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Thanks, Hal! Looking forward to having you on Copper Robot.

I sometimes wonder what Twain would have thought of Twitter, blogging,
Second Life, etc. He was an early technology adopter: Telephone,
typewriter, Paige Typesetting Machine. It's easy to imagine him diving
into social media.

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Mitch Wagner
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On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Folks;  as you all know, this month is the 100-year anniversary of the death
> of Mark Twain in 1910, a death that was no exaggeration.
>
> Among other things, and in the interest of shameless self-promotion:  I will
> be one of 2 guests on a virtual talk show called Copper Robot.  The topic
> will be the life and legacy of Mark Twain.  It will be broadcast live in
> Second Life, on Wednesday evening, beginning at 8 pm CST (6pm Pacific Time):
>  the other guest is the august and amusing David Sloane.  info at:
>
> Next on Copper Robot: Mark Twain
> http://copperrobot.com/2010/04/next-on-copper-robot-mark-twain/
>
> As for how interested people might be able to tune in and listen: You can
> do it in Second Life, or you can watch the live streaming video on the Web:
>
> http://copperrobot.com/video/
>
> Or listen to the podcast afterward, which will be posted here:
>
> http://copperrobot.com/
>
>
> For any of you youngsters who mock my computer skills, please get a load of
> that one (assuming, of course, I can get it all figured out by then)!  As
> for you other digital dinosaurs, this over-reliance on the gods of
> electronics, about which our learned master warned us, is also a terrific
> opportunity to hoist you firmly into the 21st-century, all gadget-wise and
> nonesuch.  And so on.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> --
> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> Professor of English
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO  63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> Professor of English
> Saint Louis University
> St. Louis, MO  63108
> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
>

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