Comments on: Dead Battery http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ngilmour http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-621 ngilmour Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:43:56 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-621 Aren't you sorry now for making fun of me? "that sounds exciting..." Why, I ought to... :D Aren’t you sorry now for making fun of me?

“that sounds exciting…” Why, I ought to…
:D

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Jonathan Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:01:45 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-620 I just checked out the Learning Out Loud website. Thanks so much for telling me about it. Great stuff! I just checked out the Learning Out Loud website. Thanks so much for telling me about it. Great stuff!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Jonathan Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:57:12 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-619 Thanks for the info. That is actually a really great idea. I'm going to see if I can find any good poli sci classes to download. Thanks for the info. That is actually a really great idea. I’m going to see if I can find any good poli sci classes to download.

]]> By: ngilmour http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-618 ngilmour Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:14:38 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-618 A good source for educational podcasts in general is <a href="http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory" rel="nofollow">Learn Out Loud</a>. The <a href="http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php" rel="nofollow">Berkley course directory</a> has all of its podcasted courses and links to online syllabi in case the course makes extensive reference to the day's reading. (I tried to listen to a course on Heidegger, but I'm going to have to put that one off until I have time to read Heidegger along with the course.) The semester selector is in the upper-right corner of that page; I haven't tried any courses-in-progress, preferring to download a whole course at a time from previous semesters. They cast a broader range of courses each semester, so as one goes backwards semester by semester, the selection gets slimmer. And I got the email from FFL regarding Palin. As I've said before, if I detect that there's going to be a change from the last thirty or so years of Republican activity, that they're going to put some of their energy into that cause, I might be convinced. Right now it looks like the order of the day is going to continue to be propping up corporations that leave their workers high and dry while the ownership makes out like bandits, a continuation of neocon foreign policy, and no major changes to failed federal education policy. No mention, at least not from the candidate himself, about a Constitutional amendment banning abortion. I suppose the next couple months will or will not convince me. A good source for educational podcasts in general is Learn Out Loud. The Berkley course directory has all of its podcasted courses and links to online syllabi in case the course makes extensive reference to the day’s reading. (I tried to listen to a course on Heidegger, but I’m going to have to put that one off until I have time to read Heidegger along with the course.) The semester selector is in the upper-right corner of that page; I haven’t tried any courses-in-progress, preferring to download a whole course at a time from previous semesters. They cast a broader range of courses each semester, so as one goes backwards semester by semester, the selection gets slimmer.

And I got the email from FFL regarding Palin. As I’ve said before, if I detect that there’s going to be a change from the last thirty or so years of Republican activity, that they’re going to put some of their energy into that cause, I might be convinced. Right now it looks like the order of the day is going to continue to be propping up corporations that leave their workers high and dry while the ownership makes out like bandits, a continuation of neocon foreign policy, and no major changes to failed federal education policy. No mention, at least not from the candidate himself, about a Constitutional amendment banning abortion. I suppose the next couple months will or will not convince me.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Jonathan Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:00:10 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-617 Also...just wanted to point this out. I see that you have a link to 'Feminists for Life' on the side. Sarah Palin is a FFL member. Just throwing that out there. :) Also…just wanted to point this out. I see that you have a link to ‘Feminists for Life’ on the side. Sarah Palin is a FFL member. Just throwing that out there. :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Jonathan Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:58:34 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-616 Nate, may ask where you are finding those podcasts? Nate, may ask where you are finding those podcasts?

]]> By: ngilmour http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-615 ngilmour Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:24:41 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-615 Hey, I never got around to taking astronomy when I was an undergrad (a hundred years ago). Once I'm done with that class (I listen to about a lecture every other day, between running errands and riding the bus), I've got "Physics for Future Presidents" downloaded. When that's done, I'll likely download an econ course. I think it's great; all the stuff I should have taken back in college is right there for the listening, and I get to hear it from Berkley profs without paying Berkley tuition! With regards to wikipedia and fur coats, I'll leave it to you election-watchers; I'm more concerned with Queen Elizabeth I right now. :) Hey, I never got around to taking astronomy when I was an undergrad (a hundred years ago). Once I’m done with that class (I listen to about a lecture every other day, between running errands and riding the bus), I’ve got “Physics for Future Presidents” downloaded. When that’s done, I’ll likely download an econ course.

I think it’s great; all the stuff I should have taken back in college is right there for the listening, and I get to hear it from Berkley profs without paying Berkley tuition!

With regards to wikipedia and fur coats, I’ll leave it to you election-watchers; I’m more concerned with Queen Elizabeth I right now. :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Jonathan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:54:44 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-614 Yeah, I remember last week when Biden was picked. Whole selections were removed from his wiki entry. Not sure why though. Don't be offended about not being picked. If you ever become governor of a state then you might have a shot. Yeah, I remember last week when Biden was picked. Whole selections were removed from his wiki entry. Not sure why though. Don’t be offended about not being picked. If you ever become governor of a state then you might have a shot.

]]> By: amberpeace http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-613 amberpeace Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:52:34 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-613 No, what's fun to do right now is to go to the Sarah Palin wikipedia entry. Read it; hit refresh. Read it; hit refresh. See how many new things are there and how many have been removed. You can do this for about 30 minutes of continuous entertainment. It swings from Sarah Is Our Savior, to Die Witch Die. Personally, I am fairly attractive, can shoot a .28 with precision AND own a large fur coat. I'm offended I wasn't picked. No, what’s fun to do right now is to go to the Sarah Palin wikipedia entry. Read it; hit refresh. Read it; hit refresh. See how many new things are there and how many have been removed. You can do this for about 30 minutes of continuous entertainment. It swings from Sarah Is Our Savior, to Die Witch Die.

Personally, I am fairly attractive, can shoot a .28 with precision AND own a large fur coat. I’m offended I wasn’t picked.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.nathangilmour.com/hardly/2008/08/dead-battery/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Jonathan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:58:35 +0000 http://hardlylastword.wordpress.com/?p=1036#comment-612 Now that sounds exciting! :P Now that sounds exciting! :P

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