{"id":3344,"date":"2009-01-24T04:01:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T04:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/01\/24\/links-for-2009-01-24\/"},"modified":"2009-01-24T04:01:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T04:01:38","slug":"links-for-2009-01-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/01\/24\/links-for-2009-01-24\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-01-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/links\/sestinas\/1DanielAri.html\">McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency: Sestina: How to Build a Sestina Template in Microsoft Excel.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot; Open a new Excel workbook. In cell B1, write your title. Leave row 2 blank.<br \/>\n In cells A3 through A8, place the letters A through F. These letters are the cues<br \/>\n for your repeating words (teleutons). Leave row 9 blank to denote a stanza break.<br \/>\n In cells A10 through A15, put the letters F-A-E-B-D-C. Then skip a line. Likewise create<br \/>\n your teleuton template for the rest of your stanzas<br \/>\n based on the standard sestina form (left to you to find).&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/language\">language<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/computing\">computing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/poetry\">poetry<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theagitator.com\/2009\/01\/22\/yes-he-did\/\">The Agitator \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Yes, He Did<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Yes, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s only been one day. But this is mighty impressive. Obama\u00e2\u0080\u0099s top priority upon taking office was to sign orders rolling back his predecessor\u00e2\u0080\u0099s expansion of executive power. Put another way, Obama\u00e2\u0080\u0099s top priority upon taking office was to institute limits on his own power. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/news\">news<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/law\">law<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insidehighered.com\/news\/2009\/01\/23\/retain\">As Talk About Retention Rises, Rates Drop :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education&#8217;s Source for News, Views and Jobs<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Adelman says that rather than focus on the \u00e2\u0080\u009cretention\u00e2\u0080\u009d of students by one college \u00e2\u0080\u0094 which he decries as overly focused on the fates of \u00e2\u0080\u009cschools that want to hang on to students (one suspects, more for the sake of their reputations than what would be best for the student)\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u0094 policy makers would be better off focusing on the rates at which students persist in higher education, which is \u00e2\u0080\u009cmuch more important to the rest of us who have worked to identify the different productive paths students can take in space and time through our system.\u00e2\u0080\u009d&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/statistics\">statistics<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/greengabbro\/2009\/01\/cookbooks_with_science.php\">Green Gabbro : Cookbooks with Science<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Since today is National Pie Day, I thought I would list a few of my favorite cookbooks. In particular, the ones that have taught me to bake pie. The ones with science.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/food\">food<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/chemistry\">chemistry<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/geology\">geology<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/cortex\/2009\/01\/what_will_change_everything.php\">The Frontal Cortex : What Will Change Everything?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;The question, of course, is whether the universe (and all the life contained therein) is a clock or a cloud. The methodology of modern science is predicated on the assumption that everything is a clock, a wonderfully complex timepiece to be sure, but still a clock. But what if reality is a cloud?&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/philosophy\">philosophy<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pontiff\/2009\/01\/a_curmudgeons_and_improvs_guid.php\">The Quantum Pontiff : A Curmudgeon&#8217;s and Improv&#8217;s Guide to Outliers: Chapter 2<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Further, and I think even more damaging, the story Gladwell tells only makes sense in a post selected world. Everyday kids everywhere are given access to different extraordinary opportunities. Some of these opportunities lead down the path to fame and fortune. But others most certainly do not. If one is to make any use out of the idea that extraordinary opportunities are important to becoming an outlier, then one needs to be able to identify in advance which of these opportunities help lead one down the correct path.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency: Sestina: How to Build a Sestina Template in Microsoft Excel. &quot; Open a new Excel workbook. In cell B1, write your title. Leave row 2 blank. In cells A3 through A8, place the letters A through F. 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