2011 01 01 tweets
The one day that everyone was still awake when I'd normally have gotten up, I slept until 9. Ah well - happy new year, all
I have just spent a very pleasant hour reorganizing my Chrome bookmarks. Now I think I'll read a novel. Ah, holidays.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Hey, happy new year. I hope it's starting well for you!
New post: Twenty-Eleven http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/twenty-eleven/
2011 ate my blog archives. Not really, but it apparently hosed the WP Collapsing Archives plugin; all previous years are now inside 2011.
I take it back; it's not the Collapsible Archives plugin's fault. It looks like WP. I've switched plugins but have the same problem.
Looks like there's yet another WP release that'll hit soon; plugin pages describe compatibility with WP3.1.
Never mind; was a collapsing archives problem after all, coupled with a cache that wouldn't clear. All's well with new plugin.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I love that this is all stuff that falls into the category of "important enough to fit into the car for the crosscountry drive."
Replying to @jcmeloni
That sounds about right to me.
Hey, @goodreads doesn't block non-US IP addresses, does it? I can't get the site to load, but http://bit.ly/e1OaB6 says it's just me...
Replying to @finnarne
Hmm. Maybe it's the ISP here in Dublin. Thanks!
Replying to @lddurbin
Hmm. I'm in Dublin. Maybe it's an ISP thing?
Replying to @lddurbin
Interesting. I never get a response, in any browser.
Replying to @nowviskie
Yikes! Please feel better soon!
Replying to @nowviskie
There's also Friday morning, of course. The good news is that the time zone should work in your favor.
Morning, folks.
New post: Homeward Bound, At Least Sorta http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/homeward-bound-at-least-sorta/
Replying to @mlaconvention
NO! And I'm bummed about it. I have seen pictures though, and they both look good.
Replying to @mlaconvention
\(The pictures, though\.\.\. I'm trying not to focus too much on the questions they raise\. Like "where's my dining room table?"\)
Replying to @mlaconvention
I'm not all that worried about it. Mostly just curious about its whereabouts. It's a pretty big table & wd usu be in the pix.
Hey, @jcmeloni: you would not BELIEVE what I'm about to drink.
Replying to @jcmeloni
There was adulteration. It's pretty good!
Replying to @nowviskie
Oh no! Feel better, Bethany!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Woo-hoo! Congrats, at last!
Morning, folks. About to start the long journey: DUB-EWR-LAX-#MLA11. See some of you there.
Replying to @triproftri
Likewise!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Thanks & will do!
Replying to @nowviskie
Wow, you're awake early. Regular insomnia or pneumomnia?
Replying to @nowviskie
Ugh - I'm so sorry. I hope the meds kick in quickly, and that all of you are well soonest!
New post: Nothing to Be Done http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/nothing-to-be-done/
EWR.
Replying to @mlmcgill
No, 1055 in about 3 hrs. Safe travels!
Will be arriving at LAX for #mla11 at 7.30pm; anybody else showing up around then and want to share a cab?
On plane for LAX and #mla11. Sneaking suspicion that there's a nap in my future.
Attempting to make a correction to a blog post via the WP mobile app \(bc the iPhone is my only connection\) hosed all the formatting. Thanks!
Well, that post will be borked for six hours, as I can't fix it until I can connect with the laptop.
LAX.
Srsly annoyed to discover that while Marriott hotels are Boingo hotspots, the JW Marriott is not. [+]
So now the dance of the ridiculously expensive hotel wifi begins. [-]
Replying to @jsench
Yup. There will be wifi at the conf, but in room it's $$.
Replying to @mmwwah
$12.95/day.
Replying to @jcmeloni
You are SO RIGHT.
Time to commit some alterations to the phone, I think.
Replying to @nowviskie
I'm so sorry, Bethany! It's the right choice, though. I hope you start feeling better soon.
Replying to @nowviskie
That would be fabulous; it would be great to have your voice present. Will get someone to keep an eye on the Twitter stream, too.
Replying to @nancybaym
Have had several friends whose email has been hacked "send" such messages. Almost certainly not true, but I can see why it works!
Replying to @BryanAlexander
Actually, the connectivity has been pretty good so far, but then the MLA masses have not yet arrived...
Replying to @BryanAlexander
Both of the hotels I stayed at in Europe, however, were a disaster of exactly that variety. Insane prices and awful connex.
Yo, #MLA11 folks: this conference uses both the Marriott and the JW Marriott hotels. If you want people to meet in the JW, please be clear!
New post: <rant> http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/rant/
Replying to @jcmeloni
I hear you. I had exactly the same not-wanting-to-come this year: I just want to go home and be still.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Amen. I was just thinking exactly this.
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Excellent!
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
Because they don't want to?
Replying to @jcmeloni
Hey.
Replying to @tanyaclement
That ain't right.
Replying to @nowviskie
When is 309? Would be happy to oblige if I'm not elsewhere!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Maybe they were just trying to save you from adulteration.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Sure, but that's the thing about being Irish Catholic. Confess your sins & pledge to sin no more, and it's like it never happened.
Replying to @jcmeloni
So you can do it again next weekend with a clear conscience.
Jet lag has hit: woke up after 2.5hrs sleep; gave up on trying to get back to sleep after another 1.5hrs. This may be an interesting day.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Not. At. All. Woke up before 3 am like it was a normal thing to do.
Replying to @acavender
Ooh! Thanks for the alert. Was just wondering when there might be an update!
Replying to @acavender
Guess this means I need to update to 10.6.6, though.
Replying to @acavender
The old Window > Open in New Window isn't there?
Replying to @acavender
Fantastic - I've been hoping for a good update!
Replying to @acavender
Wow, you're right. It's gorgeous.
Replying to @acavender
Can't find it. I begin to fear they've done away with it.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Oh yeah. And I practice every day, so I'm really good at it!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Ha. If only.
Running on 2.5hrs sleep. Not sure when I'll get to eat lunch. Combo entitled me to big cholesterol breakfast. Yum.
One thing I'm discovering, though: Ireland has completely ruined butter for me.
Replying to @annettemarkham
Yes. I'll be dreaming about Irish butter for weeks.
Speaking of Irish butter, the waistband of my skirt was suspiciously hard to fasten this morning. Someone must have shrunk it.
Replying to @sramsay
Works for me!
Replying to @sherah1918
Happily, I just finished eating breakfast, or I'd be drooling.
Replying to @sramsay
Kind of figured, but heck, add salt anyhow.
Replying to @sramsay
If it doesn't, it should.
Replying to @sramsay
Alternate ending: I think that's the recipe for Bailey's Irish Cream.
Replying to @mamamusings
Super cool, eh?
#MLA11 folks: super-secret passcode for wifi at the JW Marriott is mla2011.
Replying to @halavais
I swear this kid is preternaturally grown up.
Replying to @shanakimball and @courant48
Hi, and welcome!
Replying to @courant48
Thank you!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Was temporarily. Back on now.
Replying to @mlaconvention
You see me when I'm sleeping? You know when I'm awake?
Have been off the twitters for hours. Anything happen at #mla11 while I was gone?
RT @jcmeloni: First up tomorrow at #mla11 : New \(& Renewed\) Work in Digital Lit Studies: An Electronic Roundtable ... Plaza I, JW Marrio ...
Replying to @jcmeloni
No way.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Clearly I am still 6 hours behind.
Replying to @mlaconvention and @jbj
Young, adaptable, *and* experienced. That's... both flattering and alarming.
Managed three hours of sleep before finding myself Awake. I sense a major crash coming - but it must wait until after 3. \(Preferably 5\!\)
Replying to @mlaconvention
Dinner plans. Sigh. But I hope to collapse early. Just not too early!
Replying to @jcmeloni
Clearly!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Yes, absolutely! And a huge part of why we lobbied so hard for wifi. Thanks again; it's getting good use! #mla11 #newtools
Replying to @jcmeloni
Need stickers!
Replying to @nowviskie
Haven't seen any yet; I'll have to pester him!
Great crowd at DH demo session! #mla11 http://yfrog.com/h63r8hj
Replying to @nowviskie and @ryancordell
I had asked an #alt-ac question, which was followed by the sound of crickets.
Replying to @nowviskie and @sramsay
rocked, though you were ENORMOUSLY missed.
Replying to @jcmeloni
You're not downstairs in the JW again, are you? What is with that bar?
Replying to @jcmeloni
Boo indeed!
Realizing belatedly \(reading the stream\) how much I missed in the #309 discussion; wish I could have read along in real time. #mla11
Interesting \(and sad\) how moderating a discussion took my head out of that discussion. I plead ongoing jet lag. #mla11
Replying to @fraistat and @briancroxall
Thanks, you guys!
Survived until 5. Now the big question: nap before 7pm dinner? Or a drink? #mla11 #dilemmas
Replying to @mariabustillos
Thank you for coming and being so awesome.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Good to know!
RT @kathiiberens: Fun runners ready to rock! #mla11 http://twitpic.com/3o5at0 // Sorry not to make it; slept last nt for first time in 3!
Have questions for a member of the Program Cte? I'll be in the MLA book exh booth in the LACC 9-11am. Other cte mbrs at other times. #mla11
Replying to @GeorgeOnline
You & me both, man. was ecstatic to wake up at 7.15. #mla11 #nofunrun
Rats. Arrived at conv ctr too early. Need coffee but coffee is trapped in exhibit hall, where I am not permitted until 9. :( #mla11
Weird. Got a slew of messages telling me about spam comments in my moderation queue last night, but there's nothing there. Unnerving.
Replying to @briancroxall
See you soon, Brian; sorry I didn't make it this morning! #mla11
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Yes, certainly: much of "what is DH" sess is explicitly aimed at those not in the know. Impt to educate colleagues [+] #mla11
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
esp. those who may be in positions of reviewing junior DH scholars. [-] #mla11
Replying to @mlaconvention
Am doing program cte service, so can't make it. I'm sure you'll be brilliant! #mla11
Replying to @mlaconvention
Am already in booth. If someone comes by here I'll send them! #mla11
Hey, #mla11: go hear @mlaconvention in conversation with the amazing Florence Howe at 10.15 in LACC 411!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Yes, absolutely! \(Conv has been amazing so far \- esp now that I've slept\!\)
RT @democracynow: Dem Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 6 others killed at political rally; Giffords was on Palin's 'target' list
Replying to @mkirschenbaum
Ummm... #mla11
At Close Reading the Digital, in the back at the bloggers' table. Multiple @samplereality-s in evidence. #mla11
Awful confluence: saw a woman fall unconscious just outside the hotel \(she's being cared for\) & came inside to get news about Gifford.
RT @james3neal: Full text of Alan Liu's paper presented at panel on “The History and Future of the Digital Humanities - #mla11 - http:// ...
RT @nprscottsimon: AZ surgeon sez Gabby in critical condition but she's responsive & he's "optimistic." THANK YOU. But 9 yr old girl is ...
@academicdave Which WiTopia plan did you get? SSL? Have you had any connection difficulties?
Replying to @samplereality
Amen, brother. #mla11
Replying to @jcmeloni
Are you having that drink in the hotel?
Replying to @dancohen and @mlaconvention
Next time you might accept my invitation!
On the Pannapacker comment about DH being exclusive: I'll take some responsibility for the mischaracterization, as I suggested [+] #mla11
in yesterday's panel that some find the in-jokes on Twitter to indicate a cliquishness in the field, asking panelists to respond. [-] #mla11
Replying to @dancohen
If you're willing to take a little sympathy at this point, I'll tell you I'm sorry you're sick & hope you feel better. :(
Replying to @dancohen
\(Also that I still have designs on getting you to the MLA if your AHA obligations wane at some point\.\)
Replying to @jcmeloni
Yay, you! Enjoy!
Replying to @mlaconvention
You are *way* cool enough. My whole purpose was to address/dispel that idea, but in doing so I opened the door to it. #mla11
Replying to @dancohen
I'll put you on my calendar! #mla13
Replying to @jcmeloni
Ooh, good to know. I now have a dinner idea for tomorrow.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Are you flying back tomorrow?
RT @mlaconvention: To those who think #mla11 was well org: MLA has incredible staff. Dir of convention programs Maribeth Kraus & her col ...
Replying to @jcmeloni
Cool! I'm here all day; flying out Monday am.
Woke up about 4.45 today, but stayed in bed reading and playing Plants vs Zombies. Less unpleasant than it could have been.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Excellent.
Am having a hard time getting myself moving this morning. Some exhaustion from intense 4 days; some from ongoing, demoralizing conflicts.
Am a peacemaker deep at heart and hate that I raised conflicts by attempting to address them.
Replying to @readywriting
Thank you!
Replying to @academicdave
The crash started last night, but really set in this morning. Looking forward to offline hours on the plane tomorrow.
Replying to @nowviskie
Well, that's better, I guess? Still queasy at the thought, but maybe it's good in the long run.
Replying to @mmwwah
Much too depressing to rehash. See Twitter disc provoked by Pannapacker column, itself riffing in mistaken ways about sthg I said.
RT @mlaconvention: Tweeting a session I'm on in Olympic I, JW. Please COME. Pease. #mla11
RT @mlaconvention: Assoc of Literary Critics Scholars and Writers \(ALCSW\) session on what we can do together. #mla11
Ronald Levao introducing MLA/ALSCW panel: rhetorical skills of lit scholars make conflicts and slights cut deeper than they should. #mla11
Replying to @mlaconvention
Absolutely!
ALSCW #mla11 @mlaconvention: Small group but she's tweeting the conversation; work being done here being read around the world.
ALSCW #mla11 @mlaconvention: Conference's openness to participation from membership; describing program cmte values.
ALSCW #mla11 @mlaconvention: MLA hopes to be an "organization collector," bringing together many allied groups.
ALSCW #mla11 @mlaconvention: May be tensions among groups, but MLA is large enough, strong enough, to tolerate differences.
ALSCW #mla11 @mlaconvention: New conf format: Creative Conversations, bringing together scholars, critics, writers in open dialogue.
ALCSW #mla11 I am prone to the same dyslexia as @mlaconvention! Sorry for the inversion.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Probably a safe bet, indeed!
#mla11: Wolfson discussing the need for impassioned defense of the teaching of language and literature, ALCSW working with MLA.
ALCSW #mla11 Wolfson: in an era in which humanities values are under attack, our orgs have much in common.
Crud. I had it right the first time. ALSCW: Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. Sigh. #mla11
ALSCW #mla11 Russell Berman on importance of articulation between high schools and college in language instruction.
#mla11 Berman: Theme for #mla12: Language, Literature, Learning - refl need to convey importance of our material to our students & beyond.
Replying to @kathiiberens
No; have just been adding in ALSCW to tweets.
#mla11 Commenter describing differences between MLA and ALSCW as "vanguardist/teleological approaches" versus "literary conversation."
MT @readywriting: Hey, my own take on the debate raging re: DH http://bit.ly/dJhnmV It's well meaning from an outsider.
Replying to @mlaconvention
As was said at the beginning of the session, perceived slights here take on a depth that is unfortunate. #mla11
#mla 11 Wolfson: Unproductive distinctions exist between MLA and ALSCW; productive distinctions bring us into fruitful dialogue.
MT @mlaconvention: #mla11 Berman: most impt thing is culture of lit scholarship. The paper we read aloud is our genre. Must change. //Amen.
RT @kathiiberens: Overheard at #mla11 "can I tell an anecdote about acronyms?"
Replying to @mmwwah
modified tweet, usu signaling having to edit to fit, or adding a comment.
Replying to @mlaconvention
You go. #mla11
Replying to @ayjay and @amandafrench
Actually, he did a great historical reading of the phrase's use, which long precedes Sheldon.
Replying to @amandafrench and @ayjay
Yes, that's the deep history, but WWJD surfaces as translation of imitatio pre-Sheldon.
RT @amandafrench: You know, I think this is the first time I've heard @jcmeloni give a formal talk. She rocks. #mla11
.@jcmeloni returns to Martha Nell Smith's list of four technologies we need to get good at: access, multimedia study objects or [+] #mla11
digital surrogates; collaboration; self-consciousness. #mla11 [-]
Replying to @hcayless and @fraistat
Every hour @brettbobley is in the air is an hour he's not saving us from the dinosaurs.
Replying to @jmittell and @nancybaym
It's now frequently used as a stand-in for "behaving as if we live in a world in which the market matters."
Replying to @mamamusings
Eek! I'll cross my fingers and hope it's overblown. \(On a happier note, great new avatar\!\)
Replying to @mlaconvention
It was a fantastic convention; all congrats to you and Maribeth and Karin and the rest of the team! #mla11
Replying to @mlaconvention
Very happy to be all about the awesomeness! #mla11
Replying to @mamamusings
Brilliant; I'll be looking forward to it! Flying back in tomorrow, so I should be good, too...
Walking out to get an early dinner, and then coming back to the room and crashing. It's been a pretty overwhelming day here at #mla11.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Have a good flight, and see you back on the other side.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I am coming back to NY, but have a conf Thurs & Fri. Let's touch base & see when we can debrief!
Replying to @mlaconvention
Also hear we're getting another big storm Weds...
Replying to @mlaconvention
No kidding. I'll hope they're being melodramatic about this one, but considering how Atlanta's getting hit right now...
Replying to @mlaconvention
You have no idea how awesome that sounds.
Replying to @mlaconvention
If I can trudge over that way, I'll give you a buzz!
And now, back where I started out at 4.45 am: in bed with the iPad and Plants vs Zombies.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Thanks! and thanks for the good thoughts today. Safe travels!
Up and packing for the flight back east. Soooo ready to go home.
Replying to @mmwwah
It was fantastic getting to see you out here. More soon, I hope!
In the shuttle to LAX. Hoping for a smooth journey.
Hooray for a working HOV lane!
Replying to @samplereality
Yay, you! I was first on the upgrade list but no dice.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Hahahahahahaha.
Replying to @samplereality
It's good that there's some payoff, but So. Not. Worth It.
Home. Whew.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Hooray indeed! You must be exhausted, though; you got a 12 hour headstart on me.
Replying to @mariabustillos
Thanks! It was great to see you in LA!
Okay, now, this suitcase I've been living out of for the last four weeks: send it all out to be cleaned? Or just burn it and start over?
Just discovered what the source of that smell was.
Word to the wise: when you gloat about having the foresight to clean out the fridge before your 4wk trip, be sure you remembered the milk.
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
I think you're on to something here. But maybe with a giant laser instead.
Replying to @heathermwhitney
All layerable, almost all knits, all black or charcoal gray. All #mla11 appropriate!
Replying to @AlecHosterman
Oh, ew. That must have been fun to come home to.
Replying to @heathermwhitney
I did; a few things about five days in and then as much as I could at about the 3 week point.
Replying to @AlecHosterman
I've got my window open here, too. The smell was faint but odd, like an old lady's cooped-up house. Not offensive, but wrong.
Replying to @mmwwah
Though probably not an app to remind you to look on the refrigerator door where the milk is hiding...
Replying to @jeanburgess
I hope you're up high enough, too, and that you're safe and dry...
The good news: after four weeks of eating on the road, including two weeks in major beer capitals of the world, I am only up about a pound.
No, that's all. Just the good news.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Obviously I did not set my sights high enough.
Massive snow removal trucks scraping down the street, trying to clear away the remnants of the last blizzard before the next one hits.
Replying to @tanyaclement
That's awful, Tanya; I'm so sorry to hear you're still stuck! I hope someone can air/car/trainlift you out of there...
Replying to @halavais
Sounds great to me, as long as we can build some bridges over the snowbanks/slushpits.
Replying to @brettbobley, @jbj, @mkirschenbaum, @umd_mith and @tanyaclement
Or makes a nice slushee.
Replying to @mamamusings
Looks like it's going to hit sometime between 7pm \(30% chance\) and 9pm \(80% chance\). Glad you're in early & safely!
The good news about a good snow is that you can walk home in it and only get *so* wet.
The bad news about a good snow is that you can't hear it. As long as I'm trapped inside by weather, I miss the sound of the rain.
Replying to @kylesbarnett
Exactly; inside, it's just quiet. The hush outside is of a different order.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I can hear it when I'm out in it, but not in here. Double-paned windows. Plus, it's not snowing that hard yet.
Replying to @mattbucher
Cool - congratulations!
Replying to @samplereality
The new Twitter for Mac client; mostly tweeting about panels and discussions thereof, I think. #mla11
@mlaconvention Have DM'd you, but not sure you received...
Amazing opening dinner for conference populated by some of my internet heroes. Will be a fun couple of days!
Replying to @jbj
I KNOW.
Replying to @eberlesinatra
It's quite possible!
Replying to @melissaterras and @hcayless
I suspect "HTML" has been used here to stand in for more contemporary forms of markup, but still.
Replying to @midwinter_
Hey, Oscar Mayer has a way.
Replying to @midwinter_
They can't have been, and yet that's the only way I know how to spell B-O-L-O-G-N-A.
RT @jcmeloni: RT @stakats: Ready to start using Zotero with Chrome and Safari? Percolations are imminent for standalone Zotero alpha. Ve ...
Replying to @jbj and @profsyn
"Give the nerds free wifi." It's got the makings of a campaign slogan.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Nice!
Replying to @samplereality
It is a done deal, as I understand it, because wifi's included in all the Seattle venues. #mla12
Replying to @academicdave
Very good idea.
RT @zotero Zotero Standalone Alpha with support for Chrome and Safari now available! Part of #ZoteroEverywhere http://bit.ly/ik9cSA /woohoo!
Replying to @mamamusings
Safe trip home! And thanks again for such an amazing experience. More very soon, I hope.
Fabulous night out with my sister, after a blissful 3 hour nap this afternoon. Who knew I needed a day off?
Replying to @mlaconvention
Sounds like a great idea!
I really wish I hated the Gmail web interface less. I keep trying desktop clients, but none really do enough of what I need them to do.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Really? That's actually good to know.
I'm super fond of Sparrow, for instance \(http://sparrowmailapp\.com/\), but I need Google Talk functionality, too.
Replying to @KelliMarshall
It's worth checking out; it's still in beta, so it's got some problems, but I really love the interface. #sparrow
Replying to @mamamusings
I haven't - I actually abandoned Firefox a while back and am operating in Chrome. I'll look for an equivalent!
Replying to @KelliMarshall
Right. Problem 2, after Google Talk. I use CalDAV to subscribe to my Google Calendars in iCal, but it's imperfect, too.
Replying to @jmittell
Back where I started: I hate the web interface.
Replying to @jmittell
\(Pinned tabs is how I've been operating for the last year or so, but I keep hoping for a better option\.\)
Replying to @jmittell
It's not problems, just general hatred. It's ugly and cluttered and I'd really like something more natively Mac-like.
Replying to @utmediaresearch
Which works for IM, but not for video or voice calls. :(
This, I am just going to say, has been a week.
Replying to @samplereality, @eetempleton and @mlaconvention
I've got one of those, too; serious eating disorder kitteh.
Replying to @samplereality
Sadly, yes. We were getting slammed with bot spam, which Akismet was catching but was overloading the processors.
Replying to @jmcclurken and @samplereality
I'll see if I can disable for logged-in users without opening the floodgates again.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Is quite alright. I'd whine, too; it's a pain.
Attn Learning with Digital Media commenters: reCAPTCHAs now hidden for logged-in users. (But this means I'm going to be more vigilant [+]
about approving registrations. [-]
Okay, WP3.0 multisite gurus: I need help. \(1\) Why aren't users who register in a specific site automatically given a role in that site? [+]
\(2\) How can I quickly add many registered users to one particular site, since they weren't added at registration? [-]
Replying to @samplereality
Give me a minute, okay? Having technical difficulties.
Replying to @JasonParkhill, @boonebgorges and @lwaltzer
Brilliant; thank you! \(Still want registrations that occur in a site to resolve to that site though\!\)
Replying to @samplereality
Would you check again and see if the form is gone for you now?
Replying to @boonebgorges
Actually, no; users are registering on one sub-site but only being added as subscribers to the main site, which seems wrong.
Replying to @samplereality
Brilliant!
Replying to @boonebgorges
Exactly.
Replying to @academicdave
I'm having to manually change user roles to get this to work; pls give me a few minutes.
Replying to @boonebgorges
Ugh; there's the prob. The "register" link is rolling over to the main site rather than the site in question.
Replying to @boonebgorges
Hmm. So is there a reasonably automated & secure mode of allowing registered users to add themselves to the right site?
Replying to @boonebgorges and @jasonparkhill
A sidebar widget may be a problem in conjunction with CommentPress; no sidebar to speak of. Will explore.
Replying to @briancroxall
I'm using BTCNew, a fork meant to deal with the new Twitter OAuth. http://www.mcalamelli.net/btcnew/
Learning through Digital Media commenters: if you're logged in but still seeing the reCAPTCHA, @ me and I'll add you to the site.
Replying to @briancroxall
I disabled the old Backtype; BTCNew has all the old functionality plus the new OAuth.
Replying to @academicdave
Just saw the new one; you've been added.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Get rid of affiliations, and add an open field for Twitter username, URL, or whatever someone wants to share. + avatar!
Replying to @sramsay, @mlaconvention and @georgeonline
I am NOT a product. Whatever my catalog copy may say to the contrary.
Replying to @sramsay
I think barcoded produce is in fact the fifth horseman of the apocalypse.
Replying to @patrickgmj
My pleasure!
Read & comment on essays in Learning Through Digital Media, incl @jmcclurken @mkgold @academicdave @halavais et al. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/artoflearning/
Replying to @cscannella
WordPress with the CommentPress plugin.
Replying to @JenHoward, @mlaconvention and @georgeonline
I think the issue is that some folks feel like others are treating affiliations as signs of worth.
Replying to @JenHoward, @mlaconvention and @georgeonline
The appearance of those affiliations in the program isn't a problem, but hanging around your neck...
Have headache. Will before long head out in the slop to run errands, including the acquisition of food. And diet coke.
Heading out into the slop. BRING IT, New York.
New York to @kfitz: OH, IT'S BEEN BROUGHTEN.
Seriously, that was disgusting.
Replying to @mmwwah
I had to broughten it myself. :(
Replying to @mmwwah
You said it, sister.
Holy cow. I filed a grievance with my medical insurance company over a bill they'd refused to pay and it appears that I won!
Of course, the bill was only about $300. But they're actually accepting their responsibility for it.
Replying to @mamamusings
Yay!
Replying to @captain_primate
I'm exactly that surprised!
Replying to @CatinStack
I'm so looking forward to it!
Replying to @CatinStack
Excellent!
Replying to @mmwwah
That would be me.
Replying to @lizlosh
Hi, #cat125!
via @briancroxall: a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card for $10 on Living Social today: http://bit.ly/hj7Flx
Replying to @briancroxall
Indeed. I've had mixed luck with Living Social deals, but this one seems pretty straightforward.
Replying to @midwinter_
You don't. Not required; totally fair use. See SCMS best practices policy. I'll find link for you.
Replying to @midwinter_
https://cmstudies.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/docs/fairusefilmstills.pdf
Replying to @briancroxall
Yay!
Replying to @jmittell
Safe travels!
Hey! I'll be speaking @ Duke on "The Future of Authorship: Writing in the Digital Age," Feb. 9, JHFC 240, 12-1pm. \(via @whitneytrettien\)
I'll also be speaking @ the Hall Ctr for Humanities @ Univ of Kansas on Thu Feb 3 at 3.30pm!
Replying to @eberlesinatra
Oh, and I've still got three months left after that!
Replying to @brendabethman
KU's talk is a bit different: "Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology & the Future of the Academy" http://www.hallcenter.ku.edu/~hallcenter/cgi-bin/index.php/calendar/event/kathleen-fitzpatrick-planned-obsolescence-publishing-technology-and-the-future-of-the-academy
Replying to @wynkenhimself
No, I sort of decided that this was a good time for me to do a bunch of traveling, if I was going to do it.
Replying to @brendabethman
Excellent; I'll look forward to it!
Replying to @jcmeloni
svn nerd. :)
Replying to @jcmeloni
That is probably so.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Really makes you question your whole being. I can see that.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Well, clearly this what you needed to rollback. Now recommit, svn nerd.
Replying to @mamamusings
Yay! Fantastic news!
Ah, there are days when one wishes one were freed by pseudonymity to tweet every random thing that went through one's head.
Replying to @nancybaym
Pretty much, yeah.
Replying to @academicdave
May have to happen at some point, if I have any more difficulty stifling myself.
Replying to @amandafrench
You got it.
New post: Does Tenure Undermine Academic Freedom? http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/does-tenure-undermine-academic-freedom/
Replying to @tcarmody and @samplereality
Really, I think everyone should teach undergrads. Perhaps a shifting research-teaching balance, though.
Replying to @tcarmody and @samplereality
Yes, absolutely, and academic freedom itself is about more than just risk-taking. Still an interesting thought exp.
Replying to @amandafrench
So untenuring the tenured? Under what kinds of circumstances?
Replying to @amandafrench
Yeah, that's different, but interesting nonetheless.
Replying to @joguldi
Good grief; that's some heady company!
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @joguldi
Ditto both of those.
Replying to @mkirschenbaum and @joguldi
Indeed. Just re-read it for a seminar here, and boy, it's even more relevant now.
Replying to @swarthmoreburke
I'm trying to think of what the Fail Whale equivalent here would be. \(Also: sheesh\.\)
The always brilliant Barbara Fister on the Chicago kerfuffle \(and she's not just brilliant because she's quoting me\!\). http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newslettersnewsletterbucketacademicnewswire/888894-440/the_chicago_way__peer.html.csp
Replying to @jcmeloni
That's funny, because I may or may not have just poured myself a Jameson & ginger ale in your honor.
Replying to @sleonchnm
It's sad but true: @jcmeloni has led me down the primrose path. I am now an adulterator.
Replying to @jcmeloni
I live to please.
Replying to @sleonchnm and @jcmeloni
It is so, I fear.
Sadly, remembering why I dropped my pre-streaming Netflix subscription: first disc into renewed membership is unwatchably damaged.
Have requested replacement. If I have another damaged disc this month, will back off to streaming-only.
Replying to @jbj
Hmph.
Okay, two tasks accomplished this morning! Alas, one of them wasn't actually on the to do list.
Replying to @mlaconvention and @triproftri
I've offered feedback already, but a second reader might be good, too! #mla12
Replying to @mlaconvention and @triproftri
Nope, I meant on finished proposal. I'm all over it. #mla12
Replying to @jmcclurken
We draw a somewhat arcane distinction between cross-listing \(which involves a course \# in each dept\) and cross-referencing [+]
Replying to @jmcclurken
\(in which the home dept course \# is listed under the other dept as well\), but the latter is quite easy. The former, not so much.
Replying to @jmcclurken
The course reg system is a big reason for the distinction we draw; separate course # = big headache.
Replying to @jmcclurken
So mostly technical, but partly philosophical: the course remains an ENGL course, but counts toward MS, for instance.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Very few courses really require true cross-listing, that way.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Yes, and it will appear in the semester's course bulletin under both ENGL and MS, though only with an ENGL course number.
Replying to @jmcclurken
Let me know if you need more detail at any point!
RT @dougreside: Off the Tracks: Bill of Rights for Collaborators http://mith.umd.edu/offthetracks/recommendations/ //#trx4hx folks, you rock.
Replying to @wpwend42
Congratulations! That's a great turn of events, however surreal!
Replying to @maximolly
Ooh, nice!
I think the time has come to acknowledge that I'm no longer accomplishing anything, and collapse on the sofa with a novel.
Well shoot. Was just settling in for a nice night of reading, but I seem to be having a migraine aura. This does not bode well for my night.
Replying to @eetempleton
Thanks! What are your heading-off strategies? My drugs are specifically do-not-take-before-onset.
Replying to @eetempleton
\(of actual headache; not aura\)
Replying to @eetempleton
That said, they work.
First sign of a migraine: visual disturbances. In my case, a burned-in spot like from a flash, except it grows & develops technicolor cilia.
Second sign of an incipient migraine: disordered thinking. Like why am I still on the twitters when I know what's coming?
And every siren in NYC needs to roll down my street NOW.
Replying to @cmleitch
I think this one may have turned out to be an ocular migraine; I've never had one of those before!
I think all is well this morning, though it's hard to say. Slept 9.5 hours. Was aware of having a headache during the night, but [+]
it felt like just an all-on-one-side headache, not my usual railroad spike. Feel a bit of a migraine hangover this morning, though. [-]
Replying to @jbj
That 7yo sounds like a troublemaker.
Slept 9.5 hours last night, and 2 more this afternoon, and yet I'm wondering how soon I can go back to bed.
My eyes seem to be behaving better now, but the left half of my skull still doesn't seem like it fits properly.
Replying to @CapitolClio
I'm hoping so. I'll probably give in in half an hour or so. 9pm seems respectable.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Thanks! It's not my favorite, I'll say.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Thanks. Sleep certainly saved me last night!
What I ought to be doing: building slides for a talk on Tuesday. What I want to be doing: collapsing on the sofa with a novel.
Replying to @jcmeloni
Yes, quite! Thanks for asking.
Replying to @mmwwah
Better, thanks!
Replying to @plragde
I take it that's a vote in favor of collapse?
I feel the need to congratulate myself for finishing the bunch of bananas I bought this week before they turned.
\(Of course doing so required eating three of them today\.\)
Replying to @nancybaym
The big one or the little one? I saw a little one in action at #mla11, and was TOTALLY JEALOUS.
Replying to @nancybaym
I will hope you have it by the time I visit so that I can experience that envy again! \(My 1G MBAir is due for replacement soon\.\)
Replying to @nancybaym
I'm excited, too! Very much looking forward to seeing you and KU.
Replying to @sivavaid
Congrats, Siva!
Replying to @academicdave
Boy, they're awfully confident about on-time mail delivery, huh? A week's cushion would make me nervous esp this time of year.
Slides built for 4.5 pages of 11 page talk, to be given tomorrow at noon. This is taking way longer than I'd like.
Just got a big handful of Christmas cards. Ah, the joys of having your mail forwarded.
Hey, my super-genius friend Maria makes me look not like an imbecile \(and gets the brilliance of \#mla11\) in The Awl: http://www.theawl.com/2011/01/the-126th-mla-convention-invite-us-all-in
MT @mlaconvention: @mariabustillos, I <3 u for this: "After all, the MLA could be TED, just a century and a couple decades older." #mla11
Replying to @mlaconvention
Uh, hm. That better be an awesome proposal, @georgeonline! \(As I'm sure it will be\.\) #mla12 #notreallythreateningamI
RT @alnthomas: Best piece ever on the MLA convention? @mariabustillos even loves the paper titles. #mla11 @Awl - http://goo.gl/GgoH1
Replying to @janaremy
Oh, Jana - I'm so sorry.
RT @mediacommons: Call for Submissions for a forthcoming cluster at The New Everyday: "Distraction Span." http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/content/tne-distraction-span-call-contributions
RT @mediacommons: Call for contributions for a forthcoming cluster at The New Everyday: "Distraction Span." Please submit! http://t.co/A ...
Can I just skip today? Or, like, pre-emptively call for a do-over to be deployed when I scrape myself off the couch?
Replying to @rachaelsullivan
Rats.
The view from my window. This will suck soon, but you gotta admit it's pretty now. http://yfrog.com/gy4iqdvj
MT @mlaconvention: 989 ppl gave to grad student travel fund for #mla11. 200 applicants got grants. Help us for #mla12? http://www.mla.org/contribute
Replying to @plragde
It's less slackerdom than it is just not wanting to deal with today. Blankets over head, it's not happening, la la la.
Replying to @boone
wp-includes/kses.php does some heavy-duty stripping. I've had to edit it to get @clioweb's tooltip footnote script to work.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I thought I heard thunder.
Replying to @mlaconvention
I've seen a LOT of snow today. And I even heard it. And I heard the thunder. But I did not see the #thundersnow. Sad.
Replying to @mlaconvention
If #thundersnow fell in the city but no one was outside to see it, would it make a noise?
Replying to @mlaconvention
It's gone eerily silent over here, which I can only take to mean it must be coming down hard right now.
NYU just closed for the day. The up side is that meeting is now cancelled. The down side is another week-long process of finding a time.
Replying to @PhDeviate
Yeah, no kidding. I think the closure was driven by transit shutdowns more than anything.
@ernestopriego Yay, congrats!
Replying to @drnels
Indeed. Honestly, in the five years I was in grad school here, I don't remember a single snow day.
Wow. Somebody just turned on the Pomona email spigot. \(I was apparently being migrated overnight\. Migration complete\!\)
Today's view. Would have been more dramatic a few hours ago, of course. http://yfrog.com/h4buqlxj
Will be exciting walking under those trees for a while.
Thank you, EWR, for reopening as expected. R's flight in is on track to be 10 minutes early!
RT @mediacommons: New post: Updates to "In Syndication" http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/content/updates-syndication
Hey, it's 2.30. Maybe I should eat something sometime today.
RT @mediacommons: If you have a media studies blog \(or know of one\) you'd like to see syndicated on MediaCommons, let us know! http://t. ...
After a couple of trying days, this has been a good one. And R's plane actually did land at EWR 10 minutes early! Thanks, snow day.
Remember when I was all excited about R's plane landing 10 minutes early? Well, he's been sitting on the tarmac for an hour and 10 minutes.
Come on, EWR: plow out the gates, not just the runways!
Gah! CO106, on the ground at EWR for an hour and 40 mins: still 100 feet from the gate.
After 2 hours trapped on the tarmac, CO106 is finally at the gate and deplaning. Not cool, EWR.
Replying to @sramsay
Hi, class!
Replying to @academicdave
Go, Dave!
Dear winter: I have to travel Wednesday. On an ERJ. Please knock it off already. Love, kfitz.
Replying to @nancybaym
Yay indeed! I shall face down the wintry mix with sheer force of excitement.
Replying to @nancybaym
Cold I can deal with! I'm mostly worried about the LGA end of things; next storm hits here Tues/Weds. :(
Replying to @nancybaym
Crossing my fingers that it will be wimpy by the time it gets here, and cleared out by noon Weds.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Nice! Mine would want their paws on the paper I'm working on, though.
Replying to @mmwwah and @mlaconvention
Mmmm... mouse.
Replying to @academicdave
Fabulous news, Dave. Sorry the sub-3:15 didn't happen, but a 5min PR at that pace is amazing!
Replying to @jcmeloni
It is a VERY useful term.
Replying to @mlaconvention
Yeah, often in a kind of friendly way. Frequently preceded by "complete."
Replying to @mlaconvention
Yes, definitely.
One keeps hoping against hope that the existing curbside snowbanks will disappear before the next onslaught. Winter's response: fat chance.
Replying to @acavender
Whoa, indeed!
Replying to @sramsay
If you guys wouldn't mind passing it on sooner rather than later, it would be awesome. I'm flying from here to there Weds am. Thx!
Continental website says my Weds afternoon LGA > CLE flight is cancelled. Agent on phone says only CLE > LGA is cancelled. Hmm.
Replying to @nancybaym
Absolutely. I'm keeping an eye on it. The good news is we have a little wiggle room...
Replying to @adarel
Yup. I'm dubious, but she was adamant that only CLE > LGA was cancelled, and that my segment would go. On what plane, I don't know.
Second phone call: flight is indeed cancelled. Rebooked on flight 2hrs later, connecting to same second leg as before. Crossing my fingers.