Else-If-Then

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  • Hello world!

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    kdevries
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    Yeah, whatever

  • A Retirement

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    Kim
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    As I continued to play Clan Lord last year, I became a regular fixture on hunts arranged by perhaps the strongest player in the game, Mujin Kun. She had been playing almost since the inception, and could usually be found somewhere in the lands for at least eight hours a day, if not more. That…

  • Struggling

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    Kim
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    Obviously I did not manage to keep up momentum, since I last wrote in February. The last year proved extraordinarily difficult on the personal front, for a number of reasons I’ll not discuss here. During that time I was completely unable to write, and barely able to read anything that required even a little mental…

  • Trying to Keep up Momentum

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    Kim
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    Have read and commented on one book, I’ve tried to keep going in spite of discovering that parenting full time really is a full time job.  I’m reading Synthetic Worlds by Castronova.  So far quite interesting, and again I find reading work by another gamer really influences my reception in interesting ways.  More on that…

  • Easing back in..

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    Kim
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    I finally feel like reading and writing again.  After the stresses of last year, I was seriously burnt out, and ever since have shied away from my research, at least from reading and writing.  I’ve been very absorbed in Clan Lord and some other games, and that’s not without benefit (researchwise) but I was feeling…

  • Impending Blackout

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    Kim
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    I’m not interrupting much at the moment as I’ve been taking a break.  But still… I oppose SOPA and will blackout my site tomorrow to show it.

  • It’s funny, my last post was about how much writing I was doing…

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    Kim
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    And then school ended, and the kids were home! writing went out the window… I spent the summer visting with friends, relations, and other loved ones, and playing Clan Lord.  I’m still collecting information on that, and learning more and more about both the community and the game itself. Tomorrow not only is everyone back…

  • Teaching with Blogs

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    Kim
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    There are many reasons I use blogs for teaching and encourage others to use them as well. I’ll elaborate further soon, but here is a prezi I’m using for a talk tomorrow: Why Blog? on Prezi I also made a pdf version; I’ll need to adjust the scale of some titles or make slightly different…

  • Upcoming Conferences

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    Kim
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    I have two conferences in the next few weeks, the RSA Security conference, in San Francisco, and CCCC, in Louisville, KY.  I’m not actually going in person to CCCC, because again, can’t afford to travel…no travel funding from my school for anyone this year…  Ideally I’ll video-skype in and talk over my slides that I’ll…

  • Teaching loads and research.

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    Kim
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    Research came grinding to a halt this fall because not only did I have more classes, they were also all over-enrolled and my teaching assignment changed two weeks before classes started when my university laid off most of the adjunct faculty and cancelled a bunch of courses.  Thank you ongoing state budget crisis. This month…