Following a New Blog
by tdaxp ~ August 19th, 2009
Because of his spunky reply (and that we are on similar career tracks and share many friends), I have added Tyler’s blogger5000 to my google reader list.
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- The Coming World of ObamaCare (1)
- Friends of Tim Geithner Never Lose Money (4)
- > tdaxp: Geithner is trying to protect his friends from sunshine… [1] But yes, some of them will go to jail, too. Some...
- > Purpleslog: I think the North KOreans may have the right idea here: http://www.businessweek.com...
- > tdaxp: Thanks! Unlike Tim Geithner, I consider you a true friend!
- Classroom Democracy, Part I: A Parliament of Scholars (5)
- Will Rahm Emanuel be investigated for sexual assault? (22)
- > tdaxp: I agree with Curtis. This case is similar to Secretary Geithner’s tax fraud, which (a) was committed on...
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: Considering the broad usage of laws pertaining to both assault and battery, I doubt anyone can say...
- > tdaxp: Andrew, Thank you for your comment. I’m not so much a tyrant, as a property owner.
I think this is your... - > Andrew: Below is what Tim said. And it is not ‘Trolling’ (what a stupid term) if you ask me. I think it is a...
- > tdaxp: Tim’s most recent comment was moderated for violating this blog’s policy on trolling. As Tim correctly...
- > tdaxp: Tim, Instead of repeating yourself (“As I said before”), make a substantive point, or engage in a...
- > Tim: tdaxp, As I said before, I don’t see anything from Massa’s statements that support your claim – nor...
- > tdaxp: Biz, I think Massa’s career is pretty much done, anyway! Tim, Based on the traditional laws of the United...
- > biz: What would anybody’s chances of winning that suit be? Frivolous us of taxpayer money. Kill his career, because...
- > Tim: What consensus would that be?
- > tdaxp: I think the general consensus is that there is a clear case for assault. I assume Eric Holder’s odds of...
- > Purpleslog: As far as Rahm Emanuel and the IDF, he was just a civilian. What did the news say during the election? He...
- > Purpleslog: I have read that Rahm Emanuel had a finger partially amputated. That’s the finger I would use to poke a...
- > Seerov: I don’t understand Rahm Emanuel? During the first Gulf War he volunteered (and served) in the Israeli...
- > Lexington Green: I don’t think it is sexual assault. But it is tortious assault and battery. Rahm should keep his...
- The Russians Try to Shut tdaxp Down! (6)
- > tdaxp: Jeffrey, those aren’t contradictory answers, so it seems both can be right.
- > Jeffrey James: Speaking of which, I remember a rep. from a conservative think tank (it might have been the Heritage...
- > tdaxp: Certainly a frustrating experience. Damn Russian terrorists. I assume Obama’s chances of standing firm...
- > Jeffrey James: Fred, I prefer my quasi-absurdist humor to have up and coming German actors who play calculating sociopaths...
- > Eddie: Here is a tale of Russian failure and decay to start the weekend off well… “Once-legendary Russian...
- > Sally Man Fred: No crap! Here’s a Russian piece of art for you to watch. I watch this, I feed like a bug on a...
- Movie Title: The 2010 Film of the Year! (5)
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: Exhibit C: Commenting on a related Tweet.[1] [1] http://twitter.com/CurtisGaleW eeks/status/10642141831
- > tdaxp: It would be cool to see a study of how fads like this propagate through different social media networks…
- > purpleslog: I meant via HotAIr.
- > purpleslog: Heh…I just saw this via twitter!
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: Exhibit B: The commentary under the video is even more interesting than the video.
- If ObamaCare Passes (1)
- > Purpleslog: Your scenario is the 2nd best. Best: 1) Health Care doesn’t pass 2) The Bums are voted out in the Fall.
- (One) Constitutional Case for Overturning ObamaCare (1)
- > Purpleslog: I hope it just fails outright. None of these shenanigans by the Dems in Congress is doing the USA any good. To...
- Ireland, State of Europe (24)
- Trailer for Shadow over Innsmouth movie (8)
- > tdaxp: Youch! IMDB has an astoundingly negative review: [1] This is a terrible adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s...
- > Demure: HP Lovecraft’s work should be left in literature form only, some things are not meant for the silver...
- Corporate Free Speech is a Fundamental Human Right (48)
- The Growing Isolation of Barack Obama (38)
- Best Amazon Product. Ever. (4)
- > PrimroseRoad: And only $29.95! Do they have a Kindle version?
- > tdaxp: Clearly I’ve been buying things from boring end of Amazon.com [1,2,3]. I never even got Uranium Ore as a...
- > Jeffrey James: Yeah, I thought the Libyans were inflating the price on me too.
- > Curtis Gale Weeks: “I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I opened it today, it was half...
- Publish America SLAPPs Publisher & Editor (240)
- > Sally Man Fred: I hate to say it but I got the Haiti one too. I don’t think like a lawyer and was kind of reeling...
- > Not Known: I too received an email from the publisher regarding making a donation to Haiti. I’ve contacted 60...
- > CHAMBORD: Lynn, I have already forwarded the scam email to disaster@leo.gov
- > Lynn: Thank you Chambord. I have seen the email offer before but since I have been out of contract with PA for a few...
- > Sally Man Fred: Because they are mean and deranged. Have you read the saga of Miranda Prather? A real page turner . . .
- > SK: I got a reply for my request to Void my contracts. It reads; Thank you for your recent inquiry, your request is...
- > CHAMBORD: Sally , Of course there is no limit to how many members would join such a group. I am agreeably surprise that...
- > rsstoner: Just because I get bored and look for stuff to occupy my time I drop in here from time to time to see where this...
- > Sally Man Fred: Marcel, I guess all you can do is speculate about how many members this or that Sally collected. I...
- > CHAMBORD: Sally I have noticed that several authors have tried in the past to group ‘disgruntled authors’ but they came...
- > CHAMBORD: Lynn here is a copy of the scam email from Publish America asking to buy books for donation to Haiti : Dear...
- > SK (Sandie) Covey: I always delete all those stupid offers. I really never understood how it would benefit me for them to...
- > Lynn: The FBI has taken an interest in Publish America over one of their email offers. If anyone received the “buy...
- > Sally Man Fred: I’ve tried to group other disgruntled authors and have you ever herded cats? Not me. It is a...
- > SK (Sandie) Covey: I used your link and sent my protest and agreement to participate if they were interested. They have...
- > Sally Man Fred: Here’s a great idea and the ball has already started. 60 Minutes might do a “thing” on...
- > Not Known: I was just released from my contract because I did not buy any of my own books and they said nobody bought any....
- > SK: I would like to get out of my contracts with them? Can anyone tell me how they were able to complete that task. Who...
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August 20th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Much obliged. TDAXP has been in my Chrome Top-9 for some time now
August 20th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Glad to hear! Both that you view it, and you don’t feel its crazy enough to force you to use Chrome’s anonymous browsing!
One reason I keep this blog is that the medium affords more direct, intellectual exchange than even a university. If you keep calling people out, you’re going to find potential research partners are rather skiddish
I responded to the comment that prompted my subscription [1], btw.
[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2009/08/18/another-american-hero.html#comment-303270
August 20th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Research Partners eh? Got any ideas? If you’re as excited about statistics as I think you are, consider me in!
August 28th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I wonder if one could measure the creative self-efficacy for the class you are teaching, with a domain-specific scale… How could that be validated?…
August 30th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Hey Dan, Not teaching a class this semester only TAing stats. Next summer, I’ll probably teach the same cognitive course.
Have you read any of Steve Smith’s work? He’s here at TAMU and has a few nice creativity studies. Probably would be easy to use a design like his only administer your scale prior to asking them to create animals/toys or complete the Remote Associates Test (RAT).
Check out Smith, Ward, and Schumacher (1993) in Memory & Cognition.
p.s. Nice work on the 5GW book. I read the chapter you sent (on complicity…). Will we see the book on shelves?
August 31st, 2009 at 5:35 am
Interesting! I quickly found a powerpoint by him [1]. Looks like cool stuff.
Prof. Smith appears to be looking for the internal mental structures that drive creativity. This is important to know. My sort of research builds on this level, and looks at how self-efficacy can make it more likely to use these structures to become creative.
[1] http://opd.tamu.edu/seminar-materials/seminar-materials-by-date/february-14-2007-creativity-and-research-seminar/Steve%20Smith%20Creative%20Cognition%20talk.ppt/view