Monday, June 20, 2011

Hommage à Madame - 21 Rue Soufflot, Paris


This is where it all started -- as anyone who took the year abroad program organized by UIC's French Dept. under the directorship of the incredible Prof. June Moracevich ('Madame') will tell you. Most left after the first year. I stayed for ten.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Blast from the Past (1985): Tech-savvy Educators Choose ... LaserDisc!

Pioneer VP-1000 Video Disc Player: Operating Instructions 

"Rapidly changing technology confronts an educator with difficult choices in selecting new equipment. Will today's state-of-the-art equipment be tomorrow's Edsel? Obviously, educators must be careful in choosing a particular technology, making certain that it will play an important functional role in the educational system. The Laser Videodisc system is such a technology."*
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*Schwartz, Ed. "The Educator's Handbook to Interactive Videodisc" (1985), p1.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Frankie Z's RIP

Wow, Frankie we hardly knew ya. Thanks to all the staff for so many years of good times. This was a place where you could just go and relax. It'll always be a favorite.