May 2009
17 posts
Meat: Eco-friendly?
thisiswhywefail: Slate examines the “greenness” of our addiction to red meat: Meat is not sweet, ecologically speaking. According to an extensive U.N. report from 2006, the livestock industry not only uses more land than any other human activity; it’s also one of the largest contributors to water pollution and a bigger source of greenhouse-gas emissions than all the world’s trains, planes, and...
May 1st
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April 2009
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“It’s time for the publishing industry to step up to the plate. Stop worrying...”
– - Booksquare: Amazon Buys Lexcycle Watching big publishing right now gives me such agita, I can’t even say.
Apr 29th
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Chinese Internet Censorship: See It For Yourself →
Apr 29th
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Signs G.O.P. Is Rethinking Stance on Gay Marriage →
Yes!
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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“Every time that a [copyright] term extension is passed, the public is deprived...”
– EU extends musical copyrights by 20 years, eyes movies next
Apr 28th
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Bea Arthur's Top 5 Contributions To Pop Culture →
[via Elin]
Apr 28th
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Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in... →
Now this is what I’m talkin’ about. [via Wil Wheaton]
Apr 28th
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Justices Could Weigh Free Speech vs. License... →
Apr 27th
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“For many years, I have told students, “Do not do what I do; rather, take...”
– Mark C. Taylor - End the University as We Know It
Apr 27th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Mates of State (10)  The Decemberists (7)  The Wave Pictures (6)  She & Him (5)  Tori Amos (5)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 27th
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Vancouver bans bottled water on city property →
Doesn’t sound like they’re actually banning people from possessing it, but more that they’re no longer going to provide or sell it. Still, a step in the right direction. Yay, tap water!
Apr 25th
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“We would like to thank Pivot Legal for bringing to our attention an email sent...”
– Oh, thank goodness. VPD corrects assertion from yesterday - Vancouver police: Don’t call 911 if you see a “beggar”
Apr 25th
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Swedish Pirate Party Doubles in Size After Bay... →
Apr 24th
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“Readers can step right into the stories, experiencing the authors’ visions...”
– Let’s follow Canada and display writers’ words in the places they describe [via @roncharles] I’m increasingly fascinated with how we value our creative culture, and I love this idea!
Apr 24th
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“The A.P., it appears, wants to become the RIAA of the flailing newspaper...”
– Behind The A.P.’s Plan To Become The Web’s News Cop
Apr 24th
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UK rejects privacy group's gripes about Google... →
Fascinating to watch governments/communities/societies balance interests.
Apr 24th
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“The Vancouver Police Department is instructing Dunbar residents to call 911...”
– Sometimes I’m embarrassed to tell people I live in this neighbourhood. Pivot Legal Society
Apr 24th
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Should Ad Networks Pay Publishers For Stolen... →
[via @croqzine]
Apr 23rd
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The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500 →
Overlooking the cheesiness (um, laziness?) of falling back on naming the generation, this is pretty bang-on, eh?
Apr 23rd
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Democrats Consider Bypassing G.O.P. on Health Care... →
Apr 23rd
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“Authors and publishers will shape books to move as high as possible on Google’s...”
– Dear god, that’s terrifying. Resist the urge, people! The E-Book as Gutenberg’s Bible
Apr 23rd
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The Golden Girls in Glitter! →
Good golly, this is made of awesome [via @avgjanecrafter].
Apr 22nd
“In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t terribly well...”
– What Are Friends for? A Longer Life
Apr 21st
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“To anyone who wants to photocopy, bind, and give a copy of the book to their...”
– When Pixels Find New Life on Real Paper They seem to be missing that a print book of xkcd comics might reach an audience that doesn’t already know about the strip, but other than that I love what they’re saying here!
Apr 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-19) →
The Hidden Cameras (6)  Why? (6)  The Soft Boys (6)  The Decemberists (5)  Delhi 2 Dublin (4)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 20th
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“Even as Washington goes into a frenzy over energy, many of the oil companies are...”
– Oil Companies Reluctant to Follow Obama’s Green Lead - NYTimes.com Gah!
Apr 18th
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From Blog to Print, Laughing All the Way to the... →
Gotta say, I hope this wave crashes soon—unless the focus shifts away from republishing web content in books and toward translating the original concept in a way that best exploits the properties of a book as contrasted with those of a blog.
Apr 18th
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“When you talk about transportation, it is a network concept by definition. You...”
– Transportation Innovation - Joseph M. Sussman in GOOD
Apr 18th
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“As we move to a transportation model with fewer cars and more public transit,...”
– Ticket to Ride -  Morgan Clendaniel in GOOD
Apr 18th
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Help Knit the Skye Bridge →
I love large-scale guerilla knitting projects!
Apr 17th
Do You Think Bandwidth Grows on Trees? →
roamin: Farhad Manjoo/ Slate Magazine User generated content may have changed the Internet, but sites like YouTube are suffocating under the costs of storing it “Everyone knows that print newspapers are our generation’s horse-and-buggy; in the most wired cities, they’ve been pummeled by competition from the Web. But it might surprise you to learn that one of the largest and most-celebrated...
Apr 17th
“It’s hard not to think the [sic] Amazon’s failure to disclose DRM limitations on...”
– Amazon’s Kindle Disclosure Policies Could Attract FTC Attention | Medialoper
Apr 17th
“They never learn,” [Philip Pullman] said. “The inevitable result of...”
– Kite Runner joins gay penguins on top 10 books Americans want banned | Books | guardian.co.uk
Apr 16th
Billy Bob's tantrum raises new questions →
I don’t think these questions are new, I don’t like this guy’s attitude, and I disagree with his assessment of Thornton’s talent, but I agree with his point. Celebrities are ubiquitous, and if they’re going to sit down with journalists they should accept the loss of control.
Apr 16th
“Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a...”
– Obama Unveils High-Speed Rail Plan - NYTimes.com YES! YES! YES!
Apr 16th
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“Husain added: “My concern as a bookseller would be that it shifts the onus...”
– Bloomsbury sparks row on cover prices | theBookseller.com Why isn’t this an Onion article? Booksellers, I think I heard a rumour somewhere that you might be able to find some examples of retail markets where sellers set their prices and compete with other sellers. I can’t be sure, but...
Apr 16th
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“Conservation of outrage is the wrong answer. We can apologize to Amazon while...”
– The Failure of #amazonfail « Clay Shirky [via @caseyf]
Apr 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-12) →
The Frames (11)  The Hidden Cameras (10)  Brooklyn Rider (10)  Neil Patrick Harris (8)  The Decemberists (4)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 15th
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Apr 12th
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NYU Student Conducts Most Adorable Robot Experiment Ever - Tweenbot [via @Pogue]
Apr 12th
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Cutest gaming story, ever! kyle + rosemary [via @wilw, WWdN: In Exile]
Apr 9th
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Knitting [& Crocheting] For Your Health - CBS News Video [via @VickieHowell]
Apr 7th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-5) →
The Soft Boys (1)  Colette (1)  The Hidden Cameras (1)  LCD Soundsystem (1)  The Raconteurs (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 6th
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