ScottB's onMason

Can I use it?  Can I copy your notes on sources?  Where did you get this information??  I can not just say I used the National Park Service website as my source for information.  Deeper into the NPS site is info on soldier names, for example.  When I look closely I see the NPS says […]

Well in fairness to my Post Title I have already begun my research on Pvt. George Karn, but this is the first assigned research so… In order to answer the questions regarding the sources I found on what my soldier did in the war, I need to know what did my soldier do in the […]

I really enjoyed this documentary on copyright infringement and sampling in the music industry.  My favorite anecdotal argument in favor of sampling was Walt Disney’s use famous fairy tales, fables and myths and creating hugely successful works of art from them.  I like a lot of mash-ups, house music, and other popular music that uses […]

To Digitize or not to Digitize….that is the question.  Whether tis nobler to use analog and hear every sound in the symphony and risk losing the recording altogether after several hundred listens or break it down to 1’s and 0’s, lose some of the complete recording but have it forever (possible?).  Certain digitizations have proven […]

Anyone else having trouble opening http://www.nber.org/chapters/c6116.pdf

George Karn.  Who are you?  Where are you from, when did you live and how did you die?  Is there anyone alive today who calls you a relative?  Or are you one of the many names of the many people who have walked this Earth and then pass, leaving little mark upon it?  I will […]

Having my first born son, a preemie, in the neonatal intensive care unit can be thoroughly distracting to academics, (don’t get me wrong, I would chop off my head for this little guy (he’s almost 5lbs!)) but my goal for this coming week is to manage my time more closely. Do the readings on Thursday, […]