admin | March 31, 2006
“D’oh! I mean S-M-A-R-T!”
Grades are in this quarter, and I’m certainly happy to say that I’ve done better in my first legitimate grad-school semester than I ever did in undergrad, where I twice missed the Dean’s list by a mere 7/100 of a Grade-Point.
I’ve got a solid A- average right now, and hope to keep [...]
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admin | March 31, 2006
I recently added the ClustrMaps feature to the blog. I think it kicks ass. It’s cool to see where the people who view your blog are located (or at least, where their servers are located.) Some of them, I feel reasonably certain about – for instance, Kip might be the dot on [...]
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admin | March 30, 2006
To follow up on the recent legislative orgy about the No Child Left Behind movement:
Michigan is considering Statewide standards that would require that every student pass Algebra II as a prerequisite for graduation. Everyone? This presupposes that everyone can pass Algebra II; and I think that’s clearly not the case. That’s akin [...]
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admin | March 30, 2006
I just blogged about what I like about a recent ruling on the same-sex marriage debate in Massachusetts. I think they’re *kind of* on the right track. But, as promised, I’m going to tell you why I think the same ruling is a crock of shit. Basically, Massachusetts has decided that they [...]
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