May
25
Get Your Science On
May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
At some point in time nerds became cool, and thank goodness for this because culture is way more interesting when it is lead by nerds than by, say, jocks (please forgive me if I’ve insulted your inner jock.) Take author Mary Roach for example. She is what I like to call a Diva Nerd. She’s [...]
May
22
Bookworm as Deviant
May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I heard somewhere that the Amish are allowed to have Kindles. I also hear they can have cell phones. Both items do not require a computer to function, and this seems to be the distinction. Reminds me a bit of certain loop holes we use when dieting… The frozen yogurt is yogurt and yogurt is [...]
May
18
Beware the Behemoth
May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
 You know it must be dire if the librarians are up in arms about it: Library orgs warn of “enormous control†of Google (MobyLives) “In a Library Journal story, Norman Oder reports that three major library organizations, the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of Research Libraries, [...]
May
14
Countdown To The Digital Dark Age
May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
If the tipping point as finally arrived for the publishing industry, then we have already dipped into a possible fate called The Digital Dark Age – one of my greatest fears. From The Long Now Foundation: “In a time of accelerating technology, accelerating history, and a dangerous shortening of civilization’s attention span, the role of [...]
May
11
Mr. Roboto: Storyteller of the Future
May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Our books are being read to us by machines that can’t pronounce the name of our President. I am imagining a future where all of today’s book knowledge will be passed on to future generations via robots – and how horribly this is going to effect the perception of our languages and our cultures. So [...]
May
8
The Museum of Failure
May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Thank you to my friend Zander for mentioning his desire to one day open a Museum of Failure. It got me thinking. Success is delicious, but consider this: Success is a fairy tale. The universe is ever-changing. The only thing we can really rely on is that everything that exists at this very moment, our [...]
May
5
How The Sea Was Won
May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Facebook is having some language fun. Have you yet to experience ye olde social network via Pirate English? 1) Scroll to the bottom of your Facebook page. 2) On the bottom left corner, click English: US. 3) When the language selection appears, click English (Pirate). Arg. Speaking of pirates, one can’t go too long on [...]