2009 01 01 tweets
Spent the last two days in Monterey, recovering from the MLA, the holiday season, the year. A bit of writing before we head home.
Home sweet home. Just wish I hadn't brought this stupid cold/sinus infection/whatever with me.
New blog post: Retreat, Advance http://tinyurl.com/8hoztg
New blog post: Probably Unrelated Observations http://tinyurl.com/a7q76o
Replying to @academicdave and @chutry
In Louisiana, it at least used to be true that you could buy beer after noon on Sunday, but not wine or liquor.
New blog post: Edit Scrivenings http://tinyurl.com/8htc95
Replying to @kfitz
@jayrosen_nyu: Twitter uncovers bits of collective unconscious. Three unrelated tweets in a row mention Virginia, or tacos? Something's up.
Just lost a morning's worth of work. And it was no doubt the most brilliant work I've ever done, or will ever do.
Replying to @briancroxall
Thanks. I'm searching around to see if there are temp files stashed somewhere, but no dice. I'm too nervous to go forward yet.
Replying to @fearv
yeah, I'm working in Scrivener. I have a backup from before I started this morning and am now reconstructing today's work.
...but it will never be as good. [/whine]
Replying to @academicdave
That's what I thought. Appears that one rtfd file in package is corrupted - got overwritten in crash by plist data?
Replying to @academicdave
cont: Posted full story to forum - http://tinyurl.com/8uujts Awaiting response...
Replying to @briancroxall
I'll say this for Scriv.: when Word has eaten a document, Bill Gates has never responded to my query or helped me sort it out.
\(Also, writing is going extremely well in this format\. I'm just becoming a bit more obsessive about creating frequent backups\.\)
Earthquake?
Replying to @zota
my cats, by contrast, were in mid-dinner and were sorely perturbed to be so interrupted.
5.0 1 mi s. of San Bernardino, according to USGS. Just as Metrolink passed right behind, so I honestly wasn't sure at first.
Replying to @bighandsome
I am right there with you. Give me a hurricane any day.
Replying to @fearv
A plan. Now there's an idea. How was it out there? Was not my favorite moment of the night, and I'm a fair bit further away than you.
Replying to @fearv
Same here. Hit just as train passed, but with one really hard jolt and then a couple following behind. Hoping that's the end of it.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
ooh. Fire pretty. :)
Replying to @halavais
if you haven't come up with a copy, let me know; I can probably find one for you.
Replying to @halavais
I think not, though it's been a while. I think you dump the CP folder in themes, plugins in plugins, activate & configure...
Mellon workshop on Media Studies in the Liberal Arts is about to begin. All participants seem to have made it to town. So far, so good!
Brilliant discussion of discipinarity v. interdisciplinarity in SLAC media studies curricula this morning in Mellon workshop.
Replying to @xina
That's my hope, though probably not until tomorrow afternoon sometime.
First trip to the gym since... eek! November?!? No wonder that felt so awful. I mean, good. No wonder that felt so good.
Replying to @amandafrench
I've been unable to load your blog all day in Firefox. Keep getting a connection interrupted/reset error message.
Replying to @chutry
I was there briefly last week. It was *dreamy*.
Replying to @amandafrench
Mine resolved more or less right after my last tweet. The power of twitter!
Replying to @mamamusings
It's VERY annoying. I keep hoping Apple will press service providers into reciprocal agreements. But not holding my breath. :(
Big things are in the works. The problem is that they move slowly and crowd out the little things. Hard to report on big things in progress.
grrr. asst registrar scheduled my 17 student class in a computer lab with 9 machines. glad I checked.
Have almost finished building the course websites -- except for the fact that I haven't finished building one class.
New blog post: Campus Collaborations http://tinyurl.com/ayh4cs
Replying to @shanakimball
Fabulous! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...
Oh. My. God.
I'm completely drained. What a morning. Now a valiant attempt to go back to work...
New blog post: MediaCommons http://tinyurl.com/89d5to
New blog post: Campus-Based Publishing http://tinyurl.com/ap4kq3
New blog post: Media in Transition http://tinyurl.com/cfgyqz
New blog post: While I'm At It http://tinyurl.com/arrayd
Replying to @therefore
Thanks! I'm pretty fired up about it.
Yes, I really did post three times in fifteen minutes. Very happy to have lots of small ideas again, but sorry they're coming in flurries.
Feeling excited about the semester, despite the usual yucky first day of classes in which I blather since I have no content to discuss yet.
Replying to @johnmjones
Windex = ant kryptonite. No kidding. Doesn't prevent them, but discourages them mightily. And less stinky.
New blog post: CommentPress http://tinyurl.com/d99k23
New blog post: CFP: MLA 2009 http://tinyurl.com/bweqv6
Replying to @mattbucher
Good god.
Replying to @mattbucher
I have to admit, I've never been a fan, but U&I almost turned me around.
I'm teaching "Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think" tomorrow, and now I just don't know what to say.
Replying to @amandafrench
Ugh! Planned Obsolescence or MediaCommons? Thanks for the heads-up...
Replying to @xina
I know, right? I can't decide how good a thing that is, though.
Replying to @amandafrench
Hmmm. It's up for me. I'll have to see if I can figure out what's going on!
Replying to @amandafrench
Okay, I'm clueless; no reported outages, & everything's working on my end. What error are you getting? I'll report to host...
Replying to @amandafrench
Whew. Gremlins, I guess.
Replying to @amandafrench and @dancohen
One up side is that name won't make it appear that the program is limited to journals...
Replying to @dancohen
Which I really hope leads to the beginning of a robust digital monograph distribution program...
Survived class #1 today. Wish it had been a bit better than that. Heading into class #2, and hoping for good conversation...
New blog post: Commenting Policy http://tinyurl.com/c7wadq
At workshop on the future of scholarship at USC, about to give big project talk.
In the new Lucas building. Which is vibrating ominously. And looks like a very shiny version of a creepy old Hollywood hotel.
Survived the talk. Now trying to survive the post-adrenaline headache.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Whoa. You officially rock.
New blog post: More Complaints http://tinyurl.com/ck8npc
Laziest day ever. Slept in, goofed around on computer, read. Two hour nap. Tonight: more of the same. Except with a glass of wine.
Replying to @2xlp
It's a Paso Robles Cab/Syrah blend - inexpensive TJ's grab.
Replying to @xina
I'm sorry I didn't grab that drink with you last night - headache sent me home, but 1.5 hrs on the 10 might have been better spent!