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wordle

Daisy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:57:20 +0000

I’m going to experiment with colors and word layout settings, but here’s my first go at pasting my 150-page dissertation into Wordle

And since my dissertation is on blogs, here the Wordle of what’s here at DaisyPignetti.com

Twitter on paper

Daisy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:05:47 +0000

BTW if you follow me on Twitter you know that I’m in the final push of formatting the dissertation according to grad school standards. As soon as I’m done I plan to compose thoughts longer than 140-characters and update this blog with details about my defense experience, feedback I received, and ideas for future projects.

treme

Daisy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:29:53 +0000

Cannot wait! Thank you HBO!

This will be an amazing addition to syllabi that currently include Katrina texts:

heading to #cccc10?

Daisy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:31:52 +0000

Join this diigo group beforehand and start bookmarking those interesting finds!

Google Map Time Machine

Daisy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:52:11 +0000

Does anyone know when Google Maps updates its street views?

It’s becoming common practice for those impacted by disaster to use Google Maps to either organize efforts or search for views of homes/neighborhoods, but I was surprised when tinkering around with Street View to see my now razed home still showing up.

Some background:

As I blogged in September 2005, the site Scipionus.com allowed me to type in my address and find this information:

My parents chose to move permanently to Mississippi instead of rebuild and when I went home over Christmas they saw the house had finally been demolished. Here’s a pic of my brother who visited NOLA in January:

While I’m all about the Internet providing more accurate and authentic information than traditional media, I have to say that, especially during this time of finalizing the dissertation, it was comforting to see my home still there…

the brilliance of @stephenfry

Daisy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:37:56 +0000

on Twitter, poetry, agony columns, texting, profanity, and an open society

MVP Media

Daisy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:43:22 +0000

Has Drew gotten any sleep since Sunday?

they do NOLA proud

Daisy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:27:38 +0000

Krewe of Drew!

Daisy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:03:11 +0000

Check out the baby Bacchus football!

And, finally, the pre-game chant is revealed!

WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN! WIN! AGAIN!

this is the turnaround moment

Daisy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:08:08 +0000

Thank you, Drew and Sean!

And thank you, Cokie Roberts!

NOLA’s future is bright and I couldn’t be happier! Just wish I didn’t have to wait til JazzFest to get down there to celebrate…

Speaking of which, other than Twitter, which I can scroll through pretty quickly, I plan to be offline a lot for the next few weeks. There are dissertation deadlines to meet and with only about 20 pages left to write up, I’m not stopping now!