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What I'm Reading
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?CBS News | Aug 30, 2010Apple has scheduled a big event for Wednesday. CBS News speculates on the company's coming announcements.
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?New York Times | Aug 25, 2010Some psychologists believe preschoolers can experience bouts of depression, this New York Times report says.
- Electronic Arts stands by Medal of Honor Taliban featureCNET | Aug 25, 2010EA defends the ability to play as Taliban soldiers in the upcoming "Medal of Honor" game.
- Twitter’s not stupid – you just have boring friendswww.andrewdubber.com | Aug 16, 2010A nice look at how to get the most out of Twitter and refutation of some common Twitter complaints.
- Is 3-D dead in the water? A box-office analysisSlate | Aug 24, 2010Slate magazine looks at whether people are happy with just two dimensions in their movies, thank you very much.
- Apple to Unveil its Next Move in Music?
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My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Global Warming Thanksgiving
I was watching An Inconvenient Truth this morning when our narrator Al Gore mentioned something that caught my attention (Well, all of it caught my attention, but this caught it in particular). Gore mentioned that global warming can have an effect on when particular species hatch for the summer. Sometimes, the hatching does not coincide [...]
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University Salaries
An article in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle today reports that Montana State University is facing an employee retention crisis. Many jobs at the university are vacant–a full third of the custodial positions are open and the university is having a hard time staffing its police force. Rent in the Bozeman area is so high ($1,423) [...]
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Wikipedia and Robert Miller
Okay, I have been reading Robert Miller’s Writing at the End of the World this weekend, and looking back at the title my last post, I’m intrigued. Miller talks about picking up the pieces after an apocalypse, like 9/11 or the Oklahoma City bombings. The ruins and detritus of civilization tell much about the way [...]
Knowledge in the Dumps
What happens to the articles Wikipedia rejects? Most disappear forever into the Recycle Bins of history, but a few articles have found a second life at The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump. The blog, created by Dr. Cliff Pickover, takes submissions from people who are about to have their articles tossed by the Wikipedia–something the site does [...]
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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