tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2814914993730081775..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Joseph Heller May Have Spent Some Time In AcademiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79908592337142776572015-09-24T19:28:32.557-04:002015-09-24T19:28:32.557-04:00Our SLAC is now eliminating the computers in the c...Our SLAC is now eliminating the computers in the classrooms since most people have a laptop or ipad/iphone that they now hook up to the system. This inevitably means the wrong adapter or the wrong hook-up is available, or the projector won't connect to or recognize the ipad/laptop. either way, chalk and a board remain my most reliable visual aid.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24181389460722146342015-09-15T18:10:46.600-04:002015-09-15T18:10:46.600-04:00Aw, you beat me to it!Aw, you beat me to it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70605889866854987562015-09-15T09:42:42.673-04:002015-09-15T09:42:42.673-04:00Just finishing "Graeber's The Utopia of R...Just finishing "Graeber's The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy" now, and it has much to say about admin (not surprisingly, perhaps).<br /><br />And quite Helleresque at points. <br /><br />I will never forget my first read of "Something Happened". Terrifyingly close to academia in places.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46065160825560571142015-09-15T08:31:26.967-04:002015-09-15T08:31:26.967-04:00That reminds me: Why do all the hotels now stuff t...That reminds me: Why do all the hotels now stuff the mini-fridge into a poorly ventilated cabinet, such that it must run all night (to remove from its interior the heat that seeps in because it is sitting in a hot cabinet, which is hot both from the extracted heat and from the motor that must run to cool the fridge interior, which would not get hot so quickly if the motor didn't run but has Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33943471561400672162015-09-15T08:09:13.934-04:002015-09-15T08:09:13.934-04:00"(I powerpoint some, but also need to throw a..."(I powerpoint some, but also need to throw administrative stuff up regularly)"<br /><br />Yes, I throw administrative stuff up regularly, too. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6053450264292670162015-09-15T04:46:26.159-04:002015-09-15T04:46:26.159-04:00Joesph Heller did spend some time in academia. Out...Joesph Heller did spend some time in academia. Outside the physics building (I don't know why) at Penn State is a sign commemorating his stay.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com