Well, not much progress to report since Friday. My blog is okay, Karen’s is half okay (it’s visible, but she can’t update), and Roger’s can’t be seen or modified. Roger did heroic work putting my sidebar back in shape after we upgraded our blog software. This was no small feat. Read more…
Well, it happened again. Yesterday, all three of our family blogs (mine, daughter Karen’s, and husband Roger’s) returned a 500 internal server error when you try to view them. Yes, we do use the same ISP, but oddly enough we are in separate accounts. Somebody had to go to a Read more…
As a textbook author, I try not to get too defensive when I read about how horrible textbook publishers are and how they rip off the student. As I’ve mentioned many times in this blog, many people do not understand the reasons behind the prices of today’s textbooks. One more Read more…
At the urging of my daughter Karen, a grad student in Public Relations, I have been experimenting a bit with using social media, namely Facebook and Twitter, as a way of interacting with students. I was also encouraged by a study by Joseph Mazer and his colleagues that suggested that Read more…
History.com has a very interesting description of the history of Valentine’s Day. According to the site, the Catholic Church recognizes three Saint Valentines, all of whom were martyred. One story has St. Valentine put to death for helping Christians escape from Roman prisons, and another has him performing marriages after Read more…