June 2012
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May 2012
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Watchthedailywhat:
Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Watch as a cochlear implant allows deaf 2-year-old Cooper to hear his mother’s voice for the first time. OMG.
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Are people only now discovering videos of cochlear implant wearers? I’ve been showing these for years in my Information Technology Ethics class (re: ethical dimensions of body modification/cyborgs).
Still, always...
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Watchcancerously:
mageofbutts:
blingostarr:
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videohall:
Wow that’s amazing, I thought it was fake after seeing them draw on the paper. That alone is ingenious.
what the hell
oh my gOD
i was already dead at the dance dance revolution part
thaaat’s pretty cool
i’m dying right now oh my god i need this in my life
I fucking want this send help
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“Libraries will have to transform into places that help citizens become...”
– Exploring the Challenges to Equitable Access to Digital Content | American Libraries Magazine (via infoneer-pulse)
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“You have no idea how long I have been planning to look at the blasters in Star...”
– An Analysis of Blaster Fire in Star Wars | Wired Science | Wired.com
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“Libraries cannot fail to provide their readers with digitized material,...”
– In Defense of the New York Public Library by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books (via marincitylibrary)
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Watchthedandyunderworld:
Taking place in England the owners of the yard slowly kept adding sections to the contraption so when the squirrel learned one section and got the nuts, they’d add another section. It took over 2 weeks to get to the final product you see in the video.
kottke.org: A "Kardashian" as a unit of measure... →
jkottke:
Ethan Zuckerman proposes measuring attention with a unit of measure called a Kardashian. One Kardashian is equal to the amount of worldwide media attention that Kim Kardashian gets in a day.
I choose the Kardashian as a unit both because I like the mitteleuropean feel of the term — like the…
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Douche parking
jkottke:
I can’t tell if the app featured in this video is imaginary or not, but it’s a great theoretical solution to the problem of douche parking. Douche parking is basically parking like a douche, and is way more prevalent in Russia than in the US. The Village feels publicly shaming is the best way to deal with douches. Unfortunately, one trait of douches is an inability to be shamed.
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Yeah, I’m working on 3 hours of sleep, and...
Wisconsin Voter Public Access →
If you know a Wisconsin resident’s name and birthday, you can access their home address and voting record (which elections they voted in, not for whom, obvs) here.
WHEN I SEE SOMEONE ACTUALLY USING WORLD BOOK...
librarianproblems:
I’m like:
Loving this blog.
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WHEN A PATRON ASKS FOR A TWILIGHT BOOK
librarianproblems:
I’m like:
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Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality →
anthonyhoffmann:
There’s one idea, though, that TED’s organizers recently decided was too controversial to spread: the notion that widening income inequality is a bad thing for America, and that as a result, the rich should pay more in taxes.
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It costs $7,500 to attend TED. ‘nuff said.
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