Uncertain PrinciplesPhysics, Politics, and Pop CultureYear-End Links Dump- December 31, 2005 I'm not a big one for New Year's resolutions, but this seems like an appropriate moment to go through my Bloglines folders and clean out stuff that I marked "keep new" for later use. Most of those links are now well past their sell-by date, but there are some that are still worth reading: Speaking of the MLA, The Little Professor points to 9 Interviews, a collection of short films of fake MLA interviews with job candidates. They're probably funnier to people who've been through that process,...http://www.steelypips.org/principles/2005_12_25_principlearchive.php#113603353007586558 Pith-Helmeted Athropological Reporting- December 30, 2005 Scott Eric Kaufman of Acephalous is blogging the MLA. (I'm sure he's not the only one, he's just the only one I'm reading...) As I understand it, the Modern Language Association meeting is pretty much the be-all end-all of humanities meetings. It's sort of fascinating to read about, coming off as sort of a cross between DAMOP and Worldcon (look, a Dealer's Room! People getting a little punchy!). Of course, most of the things that make it fascinating to me are the areas where it diverges from..http://www.steelypips.org/principles/2005_12_25_principlearchive.php#113594494351680137 |