In my foreign language class we have a thick textbook, a workbook, a lab manual, three websites, CDs, DVDs, PowerPoint slides, and videos. It is not yet clear to me how well these materials fit together or to what extent they repeat each other. It may take me more than this semester to learn. I have the feeling I am a dot in a complex pointilliste painting which I must nonetheless direct. I feel like a character in Marshall Berman’s All That Is Solid Melts Into Air . On my own I’d pare this
Here’s something fun to start your weekend with. Amazon’s German site now has a listing for “ PlayStation 3 Konsole slim” from Sony Computer Entertainment, and really, it doesn’t take years of foreign language class to figure out that English translation. It’s listed as “platform independent” (har) and has its own Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN), but on the flip side, we’re lacking a picture, release date, or any other tangible details. Can’t say we’ve got a feel for the site’s tra