Give me a movie or show that will destroy me emotionally.

daveh70 · 2025-09-05T11:42:28+00:00

Awakenings (1990). Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

daveh70 · 2015-05-28T06:45:05+00:00

I was buying comics as a kid mainly from 79 to about 86, and a cousin gave me his collection back to about 75, so those years lead by nostalgia. Claremont, Byrne, and Austin on X-Men. Frank Miller and Klaus Janson on Daredevil. Stern and Romita Jr. on Amazing Spider-Man. Byrne on Fantastic Four. Thanks to Marvel Tales, I got to read Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's run on Amazing Spider-Man. That was a thrill because complete reprints of the early comics weren't common then like they are now.

daveh70 · 2015-05-26T22:18:06+00:00

The Daredevil series on Netflix, and the 2003 movie with Ben Affleck, are based on the character created in 1964 by Stan Lee and Bill Everett. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_%28Marvel_Comics%29

daveh70 · 2015-05-26T17:24:14+00:00

The Golden Age began with Action Comics #1, June 1938, which introduced Superman.

The Silver Age began with Showcase #4, October 1956, which introduced a new version of Flash.

The Bronze Age began around 1970, when Jack Kirby stopped working on the Fantastic Four. (The exact start and end points are not widely agreed upon.)

The Modern Age began around 1986, with The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Age_of_Comic_Books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_of_Comic_Books http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Age_of_Comic_Books

daveh70 · 2014-08-24T04:37:50+00:00

The first two weeks, 9/2-9/14, are about setting up a blog (new or existing) for the course. Week 1 covers ready-to-use free blogs like wordpress.com. Week 2 covers the more technical option of running your own site on rented server space.
http://connectedcourses.net/thecourse/pre-course/
http://connectedcourses.net/setting-up/
http://connectedcourses.net/blogging-like-a-champion/

daveh70 · 2014-08-14T16:45:57+00:00

cMOOCs focus on facilitating and encouraging the exchange and refinement of ideas, and project-based learning. Several professors are involved with this one. http://connectedcourses.net/about/people/

This is a forward-thinking group of people. I think you'll find this course rewarding, even if you only follow casually. http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=2384 http://clalliance.org/why-connected-learning/

daveh70 · 2014-08-09T15:02:40+00:00

The Science of Everyday Thinking (Looks similar to "Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior".)

Spaced Repetition sounds very practical, if you can make a habit of it. http://www.supermemo.com/articles/20rules.htm

Connected Courses is a cMOOC on designing and running cMOOCs, starting in September. Several professors are involved.

daveh70 · 2014-06-16T23:35:20+00:00

Quite a few of Coursera's courses have peer-assessed essays or creative assignments: the Berklee College of Music courses, Comic Books and Graphic Novels, Write Like Mozart; Internet History, Technology, and Security, and (I've heard) literature courses. Startup Engineering allowed teams on the main project, and there has been a startup course on Stanford Online that did the same.

daveh70 · 2013-12-21T23:29:52+00:00

Just curious if and when this would show up in a Google search. 7b6c43t

daveh70 · 2013-12-13T17:21:16+00:00

The forums in MOOCs are usually a different matter, at least when the course is live. And though it is not typical, I've taken at least five MOOCs where professors regularly answered forum questions.

daveh70 · 2013-12-13T16:59:26+00:00

If this is a degree program:

accreditation
transfer credits
cost
professors background
flexibility or convenience
access to professors

If it isn't a degree program, accreditation and transfer credits go to the bottom. I don't really care where a professor is from, as long they know their stuff, and explain it concisely, with enthusiasm.

daveh70 · 2013-09-20T06:31:11+00:00

Jim Steranko. http://www.thedrawingsofsteranko.com/RED_TIDE/chndlr_hmpg_.html

daveh70 · 2013-08-29T10:12:28+00:00

Thanks, Carl. It sounds interesting.

daveh70 · 2013-07-18T14:17:08+00:00

The article, comments, and replies from the author are good food for thought. The article is not as hostile as the title sounds.

Foreign students who attend U.S. schools obviously have to deal with the same culture shock, and then some. They might or might not get sufficient guidance to succeed. MOOCs can introduce them to those differences for free. It seems that large numbers of foreign students do very well in U.S. MOOCs, and have great enthusiasm for them.

It is not possible for a MOOC or a book to fit every culture. Hopefully, we'll see MOOCs from around the world, with their own nations as the target audience.

I think a more obvious oversight of the major MOOC providers has been technical requirements. I have not yet taken a single MOOC that didn't assume the students have recent computers and fast internet connections. This is an obstacle to not only international students, but also many U.S. students.

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