How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?

It's kind of like asking how many pages an essay should be:

More advanced Flip Video tricks

I came across this and thought I would link to it here: "Flip Camera Tilt-Shift Visual Experiments." This is a lot more sophisticated and fancy than you need to worry about for your projects, but since most/many of you will also be using flip video cameras, I thought I'd include a link just to show what's possible. Check it out!

Academic editors want pretty much what most teachers want

Given that I have had this conversation in class about "error-free prose" in your essays, I thought I'd post a link to this article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, "What Editors Want." Basically, it turns out that most academic journal editors (which is where professors try to publish) want what most professors want out of their students: writing that is targeted to the right audience, writing that isn't sloppy, and writing that properly cites resources. Go figure.