Hilton Head

Left Wednesday Dec. 17th, didn't get out of town until 4pm, hour late than planned. The Dish Network guy with the plumbers butt had some extra work to do. I wanted the tv fixed prio to returning so we would have a tv when we got back for Christmas.

We got hung up in traffic outside of notion, which delayed the first leg of ourgeip to Macon.

Haven't been through the ATL in quite sometime. Apart from the pressure o 8 lanes, traffic was not too bad on a Thursday night. Came through around 11pm.

But, the sky line for mw was breathtaking. It was stunning. The tops of the buildings were well lit in the nighttime sky.

Networked Learners-from the Pew Internet Project

A look at the demographic profile of digital natives in the U.S.

Networked Learners (MVU Keynote)

View more presentations from Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center.

Whitening the Resume

Quite a thought provoking NYT's article about race, identity, and opportunity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/weekinreview/06Luo.html?_r=1

Gaming: Fake achievement

Below is an interesting self analysis of sorts regarding the psychology of achievement in videogaming.

This is also interesting as an illustration of Mead's work on the social significance of play and games.

http://www.pixelpoppers.com/2009/11/awesome-by-proxy-addicted-to-fake.html

Free Food inspires

so Chik Fil A is offering a free meal deal for a year, or something...people are camping out for this??




--at http://thesociologyblog.blogspot.com

Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1880

Very interesting analysis of changes in immigration over time

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html

From the New York Times, "Who's Hurting the Most?"

Fantastic look at the current unemployment rate by demographic category.  Some telling numbers.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/whos-hurting-the-most/