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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

ROW80 Round 2 - 13th Update

Not much to report this week; I've been alternating between working on my conference paper on eBook technology and interaction methods and tinkering with my multimedia narrative game prototype. While working on the latter, I managed to crash not only Google SketchUp, but also my whole computer. I achieved this feat by loading at least 30 dirigible models into one scene. In a way, I was a bit like that kid who pokes at a bullants' nest with a sharp stick; she knows it won't end well, but she can't help but see how far she can push her luck in the meantime.

I haz mad computer destruction skillz.

While avoiding working on my conference paper today, I also joined an interesting Twitter discussion about literary fiction versus genre fiction. It raised some fascinating arguments, which I've blogged about here.

Anyway, that's me over and out for another week. Better keep slogging away at my conference paper. So far I've written 1,000 words of that, but I need at least another 1,500. I also have to give a presentation for it tomorrow :( (I think that whoever decided making students do class presentations was a good idea should be hunted down with pitchforks and burning torches). I shall leave you under the watchful gaze of Judgemental Dog:

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5 comments:

  1. GabrielleJune 2, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    Love Judgmental Dog! And as a history prof, I can tell you I loathe that person who thought making students do presentations was fabulous too. I have my pitchfork ready.

    Have a great one!

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  2. Vicki KeireJune 2, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    As a teacher, I have a confession to make: student presentations makes life easier on us. So your hatred is well placed. On the other hand, doing them as a student did really help me when I had to do conferences or teach lectures.
    I crashed my beloved Mac finishing my book. I am now using a Samsung notebook, my back up machine. I am glad to have it but wow. What a switch. I feel your computer pain. If it has moving parts I will screw it up. Usually during finals or a book deadline.
    Good luck on your conference, though. Once you're done presenting, I bet you'll have fun. It sounds like a fascinating topic. I'd like to read it sometime.

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  3. Claire FarrellJune 2, 2011 at 2:21 AM

    I missed JD. ;)

    Good luck with the conference paper and presentation.

    I learned a long time ago to avoid the genre vs. literary debates. LOL.

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  4. CathrynLouisJune 2, 2011 at 4:53 AM

    Literary vs genre is always a fascinating - sometimes heated - discussion. Best of luck with your paper!

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  5. KateJune 2, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Such a cute picture. One of my favorites of JD so far. :)

    I like genre fiction because I know what to expect. Each genre has its own rules, and I depend on them, as a reader, to help me decide what I'm in the mood for.

    Literary fiction is great, but it's always a gamble what you end up with in the end. I found one of my favorite authors (Barbara Kingsolver) that way, but writers like Toni Morrison make me want to jump off a bridge with their depressing endings.

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