How cool is Marvel for doing this? [Via Gizmodo] Marvel Creates Deaf Superhero So Little Boy Will Wear His Hearing Aid. Marvel Comics has a new character with a unique inspiration—a little boy. Four-year-old comic book fan Anthony Smith was born without a right ear and only partial hearing in his left. He needs the…
Snag an Apple $100 iTunes Gift Card for $80 today ONLY. Best Buy will only offer this deal every 4 months or so, which is why it is a great deal to snag while you have the chance. The great thing about these gift cards is that you can use them for iTunes purchases on…
When I teach a course like “Gender and Film,” I constantly struggle with the best method to approach White male privilege without alienating my White male students. I do want my students to recognize that American culture allows people of privilege to go about their lives without questioning the systems that provide them with such…
I think it is important to consider the ownership you maintain over files and information you store within online services. This article from AppAdvice offers a good summary about your rights when storing things on several popular cloud services. [source: Who owns the information you store in the cloud?]
I find it odd that subscription cost is what prompts Harvard to propose a shift toward open-access publication, but I am excited by the benefits this may bring to the future of academic publishing. I wager that Harvard maintains the clout to bring “prestige” to a model centered on open-access. [Source: Harvard Library: subscriptions too costly,…
The days of minimal virus susceptibility for Macs are on the decline. Be sure to run this free piece of software to determine if your Mac is free of the Flashback Trojan. [Source: Flashback Checker for Mac to check for the Flashback Trojan]
I think I contracted this a while ago. I hope the brain damage is minimal.
I finally saw Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1. I declare this Robot Chicken parody to be far superior to anything I saw in that horrid film.
It has been over 20 years since Leo Bersani published “Is the Rectum a Grave?” in the journal October, and 15 years since we received his book Homos. I continually return to and think about these works on December 1st, when people speak about HIV & AIDS on World AIDS Day and remind us of an…
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