January 2010
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“…these are by definition people without laptops. They do not have...”
– iPad = 1st Device?
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“Fourth, authors who remain in the GBS settlement will be precluded from claiming...”
– Holy HOLY HOOOOLYYYY cow. I feel… er… terrified, actually. I knew there were contract implications in the GBS, but not how far-reaching they were. (You need to read the rest of the paragraph to understand the context; this is less alarming than it might appear, but still incredible as a...
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“Third, those who stay in the GBS deal must waive trademark and publicity rights...”
– Pamela Samuelson on GBS opt in/opt out issues. HOLY COW. How did I miss this third point?
I’m a dunce.
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“New York, Jan 25th 2058
In a shocking announcement today, Gunther Brink of the...”
– http://www.nickharkaway.com/2010/01/asteroid-threat-overstated/
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““I have no idea what to say,” one analyst said. “We were all ready to love the...”
– http://www.nickharkaway.com/2010/01/apple-device-shocks-tech-world/
Vote for best books of last decade! →
(Specifically, mine, of course. But also just vote. :)
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“In a word: this isn’t a filesharing/booklending issue. This is more like one of...”
– http://www.nickharkaway.com/2010/01/gbs-ten-second-primer/comment-page-1/#comment-1758
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Crud.
I think I broke Twitter.
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Cameron poster generator! →
An online generator to make David Cameron posters. Bwhahahah. :)
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Cannibal Books →
“My entire life is filled with these damn things, cluttering up every corner of my house and making piles in the hall… sod it! If I want something, I will get it on the Kindle unless it needs to be a gorgeous, lovable hardback. For a standard paperback, I shall simply look to the digital realm.”
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Hasbrouck on Google Books →
Fightin’ words.
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Oh, my: clothes! →
Awesome jacket, but the website nearly had me ralphing on my ergonomic keyboard - motion sickness from a cool animation. Oops.
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ATTACK OF ZOMG! →
The new Lovelace and Babbage is up!
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Alien Girlfriend Mathematical Quibbling →
I have quibbles:
What is the effect of running the equation on the outcome? Both on a quantum level (you shall know her velocity… but not her position…) and a social one (dude, you did what? No, I will not go on a date with you, you are a mad person) and a neurological/behavioural one (hardwiring mathematics into your sexual behaviour may not be a relationship success strategy)....
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Google Books - Time Is Running Out →
“…So here’s what you do now…
You go inform yourself, of course. You check out Grimmelmann, Samuelson, and Spraggs. You Twitter with @lynnchu. You’ve got until Jan 28th 2010 – that’s a little over two weeks from today…”
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Film Preparedness
A friend of mine is marking papers on a film production course, and it occurs to me to think about what I would ask would-be producers at the end of their studies. And the answer is this:
What is the absolute most ridiculous, impossible crisis you can think of for your movie, and how will you deal with it if it happens? I mean, seriously unfeasible. Let’s say you have to make a list of...
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Vatican Report: Climate Change Caused By Hot Gay... →
“Climate change is real, and it is a threat to creation,” a Vatican spokesperson said today. “But this nonsense about its causes must stop. Yes, it is anthropogenic, but no, it’s nothing to do with oil! It’s all about having filthy hot boy-on-boy sex. Well, that and filthy hot girl-on-girl action, obviously. And those people who have non-procreative sex, they’re responsible as well.”
(News I Made...
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Sherlock Holmes... →
“…This new Holmes is a powerfully familiar one with a less stilted way of being in the world. The old Holmes mentioned that he practised Asian methods of hand-to-hand combat, but never really showed them off, because gentlemen don’t make a spectacle of themselves. This one fights in the ring, half-pissed and sociopathically, coldly effective…”
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What does this button do?
Me: seriously. I have no idea.
You guys: Dude, it's for chat.
Me: Yeah, but does that mean you will chat at me?
You guys: it means it's for chat.
Me: I have no idea on Earth what that means.
You guys: so try it out.
Me: Ok.
[In this dialogue, the part of you guys was played by my own brain. Which alarms the crap out of me.]
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'nother one.
A couple of years back, I’d read an article about some guy who was a camp guard at Gitmo saying that the place was a hellhole and I’d jump for joy. I’d feel that here was the human spirit standing up and demanding to be heard. I’d say: “wow! That guy has some stones! He’s telling it like it is! Go, dude, go!” [For the record, many of these dudes are girl...
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The Do's and Don'ts of Online Publicity, For Some...
newsweek:
Nwk hearts this so much it hurts:
lindsayrobertson:
[This is long and obvious, but it’s been driving me nuts for years. So here is my Guide to Online Publicity (For Dummies).]
There’s a question that has been bugging me for years: why are 99% of publicists and promotion/marketing people complete useless failures when it comes to blogs and online outlets? I keep waiting for the...
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Blair WTF Project →
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THE →
madwhit:
we love typography
Note: do not, ever, imagine that typography is not important. Even - especially - in ebooks.
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No, you did not refute that. →
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Dude (a poem).
Dude, you drive too fast in your
White van.
It’s white everywhere anyway, because of the
Unprecedented
Snow, which by the way is not evidence of global cooling, and I cannot see
Where you think you are
Going.
Anyway, dude: slow down.
You’re making my rage itch.
By the way, not even your mother really likes
That hair.
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"Bishops have got nastier"
Seriously.
ASBO the bastards. It’s the only language they understand. That and Latin.
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