What's a Ph.D student's life like? Dull? Frustrating? Despairing? Kind of, 'coz s/he has to deal with homework grading, dating odds, qualifying exam, grad student etiquette, job hunting, beating over-enthusiastic new master's students, and the terrible [but very normal] idea... Read more >>

100 Photographs that Changed the World by LIFE [28 pics are available online]. The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century by Random House & The Modern Library. The 100 World's Most Powerful Women by Forbes. They are businesswomen, humanitarians,... Read more >>

Rebecca MacKinnon introduces the University Channel, "a collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world -- for you to view, listen to, stream or download." The University Channel reminds me of another online... Read more >>

Firefox can crash at any time--the worst timing is when I almost finish a new entry in Movabletype...BTW, any desktop blogging tool to recommend? My computer is not invulnerable even though it's under the umbrella of NAV--Checking account can really... Read more >>

It is really a sad day. We went to Chicago for haircut while on the way back it started to pour. When getting closer to Milwaukee [actually it was near General Mitchell International Airport] we ran into a terrible traffic... Read more >>

Via digg [thanks to Kevin for telling me the website! ]: I Like You Color: Type the URI of a page below and submit it to see what colors it uses Some people complained the idea is lame. Well, it's... Read more >>

I still can remember how curious and excited I was when surfing the Web for the first time. It dates back to mid 90s, maybe 1995. Back then Google wasn't born yet. No blog existed but personal homepages blossomed. ICQ... Read more >>

In the past few weeks I've been working on rewriting templates for the blog. I didn't make a lot of changes on appearance since I sort of burn out recently. But I did try to make it look similar both... Read more >>

It's hard to believe that my oral defense was done only 13 hours 30 minutes ago. Now I'm proud to claim I am a Master. :) Just call it a day. Time to pay bill now.... Read more >>

Jonathan Carson wonders "Is BLOG going to be an industry term?" His concern is based on a Nielsen//Netratings study on blog readership. A question was asked to measure readership: Do you... a) Read blogs every day b) Read blogs occassionally... Read more >>

In a rush for the coming oral defense on 18th. But can't help stopping to blog about the amazing Optimus Keyboard. Can't wait to have my hands on it.... Read more >>

Dr. Halavais's very drafty link survey. I do like the latter part on link uses. Just wonder how he will draw random links from repondents' blogs. Some technical concerns.... Read more >>

We’ve learned that blogging might get you fired. Now it might make you unemployed as well. Job seekers who are also bloggers may have a tough road ahead, if our committee's experience is any indication. Ivan Tribble expresses his concerns... Read more >>

From today on, I'll have a piece of brand new paper to write my life on. Be strong, be confident, and be myself.... Read more >>

Via del.icio.us / popular: Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation. The animated timeline of the U.S. history is such a vivid and impressive instructional applicaiton that I wish I had watched it ten years earlier. Anyway, not too late for... Read more >>

Spent an hour on sixflags.com to get the exact addresses of all the theme parks. There are a bunch of water parks but I'm not interested in that. I'm a big fan of rollercoasters so Six Flags Theme Parks only!!!... Read more >>

This is my comment on the very first online survey on blog uses in mainland China. I’m so glad to see blog studies in Chinese blogosphere are emerging but still can’t help being critical—just pet peeve of a graduate student.... Read more >>

The football is round and so is the athletics nickname of Marquette University. We were Golden Eagles, then Gold, now we are Golden Eagles again. Marquette community finally voted for Golden Eagles as the representative of Marquette spirit again. It... Read more >>