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- Scrivener and Zotero: Scrivener is awesome software for writing, that I've mentioned before, but I had...
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- Writing is like carving in stone: Cross posted at NaziTunnels.org. Like a block of stone I recently finished...
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Scrivener and Zotero
Posted on April 12, 2012 | 1 CommentScrivener is awesome software for writing, that I’ve mentioned before, but I had yet to really test out the integration with Zotero (my citation manager of choice). So now that... -
Writing is like carving in stone
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsCross posted at NaziTunnels.org. Like a block of stone I recently finished writing and rewriting and writing again the essays for several scholarship applications. It is probably a good thing, but... -
Writing Proposals
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsThis post is cross-posted at my dissertation site. I spent the day researching grants and reading about how to properly put together a proposal. I also spent a bit of... -
ABD
Posted on January 21, 2011 | No CommentsI have now achieved a major milestone in my academic career. I passed the oral exam in October, and the dissertation prospectus and presentation in December. With that I am... -
Veterans Day Interest Spikes
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsGoogle has some interesting additions to their search results. You can now see ‘Related Searches’, a ‘Wonder wheel’, and a ‘Timeline’. I think the timeline may have been there for... -
German Sonderweg
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis is an essay I wrote for a Directed Readings course in Fall 2009, with Marion Deshmukh. The Sonderweg of German History Before 1940s there was a positive Sonderweg thesis... -
British History and the Industrial Revolution
Posted on October 9, 2010 | No CommentsIn preparation for my Oral Exam on October 28, 2010, I have written down some questions and possible replies about the Industrial Revolution in modern British History. Bibliography Some of... -
The Past in Color
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis weeks installment of history found on the web includes links to a few sites with something special. Color photographs from the early days of color photography. Color somehow brings... -
Many Mechanical Machines
Posted on September 24, 2010 | No CommentsBack again with another roundup of websites promoting some history. This weeks focus is on the computers and other machines. Technologizer has come through in the past year or so... -
History's equation
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsI had moment of early morning, jump out of bed and write it down, inspiration the other day. It was the equation of history. The Present = (Past Realities) +...