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Marx, Crime and the Cuckoo

What’s in common between Karl Marx, crime and the cuckoo clock, if anything? Well, there is first this little pamphlet written by Marx himself, titled “In praise of crime”, or something very like this. In it, Marx says that, contrary … Continue reading

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2014 cometh to an end

2014 cometh to an end. Good-bye, 2014. It was a great year, hadn’t it been for the Chikungunya, the rash-arthiritis-fever-weakness illness borne by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. They say mosquitoes help diffuse information via viruses. In this case I feel a … Continue reading

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Thoughts from Annie Hall

The Happy Couple: I am shallow and empty and I have absolutely nothing to say! I find it extremely amusing that almost 30 years ago Woody Allen was filming ideas and stereotypes still very much current today. Here is the … Continue reading

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The Traveling Zenman at Tulane University

It is now when at long last I have some free will to dedicated to my blog. After this morning post about Bill the Kid, I am going to pay tribute to a couple of events I completely avoided talking … Continue reading

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Blogging

Some small reflections. My friend Jim Groom is a blogger. First and foremost, before being an edtech guy, before A Domain of One’s Own, before the Syndication Bus, before Edupunk, he is one who loves to blog. And blog he … Continue reading

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