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: September 2008
New research on Internet addiction coming from Canada
Psychologists at the University of Montreal will soon begin studying Internet addiction. Their study will focus on teens who don’t leave home, who don’t have relationships with other human beings and who “only speak in the language of the characters they play iwth in network video games” — no doubt a subtle prod at MMORPGs, [...]
Posted in The Human Condition Tagged addiction, Chronicle of Higher Education, Internet addiction, Loise Nadeau, MMORPG, psychology, University of Montreal, World of Warcraft Comments closed
Government likely to antitrust Google
The Justice Department may sue Google over its upcoming advertising partnership with Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. The department has hired high-profile lawyer Sandford Litvack and has been deposing witnesses and gathering documents about the deal for weeks. Under the ad partnership, Yahoo would show the valuable Google ads along with its own ads. The [...]
Posted in Internet News Tagged Bloomberg, Department of Justice, google, Wall Street Journal, yahoo Comments closed
Elemental Stylism
Jonathan Yardley at the Washington Post wrote a little praise for Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style a couple of days ago, which drew some criticism from Jan Freeman at the Boston Globe and some follow-up criticism from various bloggers across the Web. It make me think about the “little book.” I’ve owned a copy [...]
Posted in Print Culture Tagged books, Boston Globe, Elements of Style, Jan Freeman, Jonathan Yardley, language, Washington Post, writing Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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