Entries from mistersquid: a digital fiction tagged with 'OhioU'
Some Thoughts Regarding the Creation of Text-to-Speech Audiobooks Using Consumer-Grade Software, or One Possible Outcome for Academic Professionalism as a Result of Fully Digitzed Text
Codex Books, Audiobooks, and Assistive Devices: A Tale of Near Misses The last book I checked out of Alden Library while still a faculty at Ohio University was Clay Shirky’s 2008 Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without...
Reorganizing This Movable Type Blog: Mistersquid Refreshed
Before returning to California after a 17-year adventure in the world of higher education (one that may not quite be done done), I restructured the way I was developing material for this blog. That restructuring was born of a...
Humans vs. Zombies at Ohio University
I recently gave a presentation on zombies to Professor Tom Scanlan's UC 190 course, which is designed to introduce 1st-year English majors to the research areas and creative projects of Ohio University English Faculty.1 A former student of mine who...
Editorial Board of Ohio University's The Post Thinks Racism Is Funny
Photo of Chris Yonker(Image source) On 7 September 2007, The Post, a student newspaper funded by Ohio University, published an editorial by Chris Yonker titled "Broad Stripes and Bright Stars" which features, among other things, a photograph of Yonker striking...
Tommy Sweatshop
At my undergraduate alma mater, USC, the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation (SCALE) staged a knit-in on the steps of the Pertusati University Bookstore. Lori White, associate vice president for Student Affairs, asked the students to relocate to Hahn plaza...
The Demise of an American Tradition
Walking back home across College Green this afternoon, I encountered someone whom civility demanded I hail and for whom I removed an earbud from my left ear.“Hi, _______. How are you?”“Hi, Johnnie. Not bad. Listening to something new?”“Not new. Old.”“Is...
Iconophobia
This post is intended as a mild rant. Forgive me if it goes farther than that. On my workstation, I don’t use any instant messaging client because in addition to being sticky, instant messaging clients are designed to facilitate interruption....
Have you seen my day?
I should call the police because I think someone has stolen my day. I did not misplace it nor did I leave it unlocked. At about a quarter to one when I went to sleep this morning, I had...
We’re #2!
Today was the first day of class for Athens city schools. It really was magical, watching all the kids and their parents heading to East Elementary , the children shiny, eager, and excited to make new friends. On a somewhat...
OU all over
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the profession I’ve found myself in, this whole literary critical/cultural studies schtick I’ve signed up for. It’s hard to believe that I knew I wanted to be a professor when I...
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