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. -- Mitch Wagner [log in to unmask] http://CopperRobot.com http://www.Twitter.com/CopperRobot http://MitchWagner.com http://www.Twitter.com/MitchWagner 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> >