Monthly Archives: June 2006

Sara’s Handwriting Revisited

June 25, 2006
Last December I wrote about turning Sara’s handwriting into a font for a little Christmas present, and after receiving a number of requests for it, I made it available for download. Well, it turns out that some people have had some problems getting it onto their machines, so perhaps instructions are in order…
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Cheating Is Bad, but Bad Cheating Is Worse

June 22, 2006
During my seven years of teaching, one of the things that particularly distressed me was the suspicion that some of my students were cheating. This gut feeling often accompanied my paper grading and was especially severe when the assignment was a “research” paper…
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Random Sightings

June 14, 2006
Here are a few interesting things I’ve come across in the past few days: - gladwell.com: U.S. versus U.K. - onegoodmove.org: W. sings Sunday Bloody Sunday - google gets literary - and much, much more!
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I’m Not Angry

June 8, 2006
Every time I go back to my hometown of Philadelphia (actually Willow Grove, but who’s counting?) for a visit, I have to readjust to the cultural differences between the east-coast city and my current place of residence, Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the first couple days of my visit, a typical conversation might go like this…
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Brand New Design, Same Old Site

June 4, 2006
If you’ve visited English Rules lately, you may have noticed a few changes around here. The site is sporting a brand new look, which evolved out of a little collaboration with a friend at work, Jennifer Wetzel. Jennifer and I struck a deal a few months ago to help with each other’s sites: She would design a “mockup” for my site in Photoshop, and I would help implement a new site for her. So now Jennifer has a cool new site, jcreativedesign.com, to display her gorgeous design work, and I have a fresh way to display all the stuff that has been accumulating here for the past couple years…
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