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First Day of School

Published on August 25, 2008

I used to love the first day of school, as a kid. Not really the second day or onward, mind, but the first was always pretty fun. There I was, with some brand new school gear, meeting up with a bunch of people I hadn’t seen since the end of…

Ends and beginnings

Published on August 7, 2008

I’ve changed around my class schedule. I think it’s pretty solid, though I may still want to change sections for one class.Â LIS 2000: Understanding Information LIS 2001: Organizing InformationLIS 2670: Digital LibrariesÂ LIS 2700: Managing Libraries (the real name is longer) You’ll notice there are only four classes there. I…

Less than a month!

Published on July 28, 2008

A month from today, I’ll be completing my first week of school. Assuming my schedule doesn’t change when I meet with my advisor, Thursday is going to be my roughest day–actually, you could say it’ll be my only regularly scheduled rough day–with six straight hours of class. This seems unavoidable,…

[Spoiler-free Review] Anathem, by Neal Stephenson

Published on July 25, 2008

First, some meta-commentary: I do most of my book reviews over at GoodReads and would heartily encourage you to do the same, because their interface is excellent, and I find their mixture of “convenient place to store book lists” and “social networking/geeking out about books” to be just about right…

Coral Sheldon-Hess Posts

First Day of School

Know thyself. And choose your career accordingly.

Ends and beginnings

Less than a month!

[Spoiler-free Review] Anathem, by Neal Stephenson