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Academic publishing
barthel: I am trying to get electronic access to an article from 1990. I cannot do so. This is normal. Except it’s ridiculous. Why? Because the article was published in the journal I currently work for. I can’t even get to it through the backend.
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notational: oeste: latimes: Little Free Library brings neighbors together through books: A nationwide movement, Little Free Library prompts bibliophiles to put up small shelved structures outside their homes where people can take books and leave some too. The result can be conversation, friendship and a sense of community. In the half a year that Beggs’…
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In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, and the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire whose size was…
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In order to save the books, they had to threaten to burn them. At least, that’s the story told by Leo Burnett Worldwide, a Michigan advertising company that just won nine awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The kudos were for a P.R. campaign on behalf of the Troy, Mich., public library.…
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artlistpro: Grupa TOK performance, Serbia ‘73 Public performance art, using protest signs with minimal patterns. More photos here via prostheticknowledge:
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The IBMer who cut the e-mail cord and survived to tell the tale
The IBMer who cut the e-mail cord and survived to tell the tale ibmsocialbiz: He lives in the Canary Islands. Works for IBM. When he decided more than 4 years ago that he would no longer respond via e-mail but would use social media channels instead, some colleagues referred to him as “that stubborn Spaniard.”…
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This is happening down the road from us. theatlantic: In Focus: The Terrifying, ‘Epic’ Wildfire in Colorado Colorado Springs Fire Chief Rich Brown described the blaze as “a fire of epic proportions,” as tens of thousands of Colorado residents and tourists have been evacuated ahead of the growing, potentially disastrous Waldo Canyon fire. This fire…
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good: Colombia Has 100 Tiny Libraries in Public Parks The program was started more than 15 years ago, and it has continued to thrive, operating 51 mini libraries in Bogotá and more than 100 throughout the country. The libraries themselves are rather remarkable—they hold about 350 books each, and they’re operated by volunteer librarians who…
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since I’m a science fiction writer, let’s imagine this as a hypothetical situation. You’ve got three women communicating by email. A woman, another woman and a third entity who is a computational system but presenting as a woman. Obviously this male metaphysical head-banging contest is going to last about ten minutes. This situation isn’t a…
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Pleasure in the age of information
suddenly: Paradise once was lit by the dashboard light As we roared down the road, or parked, still surging forward. Now we find our ecstatic moment By the glow of the backlit keyboard.