I didn’t realize how much I had to do, personally and with my family, today, but it’s been productive. Really productive. It’s nice to have a Saturday where I can feel like something good is being done and I’m not grinding my wheels. That said, the quarter is coming to a close and I need [...]
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Just another busy Saturday
No Comments Khalil on Feb 27th 2010
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On Improving Your Life
Not that I am or want to be a motivational speaker, but I have been working at improving how I think about and feel about life for a while, as the two tend to go hand in hand. As someone who vacillates between critical and applied academic work, it’s easy to fall into the trap [...]
No Comments Khalil on Sep 23rd 2009
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My iPhone
For a number of reasons, I never initially planned on getting an iPhone. The first gen didn’t move me, the second gen left me wanting more, but shortly after the second gen release, the desire sparked. Initially, it had more to do with the shortcomings of Palm and Satan’s own Mobile Windoze as well as [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jul 26th 2009
Filed under Academia,Organizing,Personally Useful,Research,Tools
Seems there are a lot of citation programs
When I took my research methods class to the library for a session on using the databases for searching, I asked our amazing reference librarian to include a tutorial on RefWorks, which is free for our students through the institution. Something I noticed when I created my own account, which I’ve promptly forgotten my login [...]
No Comments Khalil on Apr 11th 2009
Between preparing a week of lectures, grading some papers, and thinking about my own research (mostly, since I’m at the computer, how to organize EVERYTHING), I came across a link for Mendeley. I signed up, downloaded the software, and now need to find some time to figure out how to use it or if I [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jan 26th 2009
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Don’t forget to say thank you…
I will be the first to admit that since having Baby #2, I’ve gotten behind on thank you notes. There was a time when I tried to send at least 3 thank you notes out a week. That said, I found this blog entry via lifehacker and thought it was worthy of posting, as sometimes [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jul 19th 2008