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No idea my english teacher could have this much affect on me and my writing. Everything I write now on Pages Are Social and my paper that is due Friday I end up giving up on. I have never doubted my writing skills before, ever.
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as a literature/creative writing grad, and former writing assistant, if you are feeling this way about it, they are not doing their job. :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
+1 T. Brent. Write and love it.
- SAM
babe, you are a great writer, dont let her get to you. she's psychotic. I'm a good writer, and she did the same thing to me. That is exactly what she is trying to do. I know its hard, but dont let her get to you. Try to turn it into a positive thing. prove her wrong. because you KNOW you are a good writer. and just do it because you like to. dont worry about she who shall not be named lol.
- Marissa
'Cause English teachers fucking rock, that's why! WHAT, SON?
- nakachi
from fftogo
no teacher that makes you doubt yourself rocks,
- Marissa
It is actually quite amazing how much of an affect this is having on me. I mean, the professor gave me a B+ on my paper, her giving me a C just proves she was wrong (a 12 point difference is huge) but damn, everything i type/write I tear up into shreads
- Holden Page
someone once told me that those rules english teachers engrave on our foreheads need to be the very first things we forget. I wholeheartedly agree. I wrote a whole post about how, 30-plus years later, I still have to do battle with the english teacher demons who put my creativity in a box and slammed the lid down.
- Karoli
babe, dont do that. i know, easier said than done. i went through it too....but by doing it, you allow her to win. shes getting exactly what she wants right now. =[ you;re a really good writer . dont let her tell you otherwise
- Marissa
Depressed now, going to bed. Night all. My paper is not done and yet another post is not up on PAS. Whatev, I suppose. I'll get over it eventually. night all
- Holden Page
night babe.
- Marissa
What is 12 points in english... 12 points = not english
- SAM
Chin up champ.
- SAM
Don't worry about PAS
- Jimminy
Dont worry about any of it =D you're amazing, thats all that matters. things will work out, promise
- Marissa
there there...Shawny's here...overeducated I haz it
- sofarsoShawn
Take it from one more pro: Nothing wrong with your writing that I can see. Is she jealous that you're already getting paid for it while you're still in HS?
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
A thight: Clear this with your college counselor, but if she doesn't grade you fairly, you might consider having Louis and/or a bunch of folks you know in the blogosphere put a letter in your transcript explaining that as professonal evaluators of your writing they have a difference of opinion from this teacher's.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
Holden - my advice is to just write as best you can. Thats all you can do. Remember - we define ourselves by what we do, not by what other people think.
- Roberto Bonini
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Robert Scoble Haz Famous. Featured Quote on RWW - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
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"We asked technology journalist Robert Scoble what he thought of the dilemma and his opinion was pretty clear. "If Twitter wants to be a platform they have to behave like a platform," he said. "Don't be king-makers, let the marketplace choose the winners. If they are going to say nobody should study the data because we're going to sell that, that's not being a platform. Twitter tries to pick the winners and it pisses me off. They admit that they are king-makers. All that does is make everyone vote against them and hope a competitor comes around."
- Micah Wittman
:)
- Micah Wittman
And he's right. They want to have their TweetCake and eat it too.
- Micah Wittman
I thought Scoble's quote was the money quote, hands down. Called Twitter out for wanting all the control while they swear they don't.
- Karoli
And surprise, surprise: tweetcake.com is already registered (indeed, you'll see that most famous stock image girl parking page).
- Micah Wittman
sounds like he's bout to do another one of his bi-polar switcheroos
- sofarsoShawn
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML to See-ming's feed, SML Fine Art, Crazy is Good, SML Universe, WTF?!, Architecture, Architectural & Interior Design, GLOBAL ART, ART ROOMََََ, Creative Design
Galleries - 15 Amazing Futuristic City Building Designs #architecture #forms #crazyisgood - http://supertremendous.com/Galleri...
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wow wow wow
- DiscoThing
from email
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Lithium clue for planet-hunters - http://bigstarlet.posterous.com/bbc-new...
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via news.bbc.co.uk A survey of stars known to possess planets shows the vast majority to be severely depleted in lithium. To date, scientists have detected just over 420 worlds circling other stars using a range of techniques. Garik Israelian and colleagues tell the journal Nature that future pl ...
- Helen Sventitsky
from Posterous
amazing, thanks for the link.
- Mahmood Padura
WOW.
- Mona Nomura
Beautiful, isn't it?
- Helen Sventitsky
Yes Helen, it is :) do you ever go to astronomy picture of the day APOD website?
- David Gross
from email
I'm a fan of the ones from NASA, myself. I should post more of those, as well. :D
- Helen Sventitsky
I used to use the bookmarklet to post them from http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod... today's is nice, I will post it now :)
- David Gross
from email
Doo eet! :D
- Helen Sventitsky
did eet lol :) hey what happens when I add your name? is it posted on your feed or sent as a message? lol
- David Gross
David, it's sent as a Direct Message. :)
- Helen Sventitsky
Helen, I liked that blue sun in that archive. Have you seen it too?
- Mahmood Padura
Thats pretty cool Helen :)
- David Gross
from email
"The Internet is not about technology; it's about communication. The Internet connects people who have shared interests, ideas and needs, regardless of geography." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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Absolutely.
- Mark Krynsky
*salute*
- Mo Kargas
I like it, but I think it doesn't go far enough. The telephone allows you to communicate. But when you hang up the phone the call is gone. The internet has persistent objects that can be manipulated, so it is also about cooperation and collaboration.
- Neil Kandalgaonkar
Technology sure makes that communication much easier, though. Long live Friendfeed!
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
FWD: @scobleizer
- directeur
I always thought the Internet was for porn. At least that's what I learned one year at SXSW.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, you still owe us (me and Joge) $5000, btw ;-)
- directeur
I think porn falls under the connecting people with shared interests and needs. ;-)
- Brian Sullivan
Hmmm -- I think saying the" internet is not about technology, it's about the communication" is like saying driving is not about the car, it's about the journey. I like John Dupuis' way of putting it -- the communication part was an emergent property -- Michael Neilson has interesting things to say on this topic, too, but I've gotta dash so I'll link later.
- Mickey Schafer
YAY, I love the internet. Couldn't agree more. GLOBAL unfettered communication amongst all peoples, socio-economic class, philosophy, etc. is what it's all about; whereas, the technology is there to support the communication layer. THAT is very important in the DESIGN of Information Systems.
- Susan Beebe
The following (wild) question just dawned on me: If in 1440—the approx. year of Gutenberg's press—a global electronic network had magically emerged instead, A) What purpose would the power structure at the time deem for it, and B) How would it actually be used within the first few decades? Hundred years?
- Micah Wittman
Micah, The Gideon Society would have saved a lot of money on printing costs and no need for this ====> http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Eric Logan
Eric, :) yes, that youtube vid is a classic.
- Micah Wittman
Any relation to Bret? :)
- April Buchheit
Neil: different communication formats have varying values for similar properties, such as bandwidth, delay, and rate of decay
- Mike Chelen
Neil: Good point about persistence, except that Twitter has objects called tweets that last only about 7 days ;)
- Alex Schleber
Alex: one compensating strength is that posts are publicly web accessible, allowing them to be independently mirrored
- Mike Chelen
High communication: words. Medium communication: pictures. Low communication: grunt, poke.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
Internet = TV + Radio + Books + Newspapers + Magazines + Telephone + Soapbox + [add your medium] = Media melting pot
- Ciro
Actually, the Internet may be about the incarnation of cosmic consciousness, and may not be primarily about anthropocentric intraspecies communication. I only half jest -- sometimes species are only vehicles that don't necessarily understand their function in the big picture, or what they are birthing. With the Internet, one senses something trying to pull itself together that is bigger than human.
- Sean McBride
let's say it again: it's. com. mu. ni. ca. tion. :)
- Alberto D'Ottavi
+1 Mike Chelen; to Ciro, Alberto -- conflating function, social value, and technology diminishes the ability to understand what the "internet" is/does/could be, etc. The internet is not portable; certain technological devices are. The infrastructure that supports portability is inconsistent; radio rarely is. It's very difficult to "listen" to books using the internet; the internet is...
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- Mickey Schafer
I agree with you 100% - The connections made here can't be made anywhere else! The transparency and accessibility of people, good people, is prevalent!
- Angels In Action
I didn't read all the comments above, but I don't think it's just communication. It's also about knowledge, data, availability of knowledge and data. creativity, etc... I'm afraid with this situation of lots of social networks people are a bit too preoccupied by the community-factor. Internet is more than that. Please don't forget that.
- Ton Zijp
To Mickey: 1. "The Internet is not portable; certain technological devices are." splitting hair...Give me the Internet without the "technological devices" as you call them. 2. "The infrastructure is inconsistent..." Video is video, audio is audio...otherwise the TV is also inconsistent and so is the radio and books, I digress on this one. 3. " And I believe it is actually important to...
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- Ciro
Ton, I agree! Ciro -- As someone who teaches undergrads who have to use technology and the net, I can't afford to be blithe about "they can if they want to". One of my interests is the relationship between discourse and behavior, so for kicks, I conducted a survey last year to get a feel for how students related to tech developmentally. One overwhelming result was that sometime during...
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- Mickey Schafer
I don't agree. Technology IS COMMUNICATION. Please consider W.J. Ong's Orality & Literacy or Pierre Levy's essays. Our literacy is still evolving and that's possible just because we can write (and communicate) with different technologies. So... Nice quote indeed, but wrong.
- Matteo Balocco
Bruce: language, art, and gestures are all forms of communication technology, each of which can be used to greater or lesser effect
- Mike Chelen
Internet is technology, great and simple technologies which work well and so you can focus on communications stuff
- Luca Zappa
Mickey: internet access may not yet be a universal commodity like paper, yet this property can shift rapidly in degree, redefining its qualities. regarding user expectations, to some extent this may be addressed through improved software design, for example google docs automatically save every few seconds
- Mike Chelen
Matteo: is that different from saying that all communication is a form of technology?
- Mike Chelen
Mike, I'm afraid it is different. While communication is a natural competence shared by all the living beings, technology is just an optional layer for just a niche of them. So we may say that all the technologies carry some informations (and we must consider them communication) but certainly not all communication is a form of technology.
- Matteo Balocco
However we agree that this is nothing more than an academic discussion. The quote by Taylor is still really good for some slideshows. :)
- Matteo Balocco
Mickey, thanks for your feedback. I don't disagree with any of your latest observations regarding the importance of keeping machine (medium) and internet (content) separate and the dangers of not doing so...My point was simply directed at the idea that in the context of pure content utilization, the hardware such as the cables (or airwaves) as transport media and content presentation...
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- Ciro
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Last mile for PubSubHubbub
- Brett Slatkin
Tried it with http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspo... but feedburner feed not recognized.
- Lode Nachtergaele
Michael Kamen's Concerto for Saxophone - featuring David Sanborn (1st movement): http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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AFP: Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello - http://www.google.com/hostedn...
Karoli liked this
Well that's just stupid. Google didn't create the profiles - sue the fake profile creators instead...
- Sparky Crocker
#wtf that *is* stupid.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Sexual positions (for the lonely and the loveless) - http://i.imgur.com/4YHEt.jpg
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Carlos Castaneda - 1968 radio interview http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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If The WSJ.com Says Goodbye To Google, It Will Also Say Goodbye To 25 Percent Of Its Traffic - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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Folded Paper Art is...How the Hell? | Mick Landers - http://www.micklanders.com/2009...
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RT @jakebrewer: Finding http://capitolcircle.com to be very useful list of real-time news, tweets, video, blog posts. Well done even in ...
Karoli liked this
Project - Windshape - Architizer - Empowering Architecture: architects, buildings, interior design, materials, jobs, competitions, design schools - http://www.architizer.com/en_us...
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Leonid Afremov Painting by CubeMe - http://cubeme.com/blog...
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Landscapes by Leonid Afremov
- Wins Fern
from Bookmarklet
awesome..
- merve şenoymak
reminds me of Franz Marc, my favorite artist. Great color and balance.
- echostreamer
Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
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Gillmor Gang 11.05.09 - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Headed to the NewsGang studio for today's Gillmor Gang
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Are there downloadable mp3's of these these days?
- Ted Gilchrist
Some guy named 'Jack' has a bootleg feed -- otherwise you can stream them from YouTube.
- Cliff Gerrish
what time is it starting?
- Chris Jackson
We're getting set up right now. We're running a little late.
- Cliff Gerrish
As much as I love to watch Steve on video, I miss the audio. I can't successfully ride my bike and watch You Tube.
- Ted Gilchrist
Thanks for the Jack tip. Gotta love that Google search. Scuse me, while I hop on my bike ...
- Ted Gilchrist
Trying to remove myself from TV/news. I think I have watched nonstop news since 2pm.
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How are you doing today, Michelle?
- Trish R
I am fine, Trish. Things seem different here, though. Maybe it is in my mind, I don't know.
- Michelle Martinez
I'm sure you're not imagining it. The entire area is traumatized, in shock and mourning.
- Trish R
Buggs - Boston Terrier and Pug Mixes - Are Sweeping the Nation - http://www.pawnation.com/2009...
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"First came puggles and labradoodles. Then, inexplicably, the goldendoodles. (Can anyone explain how that second 'd' in 'goldendoodle' makes sense?) But if you were afraid that the world had exhausted its ability to deliver new, ridiculous names for mixed-breed dogs, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Buggs have arrived on the scene. Buggs, in case you aren't yet up to speed, are Boston-terrier/pug mixes. While buggs (along with puggles and the like) are just fancy names for crossbreed mutts, we can't deny that they're really freakin' adorable. Some buggs have an undeniably pug-like pucker, while others have obvious terrier tendencies. None of them, thankfully, look like insects."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
I've seen tons lately. They are soooo cute!
- Shevonne
x_x
- Derrick
almost cuter than my parents' cock-a-poo... :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
i saw a chihuahua lab mix once and wanted to steal that thing.
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch
frenchy-bos, just sayin!
- Jason
At least the boston/pug mix is a little more natural-feeling, though I can't imagine it being an especially good blend from a health standpoint. Puggles at least got the benefit of the longer nose from the beagle, but in this case, they're just enough alike to be cute but not different enough to improve both breeds' disadvantages. Pugs, by the way, are the best dogs on the planet. Even when they're chewing my slippers.
- Karoli
CNN source: Fort Hood shooter is a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent.
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His cousin was interviewed on FoxNews and somewhat disputes this. Says he was born in America of American parents.
- Craig Eddy
Craig a lot of things don't make sense about this. But they haven't answered a question I asked earlier. I think the divisions in this country are going to make it difficult to get the real answers.
- Melanie Reed
Where is the interview with the psychiatrist to whom he reported for accountability? All psychs are required to do this. CNN is missing that crucial point (although covering everything else fairly well) big time.
- Melanie Reed
If he was reporting to one. Are they telling us that on a base that has a high rate of combat stress situations, there is no backup, no failsafe framework in place to check all personnel in highly volatile situations? Even doctors in general practice have this backup
- Melanie Reed
Melanie, there have been published interviews with his supervising psychiatrists, but they can't say anything publicly because of HIPAA.
- Glen Campbell
Glenn, aye, that's the rub isn't it? I think many would pin that tail on the donkey and say ok, under stress and there you go. It certainly would help calm fears from many who want to go the way of those wanting to play the religious concern. You have a country whose fears are brewing. Not a good thing
- Melanie Reed
The convenience store video playing now is not helping. And she's saying it right now: "This is not the day of prayer so I find it odd that he is wearing his garb." But then she says it is possible that he was praying. Now before 9/11 that is exactly what they had done before they did it and admitted to it. So no, that is not helping diffuse the situation, is it.
- Melanie Reed
Investigators now say that "substantial planning was indicated" because of the type guns used and the number of rounds brought with him.
- Melanie Reed
I have been lucky enough to not have set foot in a DMV office for 12 or more years. I expected poor customer service, long lines, frustration... I made a advanced appointment, arrived. The people were friendly, helpful and when I had my picture taken even asked if was ok, would I like a redo. Redo? Really? Is this the DMV where terrible pictures...
...which is why i really hate it when the DMV is held up as some evil govt agency. DMV employees went above and beyond for me a couple of years ago. I won't forget that soon.
- Karoli
People who think the DMV is the devil have obviously never had to deal with the Department of Human Resources here in Atlanta. You would think people working to improve the lives of those that need help would be nice, but you would be horribly mistaken.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Geez. Wanna get depressed fast? Do a Twitter search with the hashtags "tcot" and "forthood". I wonder when these fools will start clamoring for a purge in the military for all Muslims.
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I know...Rene & I were talking about that earlier. Talk about feeding the fringe in a major way. I felt like I was in the movie Crash. WHY did his name have to be Malik Hassan?! *sigh*
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
You know it will happen ...
- Rene Wirtz
tcot, The Crazies on Twitter? Pffftt, what did you expect?
- jcunwired
From the raving neocons? Certainly not intelligence.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I made the mistake of popping those terms into Seesmic Desktop. Never making that mistake again. I can't decide who pisses them off more: the shooter, Muslims, or Fox News for not naming the shooter immediately.
- Steven Perez
Oh, and Hasan was a psychiatrist. Wanna bet that fringers will say he was trying to brainwash soldiers into turning into terrorists.
- Rene Wirtz
The second I saw the suspect's name, I cringed for the Muslim world. :((((
- rowlikeagirl
Yeah, I'd almost think it was a setup just so that people WOULD cry terrorist Muslim....
- Her Lindsay-ness
I don't know why the nature of the gunman's name or his religion would matter. The stress of military service can crack anyone. There have even other incidents, even at Fort Hood, where the shooters religion or ethnicity made no bearing on the outcome. It's a shame people are so hell bent on religious persecution than being rational about this. Regardless, at the end of the day, my thoughts and concerns are with those who are recently bereaved.
- Mo Kargas
+a bajillion Mo Kargas.
- Maxamad
Indeed Mo...I agree with you on the count of the victims' families.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I think this one is my "favorite": "RT @FreedomRing: RT @SwiftRead: Don't insult my intellig. #FortHood: #Hassan anti-USA #Muslim + wntd 2 end war & attackd rdy 2 deploy #tcot" http://twitter.com/kimclif... I'm not even sure what the heck it means, other than someone is angry.
- Steven Perez
tcot has been a cesspool for over a year. it is a tag you want to filter, not read. horrid stuff.
- Karoli
Judging from what I have seen today, I wholeheartedly agree. If I ever needed a standing definition of a self-fulfilling prophecy, these wingnuts fit the bill.
- Steven Perez
Near-final Thunderbird 3 due next week (Stephen Shankland/CNET News) - http://www.techmeme.com/091105...
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