We talk about “learning to read” as if it’s something we do and is done. As in “when did he learn to read?” But I’m 52 and still learning to read. In this article I recount my meetings with extraordinary readers and what goes into truly learning to read.
The Academy Weighs in on Life Hacking
,Sarah’s Watch
,How to Tell Tom from Las Vegas
,Limiting Daily Bandwidth on a Home Network with Gargoyle
,Stealing Communion Bread in Reformation Geneva
,The development and refinement of the doctrine of transsubstantiation in the 12th and 13th centuries, culiminating in the creation of the Corpus Christi feast in 1264, resulted in a dramatically heightened focus on the eucharist. This had two obvious consequences: first it made it more desirable to steal the host and, second, it made it […]
Taking Stock of the Impending Death of IE8 (Hopefully)
,Hughesnet and Wildblue/Excede: Some Side-by-Side Tests
,Does Google Care about Custom Excerpts in WordPress?
,Best Jeremiah Johnson Quotes
,This doesn’t have anything to do with anything, except insofar as Jeremiah Johnson quotes have to do with everything, now don’t they. And Rand keeps quoting Jeremiah Johnson at me all the time, which is pretty damn cocky of him for a starvin’ pilgrim. And then besides that, since I finally took the time to […]