Jason D. Rowley

Category: The Halcyon Days

  • Regarding the Super Bowl: Some Statistics

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    Some interesting statistics: It costs approximately $3 million for a 30-second television spot during the Super Bowl. One second of broadcast time costs as much as two years of college at the University of Chicago (full tuition + room and board). $3 million buys enough coffee to kill 37683 people by caffeine poisoning. ($79.61 per person…

  • An Extremely Random Thought on Time

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    Like previous extremely random thoughts, this one came to me after a long morning of reading, taking notes on abstruse organizational theory readings, and in a state of fuzzy gossamer-thin sleep-deprived consciousness. Do enjoy. – – – 2/5/2011 Thought: Time is a currency which most people spend. I want each of my nows to be…

  • On Twitter in #Egypt

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    Here’s an excerpt of my latest post for Flyover Geeks: It has been called the “Twitter Revolution.” The recent unrest throughout the Middle East and Africa has resulted, so far, in two toppled regimes, a number of deaths, and a lot of attention on the role that social media plays in politics and political change.…

  • In Defense of Darkness

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    My post “JDR Makes A Film” received the comment below: – – – This was disappointing. A worthless, somber look at a day that brought many neighborhoods together and gave joy to countless curiously eager and vigorous young people. You missed a great portion of the people’s positive spirits during today’s citywide snow day. Sorry,…

  • JDR Makes a Film – Storm’s Wake

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    The University of Chicago cancelled classes today and tomorrow due to inclement weather. Naturally, I decided to take a hike around Hyde Park and the campus, as well as wander out to Promontory Point. With me I brought my iPhone, on which I recorded some video using the 8mm application. It’s responsible for the nice…

  • Photos – Snow at UChicago, From Classier Times

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    Yes, yes. I know. “Class is a social construction.” Pipe down already. Enjoy the snow.

  • The White City

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    And God said unto the city, “Thou hast sullied thine image with politicks, moneygetting, and crime. Thou shalt be mundified, swaddled in white. It shall be cold and wet. I beseech you, Windy City, to don thy coat, lest suffer further. Shiver today as penance.”

  • The Echo Chamber

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    Inside the echo chamber. Shouting match with the walls. Friends, a blithe coterie singing merrily inward. To and from each other. To no other but themselves.   Go forth they say: Collaborate. Create. Succeed. Make Possible. Live Expansively. Fund and Incorporate. Drive and Innovate. Rise above. Embrace uncertainty. Seize. Attack ferociously. Make it bleed. Sustain. Run…

  • IncubatorU

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    Now, I’m sure hordes of grumpy old men in tweed jackets collectively carp about the increasing focus on commerce in the classroom, about the decay of classic liberal arts dogma about Truth and Beauty, and all that jazz. What I say to that: grow up. Fact: for as long as a college degree is a…

  • The Basic Structure of In-class Discussion

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    In brackets I use an example topic. My de facto filler topic, in all such instances where an example topic is required, is the problem of Nicaraguan youth afflicted with ringworm due to dearth of solid footwear. Also, “Blackburn” and “Goldfeldt” are two filler names in lieu of the “scholars” whose pieces we were supposed…