1: that which is required in a particular situation —usually used in plural <exceptionally quick in responding to the exigencies of modern warfare — D. B. Ottaway>
- Main Entry:
- ex·i·gen·cy
- Pronunciation:
- \ˈek-sə-jən(t)-sē, ig-ˈzi-jən(t)-\
- Function:
- noun
- Inflected Form(s):
- plural ex·i·gen·cies
- Date:
- 1581
When I started at Berkeley, Peter promised me that it would be the perfect place to cause trouble and grow into my own kind of scholar. He vowed to protect me as long as I vowed to kick ass and take names.
Catching up on Google Reader…and found Shelfari, a social network designed around books. Neat idea. English teachers are buzzing about it:
Based in Seattle, Shelfari introduces readers to our global community of book lovers and encourages them to share their literary inclinations and passions with peers, friends, and total strangers (for now). Shelfari is a gathering place for authors, aspiriting authors, publishers, and readers, and has many tools and features to help these groups connect with each other in a fun and engaging way. Our mission is to enhance the experience of reading by connecting readers in meaningful conversations about the published word.
It’s about time…
That is, [students] “build their own ‘core’ curricula.” Or, to put the same thing differently, the report suggests that Brown students “control their general education.” This seems a contradiction in terms, historically, since the point of “general education” has been to force students to do “the right thing” — to become generally educated. Link
Top 10 non-drink convenience items:
1. Dannon Light & Fit Strawberry Yogurt
2. Bagel Bites 3 Cheese
3. Stouffers Mac & Cheese meal
4. Bagel Bites Pepperoni
5. Dannon Light & Fit Raspberry Yogurt
6. Nutrigrain Bar Strawberry
7. Hot Pocket Pepperoni Single
8. Nutrigrain Bar Apple Cinnamon
9. Betty Crocker Bowl Appetite 3 Cheese Rotini
10. Lunchables Cheese Pizza
Thursday, Microsoft announced a complex new version of the Web sites and PC software that use the Windows Live brand. Over the next two months, the company will introduce dozens of upgraded features involving its e-mail, instant message, calendar, blogging and other services. It will also add some entirely new functions, including group collaboration and photo sharing.
A lot of the effort has gone into weaving the functions of social networks throughout many of these services. For example, the service has a “what’s new” feed, modeled after the Facebook news feed, that can publish short comments by users as well as links to when they take certain actions, like publish new photos. The feed will be displayed on the instant message client and on new profile pages for users. And after you send an e-mail to people who use the new feed, you will see their most recent updates. NYT
tarpipe: a social media publishing platform that lets you send information to different services by performing a single action.
Dr. Brian Housand recommended this site: GoogleLitTrips. Many of these are created by students.
