April 03, 2008
Can you get a college degree without reading any textbooks? Apparently, some seem to think so.
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March 03, 2008
I've been shackled for years now by my email. My inbox is filled with tons of messages, most of which aren't that important. And I was filled with dread (and denial) about that one critical email that was probably buried in...
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January 10, 2008
Classes start here on Monday, Jan 14. I thought it was crazy this past week. With the return of students this weekend, my level of craziness just continues.
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December 10, 2007
Water hammer is a pressure surge or wave caused by the kinetic energy of a fluid in motion when it is forced to stop or change direction suddenly. Pipes clang and knock. What happens in a pipe happens on campus at the end of...
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November 22, 2007
The first step in any 12-step program (Alcoholics Anonymous, etc.) is for the person to admit that they have a problem and that their lives have become have become unmanageable. I'm not an alcoholic, but I've heard that at...
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November 13, 2007
Social networking websites are big. On the ISU campus, nearly everyone has a Facebook page. Is yours a page you'd want your mother to see?
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November 06, 2007
College classes are one of the few things I know of that people pay a lot of money for and then don't use.
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October 19, 2007
One of the most important skills to develop as a faculty member (or any practicing professional) is to be able to discern the difference between "urgent" and "important."
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September 17, 2007
What the heck is an engineering/technology professor doing wasting his time thinking about entrepreneurship? Heck, it took me six months to learn how to spell it without a spell checker!
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August 24, 2007
I played baseball in my class the other day, or more precisely, played catch with a baseball. Luckily I didn't throw any wild pitches and break something.
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