July 2009
17 posts
Someday my kids will ask about this stark & unintuitive contrast: (political) conservativism / (environmental) conservation.
Thesis: defended. Call me Master Griffin.
If, by chance, you want to be @ my thesis defense today (on students’ ability to use search engines effectively) it’s @1PM in Fell 446.
I’ll bug you about this for a month. You can vote daily for Normal in the Boring vs. Normal contest. Please help! http://boringvsnormal.com
Congrats to my friends Nick and Kristen Bodmer who have completed their birthquest. His name is Brennan. He’s awesome.
Apparently voting will start today in Toshiba’s Boring vs. Normal laptop battle. I’ll tell you when it’s up, and how you can vote. #blono
The ads for “G.I. Joe” make it look like a live-action version of “Team America: World Police.” Destroying the Eiffel Tower, again?
Blackberry: The only phone dumb enough to flash the “Low Battery” light while it’s plugged in. Um… yeah, I get it.
Cleaned out my office on campus. Kind of sad leaving. Maybe I should be a student forever.
Got my fancy 25% cotton, 20-lb., white paper to print my thesis 2x (216 pages). Ironic that a study on digital media wastes so much paper.
Either my sleeves are getting longer or my arms are getting shorter.
Phew. Just got my last format check completed on my thesis. Now I can wait a week and defend it. Just in time for the July 31 deadline!
Pretty awesome day at work today. I’m in St. Louis for the State Farm Home Run Derby.
Anyone want to read the first draft of my thesis on students’ search (engine) effectiveness, & provide constructive feedback?
Cubs scored some serious State Farm insurance runs today!
If I shave off 2 characters, my nearly finished thesis could fit perfectly into 900 tweets. So… you ready for some tweets?
Joey Chestnut set the 10-min hot dog eating world record @ 68. ESPN guy: “I don’t moisturize. I don’t watch Gossip Girl, but I’m emotional!”