http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog Jen Michaels' Blog about TechRhet, Horses, Cheapdom, and Other Stuff Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:17:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en @aimeeknight I love the use of the "what is"/5W's word in the theme question. Thanks for the tip! # Scott DeWitt describing research as "optimistic view of being wrong," recasting error as discovery not dangerous mistake # All OSU English 110 courses to be "themed" but it's "theme" as question, not restriction. ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=354 Inspired by @kevinrose's worm bin vid! Cutting up newspaper to start my own, bought $4 plastic bins at Big Lots, worms added 2morrow! # How to restore your print/printer drivers after a Mac Time Machine restore http://post.ly/stez # @terryfreedman English 110 is Ohio State U's freshman comp class. There is a ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=353 A few weeks ago, I upgraded the hard drive in Mac (running OS X Leopard 10.5.8) and used Time Machine to restore the data and settings from my old hard drive. The problem--which I had read about and predicted before the hard drive switch--is that Time Machine doesn't bring your ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=352 Cleaning up hubby's old PC to donate to my horse trainer's rescue org. 5 hours of reinstall/add open source software/optimize, still doin'! # Just realized that Tweeps prob. think I am techrhet/pedagogy 24/7 and Facebook followers prob. think I ride horses 24/7. # Board members just introduced me to the I D ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=351 Secret's out among my grad student buds re: my jillion textbook exam copies from lectureship days. Ironically, I hope textbooks go extinct. # RT @sesamestreet: Cookie Monster: You know how dey say some people “devour” books? Not in da way ME do! Me REALLY devour books! # @kit804 Hi and welcome to ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=350 RT @betajames: Free-access online journals connected with writing studies http://bit.ly/awgyHQ I edit one of these journals so must RT) # [iAntivirus FTW!] RT @MakeUseOf: Try These Two Free Antivirus Programs For Mac OS X http://muo.fm/cCXoQQ # RT @shannonmmiller: CHECK THIS OUT....New social media tools wiki @ http://ow.ly/2iBRD by @joycevalenza [No seriously, ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=349 @trauman On upside, the Posterous v. Tumblr debate is good case study for undergrad Business Writing students. # @trauman I so wish that @posterous had Tumblr's design sense. Getting better w/ downloadable themes at posterize.us but can't touch Tumblr. # I recc'd @posterous also to a 501c3 yesterday. Needed easy to learn/comment-enabled/cell-friendly ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=348 Thanks to CrockPot365, I’ve become increasingly addicted to making homemade yogurt in the crock pot. There’s only two people in our house, so it’s not unusual to have a quarter or half gallon of milk that’s a few days from going bad, and making it into yogurt saves me ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=347 RT @kylepace: Checking out SlideSix and how to use it in the classroom... http://ow.ly/2bqPr Thanks @rmbyrne! #edtech [OMG, finally this!] # RT @timoreilly: Corner stores as social hubs http://bit.ly/bNZnV2 via @CodeforAmerica @GOOD [AMEN on CSA access "around corner" from home.] # Re @chronicle piece on faculty office windows http://bit.ly/d5A2cS -- Staff are ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=346 Suffered 3 days w/ poison ivy on chin. Finally got fed up and rubbed Fels Naphtha laundry soap on it. Immediately stopped itching, dried up. # Cheers ring through OSU's Thompson Library as eclectic crowd in Buckeye Cafe watches World Cup. A welcome, charming distraction from study. # Great digital rhetoric: http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/ ... http://www.jenmichaels.net/blog/?p=345