September 2010

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Speaking of Open Access...

This is a quick post to point out that I will be speaking at the University of Sussex's contribution to International Open Access Week on the 20th of October 2010. Alongside a host of other speakers, I will talk on the pros and cons of Open Access publishing and how it can help with your research.…

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British Library upgrading their Wifi Fri 1st to Sunday 4th October. Just as well, because it's down this morning!

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I don't bother reading past the comments break on any article on Arts and Humanities now, even on the Guardian. Such ignorance.

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Hurrah for Zotero running on Maverick. Bit of a pain, though, as Sun Java is no longer in standard repos.

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Rowan Williams has no problem with gay bishops. As long as they are not actually gay. #homophobia #stonewall

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Should have separated those tags better. Not "abolish amnesty", but two words I find incredibly important. #abolishthedeathpenalty

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Security bulletin for Android rooted users boils down to: if an application has root, Sherlock, it can read all your file.

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Tethering problems on the Wildfire are definitely not due to rooting (rooted stock works); perhaps the OTA update?

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Picture This: Postcards and Letters Beyond Text

Another post plugging a conference I am involved with, I'm afraid! A conference at the University of Sussex March 24, 2011 – March 26, 2011 Confirmed speakers: Ann Dumas (Curator of The Real Van Gogh, Royal Academy); Professor Nicholas Royle (University of Sussex); Professor Marcus Wood (University…

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I sat opposite Andy Akinwolere (Blue Peter presenter) on train last week while they discussed hosting the Pope's visit.

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First Fictions conference

FIRST FICTIONS Festival and Academic Conference Update: 2011-01-18 9-12th June, 2011 Please note the date of the festival has now changed to: 19-22 Jan 2012 Confirmed delegates include: Kate Mosse, Jackie Kaye, Elleke Bohemer, Michael Prodger, Bryan Cheyette, Scott Pack, Nicholas Royle and Isabel…

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Gravity's Rainbow reference still going; have a backlog of episodes to put online; probably tomorrow evening. #Pynchon

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The other Pynchon artifacts, the letters in the New York public library, remain sealed until after the author's death.

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Is somewhat nervous about this workshop on Wednesday, given that my web host, on which it relies, keeps dying.

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Yes! Finally got Unison compiled onto my new host inside jailshell. (Had to get ocaml installed inside custom prefix)

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Workshop prepared; conference website ready to go live; now time for final edits on Pynchon publication!

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Anyone at Sussex who knows what support for OpenOffice.org Impress presentations is like on campus machines? (no Powerpoint for me)

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Conditional CSS in Open Journal/Conference Systems

One of the most tedious aspects of establishing a uniquely themed Open Journal or Open Conference Systems site is in getting the CSS to work as you would like. While there are varying schools of thought regarding best practice for implementing cross browser compatibility, my chosen methodology is…

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Apologies for delayed Episode 6 synopsis; ran out of time last night, should be up later today or tomorrow.

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Right, about to brave alternate non-Tube routes. Today's agenda is sitting on panel for Arthritis Research UK grant interviews.

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... as is his subsequent factoid correction regarding Philo, tennis in tornadoes and "creative non-fiction".

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My views on the monotonal discourse now surrounding David Foster Wallace are known, but Charles Harris' piece in Critique is rather good.

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Synopsis and character referencing complete for Episode 6 of Gravity's Rainbow, Beyond the Zero; will go-live this evening. #Pynchon

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Research Councils' definition of "Early Career Researcher": 'within 10 years of starting a PhD' (via @victoriawilby) #Vitae10

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Hearing lots of buzz about #vitae10; looking forward to reading all about it -- sorry to not be there.

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Answering my own question. Beckett's "What matter who's speaking" is from Texts for Nothing III. Second sentence.

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Can anyone give a page reference for Beckett's "What matter who's speaking?", please? I think it's in Molloy but can't find it!

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Upcoming journal publishing workshop

Just a quick publicity post to advertise a workshop I am running at the University of Sussex on the 15th of September from 11.30-13.30 on the use of Open Journal Systems to establish new, open access, academic e-journals. The workshop is open to all Sussex postgraduates and faculty and merely…