Jill

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haggis colitis (or; a week of grant writing)

I’m very bored by the blog transfer thing, I’m afraid. So I still haven’t managed to export my old blog posts in a format that my new blog will accept. I should probably incrementally upgrade my old WordPress 2 install to the […]

into the blogosphere

The Into The Blogosphere collection of essays on blogging is out, and many of the essays look really interesting. There are several on narrative, fictional and other literary aspects of blogs, among other things.

student work!

A selection of rather wonderful student projects, with lots of creativity and skill and obvious enjoyment: Sykkelturen 2004: Documenting and promoting three lads cycling from the North Cape to Sicily. Turan.dot: A presentation of the opera. Project Mayhem: A fiction piece (thank […]

blog fiction 2

‘nother article about blog fiction. Via Lisbeth. No blogging till tasks completed. Link only. Be good. Work hard.

to do before leaving

finalise curriculum for autumn’s course on networked culture send compendium for autumn’s course to Studia for copying finish grading discuss grades with external examiner fill out grade forms pack edit paragraphs for funding app. mow lawn do dishes empty rubbish bin and […]

my upstairs neighbour

“I’m so glad to have you around,” she says, just as I start to tell her I’m leaving again. “You spend more time away than at home,” she says accusingly, but still brings in my mail, lovingly sorting it into neat piles […]

linking

Reading that Google recommends a single webpage has a “reasonable number of links (fewer than 100)”, Gina made a bookmarklet that’ll tell you how many links a page you’re reading has. This page, before I post this post, has far too many […]

US Patriot Act against artists

The FBI has subpoenaed several artists and art professors after Steve Kurtz was detained and had his (biological) art supplies confiscated. The FBI is using the US Patriot act’s paragraphs against bioterrorism. The mailing lists are abuzz (rhizome, fibreculture, nettime etc) – […]