This is a guide to setting up audio and video for hybrid courses, especially seminars. This based on some research I did this summer: I asked friends who have genuine expertise in the area, and with my partner Carrie Rentschler and our friend and colleague Darin Barney, we ran some audio experiments with Darin on …
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First, the best thing I’ve read on The Chair is Karen Tongson’s piece. Go read it now if you haven’t. We finished The Chair last night and since every academic in my social media feed has a take, here are my hot takes. No spoilers. 1. I still think the most interesting campus drama would …
So today I got the first Pfizer shot, and an appointment for the second one on my birthday in August. I’ll take it as a present. When I learned I was eligible Monday and called to make an appointment, it occasioned an actual adrenaline hit to my system. This morning, I woke up like a …
A recent Facebook post by John Sloop asked why academic writing isn’t better–more creative, more varied, more polished. This has been on my mind lately, as I spent a month in March with the copyedits to Diminished Faculties. On one hand, the book is very intentionally academic. With A Political Phenomenology of Impairment as a …
So for Carrie’s birthday we watched Kong vs Godzilla mainly (I think) because it is a movie I would agree to on no other night of the year. These are my observations. Some mild spoilers are involved. 1. CGI still sucks. I seem to prefer puppets (see: Yoda, baby.) 2. Since apes are closer to …
It’s been a year. My god we’ve watched a lot of television. Here are some short reviews in no particular order. My taste barely makes sense to me, so your mileage may vary. Carrie won’t watch cringe comedy, so we have missed out on some stuff that other people really like. — Superman & Lois: …
Because of the general shitness of internet recipe blogs, all food entries will begin with a link like this: I just want the damn recipe. So, about food. Among other things, my drugs have profoundly affected my diet. When we can start eating out again, I am going to be even less fun than before. …
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