Category Archives: Self-promotion

A New Web Experiment

Posted on 2010/01/30 by ngilmour

So for a while there I was a Conservative Reformed Mafia consigliere, and I’m still officially (though not productively, and I’m sorry, linda and Andrew and Joe) a writer over at i wonder as i wander, and now I’m embarking … Continue reading →

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Off to the Office

Posted on 2009/07/02 by ngilmour

Now that the previous occupant has vacated, and now that we’re back in town from family travels, this morning I’m finally moving several boxes of books into my Emmanuel College office. In a month and a week faculty workshops start, … Continue reading →

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Want to Host your Own Site?

Posted on 2009/05/29 by ngilmour

I don’t normally do advertising on here, but 1and1, the company that hosts this site, is doing a promotion until the end of May (which, I realize, ain’t that far from now), and the rates are really nice.? So if … Continue reading →

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New Computer, New Website, New Blog

Posted on 2009/01/31 by ngilmour

Well, it was a busy week in several ways.? As you’ve read here, I’ve been teaching like crazy, and beyond that, my Ubuntu 8.10 disk came in the mail, so I installed it on the new laptop, and I’ve never … Continue reading →

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New Home Page Up and Running

Posted on 2009/01/23 by ngilmour

On my brother’s advice, I went ahead and registered the domain http://www.nathangilmour.com a while ago, and in the intervening time I’ve been putting together a new professional page.? So take a gander if you will, and if you have suggestions … Continue reading →

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Conceding Defeat

Posted on 2008/12/26 by ngilmour

I’ve had a good streak of consecutive posting days, but tonight I head into the mountains of West Virginia for six days.? I just don’t think I can get in a post a day there.? So goodbye, streak.

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A Shout-Out to the Dante Readers

Posted on 2008/11/03 by ngilmour

My little site has been averaging more than eighty hits a day for a good week now, and my first impulse, of course, was to congratulate myself for writing such good material.? But a look at the numbers put me … Continue reading →

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10K

Posted on 2008/10/24 by ngilmour

Some time between my turning the laptop off this morning to get Micah ready for school and my sitting down at Panera to grade a couple papers before going to work at Bogart Library, the site’s hit counter went over … Continue reading →

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Hardly the Last… Palavra?

Posted on 2008/10/06 by ngilmour

I was looking at my site history between papers (halfway there–a solid afternoon tomorrow and a healthy Wednesday, and I should be done), and apparently somebody submitted one of my posts to a Google translator program to read it in … Continue reading →

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Just when I run out of scheduled posts…

Posted on 2008/09/19 by ngilmour

I just realized that, if I’m going to hit my goal of at least one post per day in September, I’m not going to be able to lean on Plato readings any more–revision meetings start Monday, which means no new … Continue reading →

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Top Ten on Facebook

Posted on 2008/08/13 by ngilmour

Not overall (after all, I post neither mp3 files nor gadget news–at least not that much gadget news), but I have now tied for the tenth-most-popular philosophy blog on Facebook.? If you have a Facebook account and like to read … Continue reading →

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Updated CV

Posted on 2008/07/26 by ngilmour

I’ve reformatted my CV entirely, cutting it down to two pages in print, so I decided to put the new version here as well. You can get there via the CV tab above. I’ll probably re-hyperlink the thing eventually, but … Continue reading →

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5000 visitors

Posted on 2008/06/30 by ngilmour

Again, I feel bad for leaving the blog unattended the last few days, but I am happy with the progress I’ve made on the prospectus.? I checked my hit count today and realized that I’d crested 5000 visitors.? I’d like … Continue reading →

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ABD

Posted on 2008/05/27 by ngilmour

No long post right now, but I passed my oral exams. I’m ABD! Yes, I have updated my CV.? Click the tab!

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Delayed Kudos to the Standard

Posted on 2008/05/22 by ngilmour

Bob Hull’s “Can we Talk?” With my mind consumed with comps this week, I didn’t take the time earlier this week to point my readers (I love both of ya!) to this good little piece by my beloved Greek professor … Continue reading →

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Good Reviews

Posted on 2008/05/14 by ngilmour

I just now looked at my customer satisfaction surveys teacher evaluations for the spring semester, and other than one review that said my class is boring because all we do is read texts and discuss them (I’m not sure whether … Continue reading →

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Man of Letters

Posted on 2008/05/02 by ngilmour

Do I resort to silliness to avoid revising Sunday’s sermon? Yes. I just wanted to point out that on Michial Farmer’s blog (he’s a friend and colleague and overall good dude over in UGA’s English department, and he thinks I … Continue reading →

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Ben Jonson is Alright

Posted on 2008/04/30 by ngilmour

I spent part of this morning wrapped up in a sweatshirt, dreading the next strong breeze, and the other part enjoying the gradually warming day, both down at Fort Yargo State Park, at a picnic table on the lake, reading … Continue reading →

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New Toy

Posted on 2008/04/21 by ngilmour

Why yes, that is an enormous new gas grill. And yes, it is on my deck. Happy Birthday to Daddy! [Update: I should mention that the grill cooks much differently than my brother-in-law’s former grill, which served me well through … Continue reading →

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An Experiment in American Intellectual History

Posted on 2008/01/16 by ngilmour

I just got done reading the first essay of The Federalist, and I think I’m going to try to read all eighty-five of them over the next couple months, largely for the sake of better teaching in the future. Whenever … Continue reading →

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