Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Center for Advanced Study in Turkey Vulture Behavioral Sciences
Yes, more animals appeared outside my office on Thursday. This time, turkey vultures. . . There’s an old Far Side cartoon entitled “Birds of prey know they’re cool.” Scavengers? Maybe there’s the geek-chic of birds.
On a happier note, but still on recommendations
I would like to offer a few words in praise of the sheer wondrous awesomeness of the windowed envelope. I have written many hundreds of letters of recommendation over my career. Although a sizeable number are now electronic, many are still in paper. For years I had an extra step in printing out recs in …
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Incredible
It’s hardcore recommendation season and I’ve been spending a little time each afternoon working on a recommendation as I line up the templates for the year (or send out the fellowship recs, which are usually due first). Today was my first attempt to engage with SSHRC’s new online interface. They have, happily, trashed the ludicrous …
Center for Advanced Study in Deer Behavioral Sciences
The view through my office screen door the other evening:
A tale of two parks
I promise this will not become a football blog. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’ll have little else to say on football for awhile. As part of our Good Times Program, we’ve been taking in some major league sports. On Monday, we went and saw the evening football game in San Francisco (vs the New …
Brief NFL TV Post
This is our first year without the NFL Sunday Ticket (where you can watch any game you want) since possibly the 20th century. The place we’re renting has cable, not satellite. The cable company offers an alternative–the “NFL Red Zone” channel where they switch from game to game as things get exciting. There appear to …