1. Teaching and wages: the curse of calling.

    Wed 14 January 2015 | tags: Rants

    Every time you say that teachers don't deserve the appallingly low salaries for the work they do please do the following mental exercise:

    Think about the best teacher you ever had. The one person who inspired you the most in school to be the best you can. The person who …

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  2. Seth Godin: An end of radio

    (Original link: An end of radio)

    I've long held that radio was doomed the moment ubiquitous wifi entered the car. We're getting closer each day to having the completely connected vehicle.

    The only thing that will save radio is presenting more localized content. Unfortunately content cost money and as more …

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  3. When a podcast isn't

    Sat 08 November 2014 | tags: Rants

    I just tried subscribing to a podcast (I won't shame the particular podcast, outside of saying that they should "know better", but I have two things that (to me) mean you can call your serial show a podcast:

    1. It has a RSS feed plainly available as an RSS feed (and …
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  4. Video Games: The Movie

    JoDee and I just finished watching Video Games: The Movie. Sadly I'm a bit disappointed in the movie. It's pretty clear in this movie that video game history was written by the winners because it would appear from their telling that the following was true:

    • The 3DO never existed (the …
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  5. League of Conservation Voters - Mind your own business

    Tue 21 October 2014 | tags: Rants

    Apparently the League of Conservation Voters would like to remind folks that their voting records are public record by sending out post cards with the names and addresses of several local residents and whether or not they voted in the previous two elections.

    Apparently this is to encourage folks to …

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