Class Procedures and Reminders
Extra credit Tech Tips. Now that you are looking at other people's blogs, you might get some ideas for features you want to add to your blog, and there are extra credit Tech Tips for exactly that. I just now added a fun tip for adding a "favicon" (teeny-tiny image) to your blog so it shows up in the browser tab: my icon is a fox!
Project Stack. I replied to all of the Week 2 project assignments, and also all of the week 3 assignments people had turned in before noon on Friday. I'll update the stack periodically over the weekend, so you can check the stack to make sure I received your email. Then, on Monday I'll start replying to the assignments in the stack based on the order in which they were turned in.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. I've added the Week 3 stories into the comment randomizer now, and one of the stories you might see in Myth-Folklore is a ballad that Erin wrote: The Ballad of Hector. Maybe her ballad will inspire some of you to try a ballad-style story too.
Featured Storybook. Here's another Storybook based on Greek mythology: The God Hephaestus. The god Hephaestus needs you to understand what the gods of Olympus are really like, and he would know!
India Video. There was a wonderful victory for the Indian gay rights movement this week (details at CNN), so I wanted to share this Epified video: Homosexuality in Ancient India.
And here is more coverage of the court decision at the BBC: Historic India ruling legalises gay sex.
Writing. Because you can never have too much English spelling humor.
And here's a thought about reading for those of you who are doing some reading this weekend.
And here some thoughts to open your perspective this weekend: Life From Above, and Beyond, from a talk by Alan Watts.
Event on Campus. Have you been to the Sam Noble Museum lately? Check out “Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived” 10AM-5PM today, with free admission for OU students (details).
September 9: Coomaraswamy. Today marks the death in 1947 of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, one of the first scholars to introduce classical Indian art to Western audiences. You can find out more about him at Wikipedia, and you will find one of his books at the Freebookapalooza: Vidyapati's Songs of the Love of Radha and Krishna.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
