A Wild Sheep Chase
The SOOLG (significant others of literary geeks) book club is kicking off soon, on January 11! Our first book is A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami. I really enjoyed this book, but I am completely at a loss as to what it meant and how to discuss it. I am hoping that other people […]
Lunarpages domain name scam
I used to use a webhosting company called Lunarpages. I was happy with them until they raised their rates. So, I decided to switch to Just Host. I informed Lunarpages on August 16 that I would be switching hosts. My site went up on Just Host on August 16. Just Host asked for my current […]
South Bend Table Tennis Center
We’ve been living in South Bend for almost two weeks now – without encountering anyone in the outside world except for the people in Jess’ program (who are great people, by the way). So, I started brainstorming things that I could do to get out more, and found the website for the South Bend Table […]
New credentials
One great benefit of my current job is that I have access to lynda.com, where I can learn various tech skills. So far, I’ve learned to use Adobe Flash, ActionScript 3.0, and most recently, PHP. When you complete a course, which means viewing all of the instructional videos, you can download a PDF certificate of […]
The move from paradise
I’m back! My husband, Jess, and I moved from Honolulu to Dimondale, Michigan recently. But not really together. That is, we started and ended together, but took very different paths. His path wasn’t exactly straight, but got him here in less than 24 hours. He flew from Honolulu to Las Vegas to Minneapolis to Detroit. […]
UH Foundation update: All is forgiven!
The squeaky wheel gets the grease – proven true once more. After my public call-out of the UH Foundation for their questionable research ethics, I got this email from the Controller of the Foundation: Dear Betsy, I am sorry to hear that you are not pleased with the Foundation’s actions. I would like to clarify […]
Research ethics FAIL: UH Foundation
I applied for and was awarded a grant for $645 in April 2008, and I have yet to receive the funds. Beyond the money, however, I am upset about the complete ethical FAIL on the part of the foundation that awarded the grant. This grant is from the ‘Oihana Maika’i Fund, which is administered by […]
Resume design
I’m looking for a job. I’ll be begging you for job leads soon enough (after I know where I’m moving to), but here’s what I’ve been absorbing: I’ve seen many blog posts and tweets recently about how to get a job using social media such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. (For example, there’s this Lifehacker […]
Presentations – PowerPoint = Prezi
PowerPoint slides are boring, as we all know. However, at conferences, they are difficult to escape because of the lack of alternatives. This is the perfect opening for Prezi, a new kind of presentation tool. You can zoom in and out of different text and graphics on an unstructured plane. You can add arrows and […]
The Web Laureate: I’m a new fan
I was surprised and honored to find that The Web Laureate had linked to my post about Dimdim vs. Elluminate within a lovely poem. Apparently, this is what the Web Laureate does. I’ll describe it as Web 2.0 through the eyes of a poet. But you should check it out for yourself. In tribute, here […]