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Author Archives: Jim Groom
Starting it off…
Well I didn’t write anything yesterday so today I will talk about the movie “The Glass Key” as a whole, combining the two days. The title at first confused me. The original book, written by Dashiell Hammett, is where the … Continue reading
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Second Life!
So I signed up for a second life because I thought it looked cool when Dr. Campbell showed us tonight. I’ll probably wind up getting addicted to it and not getting anything else done, haha. My name on there is … Continue reading
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For Real
I swear I have a blog! I swear! Original post by georgestreet
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New Media
A class that gives me another excuse to waste time on the internet… erm… I mean use my time wisely. HA! Original post by amandaftc
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Testing, testing…1 2 3?
Okay…not really being sure as to how these things work, I’m going to go with my favorite Plan B: talk and hope someone’s listening. First, an explanation of the title of this blog: throughout all of high school, I’ve been … Continue reading
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Stupid, funny, relevant?
Although this is hardly relevant to anything, I figured my first post for Memex to YouTube would be one of my favorite YouTube videos. Original post by mtt3e
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(taps microphone..) “Is this thing on?” Original post by elizabethomas
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Irwin Chapter 3/ Menocal Chapters 1 & 2
the other- Menocal writes that the recent surge, over the past few centuries, in the development of Europe and the Americas, due to imperialist pursuits, has led them to classify themselves as a distinct entity from the Arab cultures that … Continue reading
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Urbis: a concept to consider
Where stands literature in the age of New Media? Check out Urbis. Conceived in the mid 2000s, Urbis is a means for writers to kindle their craft as the New Media generation demands vigorous creativity and uniquity. Essentially, Urbis is … Continue reading
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Ancient Runes
Last week I had to turn in a paper for my Writing Systems of the World linguistics class, and my topic was ancient runes. In the Oxford dictionary, a rune is defined as 1) a letter of an ancient Germanic … Continue reading
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