You may or may not recall my post from last fall about tenure (linked here in case you missed it), but the gist was that after 5 years of epic labor, it all ends with a giant, kindergarten-like arts and crafts project. And then waiting, a lot of it. For those of you who aren’t …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Computer Rage Survey Results
Too cool:
It’s Space Cake, Not Spice Cake
Welcome to the official “I’m jetlagged or there’s no way I’d be up at this hour” edition of Super Bon. It’s too early to work and anyway I was going to take the day off (except for answering a slew of emails). So here’s a long, detailed blog entry instead. We returned last night from …
Last Thought on the Way Out the Door
A couple years back, I called my American Long Distance provider to inquire about calling card rates for various parts of Europe. I was put through to the international division. The rep I spoke with was happy to help me but had never heard of Prague or Zagreb. Today, I call Fido Wireless to activate …
Tomorrow, it’s Amsterdam for a week
and I don’t expect to have much web access, so sorry in advance for the continued slow blog. I’m back for the summer (with a few short trips) in early June. Here’s the latest report, in the style of Harper’s Index. All passive voice refers to me and/or Carrie. Number of cool new people met …
Cool
At this very moment, Montreal public works is planting a bunch of trees on our street.
Crescent St.
Here I was thinking I had a pretty good mental map of the space between McGill and Concordia downtown. But last night, after watching the very mediocre Unleashed (yes, I will be acquiring the Massive Attack soundtrack), we are walking down St. Catherine with a friend looking for a place to have a drink. We …