Monthly Archives: April 2013

First Food Truck Friday!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I spotted the first food truck of the season in front of Red Arrow Park on Water Street shortly after 1:00 this afternoon.  I didn’t notice any customers, so maybe it was just a practice run.  Such a happy sight, … Continue reading →

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Marbleized shadow (photo)

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

What is this? Maybe this will help. I stopped at the store on my way home from teaching last night and parked under one of those tall, bright lights at the edge of the lot.  As I pulled out my grocery … Continue reading →

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The banality of evil (Boston Marathon bombing)

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

A death in Milwaukee last week got me thinking about the nature of evil. Patrick Kennedy (NOT evil), the Milwaukee police detective to whom serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (evil) confessed his heinous crimes, died last Thursday of an apparent heart attack.  … Continue reading →

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#iphoneography

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I just discovered a terrific Twitter hashtag: #iphoneography.  (There are also parallel hashtags #iphonegraphy and #iphonography.) If you love photography, you’ll enjoy following this “conversation.”  You probably already know about it, in fact.  I’m usually late to the party. Basically #iphoneography, … Continue reading →

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Downtown Milwaukee fog (photo)

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Remember my “Leading Edge” photo from Tuesday evening?  I took this picture after my film studies class ended last night, from basically the same spot. Thunderstorms the past two days, with rising temps up to about 60 degrees.  I think … Continue reading →

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Water soccer? (photo)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I know there’s such a thing as water polo.  How about water soccer?  As this photo I took from my car this morning shows, the Menomonee River has overrun its banks, flooding a nearby soccer field.  In some places the … Continue reading →

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The leading edge (photo)

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I took this picture walking back to my office from my film studies class tonight.  Such an interesting sky!  To the north, all was completely clear.  But to the south, there was heavy cloud cover.  The line running from west … Continue reading →

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Who’s the Shop Steward on Your Kickstarter? | Josh MacPhee | The Baffler

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Who’s the Shop Steward on Your Kickstarter? | Josh MacPhee | The Baffler.  Interesting, detailed article on how Kickstarter provides the infrastructure for turning your social network into a commodity, which they then take their percentage of. It’s important that everyone’s eyes be wide … Continue reading →

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What the decline of tenure and rise of part-time faculty means for higher education

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Thanks to my friend and colleague, Lisa Rivero, for tweeting (@Lisa_Rivero) and thus calling my attention to this story and graph in The Atlantic: “The Ever-Shrinking Role of Tenured College Professors (in 1 Chart).”  Basically what the chart shows is … Continue reading →

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The MOOCS that laid the Golden Egg

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

True fact: America once had thousands of auto manufacturers. When the horseless carriage craze swept the nation, carriage makers in cities across the country shifted gears, as it were, to become automobile makers instead.  An ad for “The American Carriage … Continue reading →

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