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Hot air
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:35 AM

I can't stand listening to people who are constantly dropping names and credentials.

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Podcasting and blogging vs. traditional media
Monday, January 30, 2006 9:56 AM

There's an interesting futurescape painted about how new media will render traditional media obsolete. What do you think? Are podcasts and blogs a threat to professional journalists?

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Hubs without polls
Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:52 AM

How do you remove a poll from your hub? The only way I know how is to replace it with another poll. What if you don't want a poll at all?

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JTA
Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:44 AM

The JTA is shaping up slowly. We have two exchange slots (tuition waived) and an unlimited number of fee-paying slots. Our partner schools, though, are both in Australia: La Trobe University and the University of Technology Sydney. I

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Overcapacity?
Friday, January 27, 2006 8:36 AM

I'm not really sure what's gotten into me these days. I'm normally cautious about accepting new work, especially when my schedule is already full. However, I find myself accepting more and more work these days. Sometimes the work finds

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Open house survey
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 9:19 AM

We fielded out a survey among our students asking whether the Open House made a difference in their decision to come to the Ateneo. Some of the results are in. Yes, the Open House was a decision point for some. Most, though, had already

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Video problems
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:55 AM

There's a video from the Discovery Channel page that want to show my class this evening. I've been trying to play it for days now, but the video keeps getting stalled. Based on what I've read, this is a bandwidth problem, but I'm starting

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Top 20 Electives
Monday, January 23, 2006 8:47 AM

We tallied the results from the electives survey and here are the top 20 picks: 3D Animation and Modelling Flash Scripting Intro to Game Design Web Page Design PC and Console Game Development IT Trends and Technologies in the Corporate World

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Professionalism vs. Emotional Stability
Sunday, January 22, 2006 6:48 AM

There were some very interesting points raised during yesterday's Chairs' Academy. One of the long discussions was on the qualities that we wanted all our faculty to possess. Among those identified were professionalism and emotional stability.

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Chairs' Academy; Puppy updates
Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:20 AM

I have to be in school today for the whole day for something that has been nicknamed, "Chairs' Academy." The Ateneo administration has put together a series of leadership workshops for Chairs, Deans, and other administrators who start out as faculty.

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Fear of the unknown
Friday, January 20, 2006 7:33 AM

One aspect of my job that I enjoy but don't get to do very often is to chat to the students about how they are. Sometimes, we are so preoccupied with their brains that we forget to check in with their psyches. Occasionally, though, I am

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Disappointments
Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:59 AM

Without getting into specifics, we joined a couple of contests recently and lost. I always feel bad when that happens--I mean, you all know I don't take personal defeat well, right? This time, though, I was not personally in the running.

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What a day!
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:06 PM

Where did all the work come from?!

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Genetic anomaly; Liking what you do
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 6:03 AM

After consultations with several professionals, we were advised that the puppies' problem was genetic in nature. So as not to propagate the anomaly, we were advised not to breed them nor to show them. There goes our showbiz career. Redg

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It's going to be a long week...
Monday, January 16, 2006 10:27 AM

You know it's going to be a long week when you come to work Monday morning feeling tired. Spending 8 hours ingesting dog hair while I have a cough and cold was probably not the wisest way to spend the weekend. My asthma has started acting

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Undescended what?!?
Sunday, January 15, 2006 8:32 AM

For the first time in my life, the lives of Redg and Socorro, and the lives of my relatives in general (up to maybe the 9th level of consanguinity), we joined a dog show yesterday. And our inexperience showed! Redg, Socorro, two girls (Jeanne and

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Making decisions
Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:28 AM

Being part of an organization sometimes means having to follow directions. We defer to the judgement of others, to the authority of our superiors, or to the rule of the majority, despite personal sentiments to the contrary. It also means making

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Electives survey: preliminary results
Friday, January 13, 2006 5:33 AM

We started fielding out a survey that asked students to indicate what electives they would like to take. The complete results are not yet in but of the ones we have, the top pick is the HP elective on supply chain management (calling Sheryl Lim!).

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Random walks
Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:29 PM

Remember I said that my family won't make it to that weekend trip? It's just as well. I have an itchy throat, a cough, and a cold, so whitewater rafting, while fun in theory, is probably not the best thing for me at this point. ***

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Car sickness
Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:55 PM

This little guy picked me up from school yesterday. We are trying to get him used to travelling because we're planning to show him. He didn't enjoy his first car trip, I'm sorry to say. He threw up twice (ewww...). But with a face

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New electives
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:03 PM

The Comm and Fine Arts Departments recently established a digital audio lab. I haven't seen it yet, but my understanding is that it's a complete recording studio plus equipment for sound mixing and editing. To maximize the facilities and generate income

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New puppy pics
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:11 PM

If you'd like to see the latest pics of our chowlets, please visit Redg's blog.

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Green board
Monday, January 09, 2006 2:35 PM

One of Redg's Christmas gifts to me was a new white board--actually a green board--for my office. This is a piece of glass we've had in storage for about 10 years. He decided to install it in my office to give my usual white board a twist.

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Breaking rules; Quality of education
Sunday, January 08, 2006 12:43 PM

I have this rule that I never sacrifice vacation time with family for work. My rationale is that work will always be there. Opportunities with family, however, might not. Besides, time spent with family is always time treasured.

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Making mistakes
Saturday, January 07, 2006 8:38 AM

I made a several mistakes over the last few days. It's never comforting to know that you went wrong. While you learn from your mistakes, etc. etc., mistakes also have consequences, some more damaging than others. What is sometimes

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New memory; Life happens
Friday, January 06, 2006 7:48 PM

My memory card arrived yesterday. It makes such a huge difference. This machine is easily twice as fast. Whee! *** When people's work habits begin to change, you know that something is afoot. The change sometimes takes

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JTA update
Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:32 PM

It seems our JTA plans are not moving in as big a way as I hoped. After a long meeting with the Office of International Programs, we decided to take it slow. So this year, we are hoping to just send two students. This will come as a

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Is it worth it to go abroad?
Wednesday, January 04, 2006 1:08 PM

A student asked me whether it was worth it to go abroad for studies? My answer: an emphatic YES! I believe very strongly that everyone who can afford to do so should go abroad for further studies or just for exposure. I do not mean to downgrade

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Questions
Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:16 PM

When do you start teaching children to manage their own finances? Kids receive an allowance and occasional monetary gifts from relatives. They're normally very casual about how they keep and manage their money. When do you have to start

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Getting up to speed
Monday, January 02, 2006 8:05 AM

My family and I just came back from out of town. We spent the last few days out of town to truly relish the break. Redg and I brought work to do but--guess what?--we didn't touch it. This just goes to show that we really relished the

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