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Five Best Book Recommendation Services
Of use if I ever teach or do any readers advisory again.
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The Start-to-Finish Guide for Moving to a New Place
Really handy. However, I'm hoping not to move for a long time.
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The Web Means the End of Forgetting
Well worth a read if you're at all interested in privacy, and well worth a read if you aren't but are inclined to post personal information to sites like Facebook.
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Proposition 19: A Word-for-Word Analysis
This is going to be a real game-changer if it passes. My hope is that it leads to reforms in the cloth and paper industries.
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Dear Blank, Please Blank.
Sometimes funny. Sort of akin to FML and that sort of thing.
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Crises of Capitalism
This is a nice look at economic issues from a Marxist perspective. Of course, the revolution must also give equal attention to the social happiness of the mass.
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Bookshelf Porn: Archive
Amazing bookshelves--some incredibly clever uses of space, others just plain creative.
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How Does Google Work?
Purty nifty infographic that maps out the process of indexing the web.
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Why Design-By-Commitee Should Die
I can't even begin to express my disdain for some committee work--especially that which involves design, like website design.
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Reagan Revolution Home To Roost -- In Charts
Almost everything has gotten worse since Reagan. Truly.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Internet
Very interesting examination of the ways in which the Internet has changed our lives and the difficulty in predicting how it will continue to do so.
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The Blackboard Versus the Keyboard
One study found that students using laptops scored lower by 11 percent than their counterparts without laptops.
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The Parable of Prohibition
A very bizarre chapter of history can teach us a lot about drug prohibition.
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Map: Where Americans Are Moving
I'm not sure what value there is in this, but it was fun for about two minutes.
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The End of Men
The subtitle to this article should be: "Women prepare to take over...well, everything".
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Robert Rodriguez's 10-Minute Film School
Anyone interested in making a film or video should read this.
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Does the Internet Make You Smarter?
Amid the silly videos and spam are the roots of a new reading and writing culture, says Clay Shirky in this piece from the WSJ.
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Book Owners Have Smarter Kids
Given my imminent parenthood and my ever-expanding book collection, this article caught my eye.
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Creating 10 Most-Used Javascript Techniques Using Pure CSS Styling
One of these days, I'm going to get a lot better with XML and CSS. About that time, said platforms will likely be obsolete.
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The Twenty Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life
I like good book suggestions. I like SF. Hence, I like this.
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