Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s a crisp Friday here in North Dakotaland, but a good day to hang out on the lap top and produce some varia and quick hits…
I just wish there was some good news coming out of Greece these days, rather than stories like this (via Dimitri Nakassis).
For those of you who don’t know, check out the homepage love for this years Cyprus Research Fund lecture, Kostis Kourelis. His talk is Monday, November 14th at 4 pm in the East Asia Room.
The history of the Old-Fashioned. I displayed my ignorance the other night not even knowing what an Old-Fashioned glass looked like. (via Matt Mazur).
This is a great Kickstarter project designed to document suitcases left behind at the Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York. It is obviously archaeological.
There is more to this story than meets the eye. UND students might have the most debt on graduation but this is not a product of UND’s cost, but rules that make it more difficult for farming families to get financial aide and the high cost of fees associated with the College of Airplane Flying.
How did I miss another 15 minutes of fame from Richard Rothaus? This is how you have fun with an old house (living in one is less fun).
For someone who purports to support conservative values, ole Rush Limbaugh is pretty unsympathetic to the study of Classics – the most traditional and conservative field in the academy.
This is a nice effort to collect the story of the “Occupy” movement. It would be interesting to know how they are archiving the social media component of this movement.
What I’m reading: K. Fitzpatrick, Planned Obsolescence: Publishing Technology and the Future of the Academy. (New York 2011).
What I’m listening to: Frightened Rabbit, The Midnight Organ Fight, Hunters and Collectors, Human Frailty.
My latest tour vehicle:
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