July 2012
72 posts
“iTunes U 1.2 now makes it easy to take notes while watching or listening to a lecture. This update also adds the ability to search within posts, assignments, notes, and materials — from any of your subscribed courses — using the improved Search feature in iTunes U. It is also now simple to share your favorite courses with friends using Twitter, Mail, and Messages.”
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iTunes U is a free download for the iPhone and iPad. [App Store]
Apple Updates iTunes U With Note-taking and Improved Search
(via world-shaker)
Lifelong learners rejoice!
I just ordered cookies for tomorrow night's Astronomy Presentation from a place called Galaxy Cookies.
Game, set, match.
“Maybe there’s some cosmic significance to the fact that thunderstorms have visited most of the summer weddings I’ve been to, scattering caterers and whipping tent flaps open to let in sheets of rain. Maybe, at a recent wedding, the woman in an enormous black-mesh flying saucer of a hat who ended her toast by plunging, without warning, into an a cappella rendition of “At Last” that segued into “The Glory of Love” was a well-meaning relative taking a risk of her own, or maybe she was a dark angel, full of foreboding.”
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The Wedding Effect - NYTimes.com
After reading Maggie Shipstead’s Op-Ed, I can really see where that scene with Wynn’s wedding toast came from in her debut novel Seating Arrangements.
