell at me in two weeks if I ...
When I started teaching and having service duties, I started going to those major-information-day-events. I’ve compiled materials over the past few years that I use at those fairs, and I thought it would be good to start sharing those with the philosophical community. I also occasionally have students who come to me with a dilemma. They ...
UPDATE: [Finished the Report] I was just asked to referee a paper for another journal. You know the drill. If after two weeks (March 9), I haven’t updated this post saying that I have finished the report…you may yell at me. ...
Zotero 1.5 just launched their beta version. I’ve been playing around with a preview version of this. It was awesome then, and it looks like the beta version is loaded with even more goodies. ...
For those of you who subscribe to my blog, sorry about all of those test posts. I was trying to get a plugin called “Postmaster” to work, and I’m still having problems. Here’s a picture of Simon reading that should make up for the inconvenience. Evidently, Lecture II is delicious. ...
Mark Shuttleworth announced Ubuntu 9.10 (aka Karmic Koala) today. It looks like there’s going to be some heavy emphasis on streamlining it so that it works even better with netbooks. Ubuntu already works great with netbooks. In fact, I think Linux actually spawned the netbook craze that peaked around Christmas last year. So this is exciting ...
I opened a spreadsheet in google docs today and discovered that I can now edit my google doc spreadsheets from the google phone! Google was heavily criticized for not hitting the ground with this kind of functionality. I’m glad to see they’re so quick to work on this. This really opens up the phone for some useful ...
The A.J. Ayer vs. Mike Tyson story may not be news to a lot of philosophers. It seems to come up often whenever philosophers go out for drinks. In fact, it came up tonight after Kris McDaniel’s talk. But I was thinking it would be cool if, somehow, the page from his biography that recaps the ...
For all of you local readers, Kris McDaniel (Syracuse University) is coming to campus on Monday to give a talk to the Fredonia Philosophical Society. He is a great philosopher, and an outstanding speaker. You can check out his CV and some of his papers here. This is a must see if you’re really into philosophy ...
Free services like Qipit and Evernote are awesome for academia, and the Google Phone really unlocks their power. It’s like having a high quality Xerox machine in your pocket. How These Services Work I’ll focus on Qipit. First, set up an account with Qipit and give them your email address. Next, snap a picture of something you ...