The Cosmic Sitcom spotlights Haiti Digital Bibliography

January 21, 2010

Filmmaker and friend Carlos Pedraza surprised me this morning with a flattering spotlight on the Haiti Digital Bibliography:

Many, many thanks to Carlos for the support, the help, and for spreading the word. The HDB has been an odd and, at times, spastic endeavor thus far, but it has been interesting to note the different (and sometimes not) [...]

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Haiti

January 18, 2010

I’m no doctor. I’m not a reporter. I give what I can. I organize stuff.
I threw together a blog the other day. It’s just a (semi-chronological) jumble of headlines right now, but with it I’m compiling links to build a bibliography of digital resources about the Haiti earthquake and its aftermath. Quoting myself,
In an effort to preserve [...]

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Pride

January 13, 2010

My husband did a great job.

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A spoonful of sarcasm helps the medicine go down

January 1, 2010

From Cracking the GRE, a test-prep manual by Doug Pierce:
You will also see a fourth, unidentified, experimental section on the GRE. This section will either be Math or Verbal and will look exactly like the real Math or Verbal section . . ., but it won’t count toward your score. ETS [the company that administers [...]

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Guessing a book by its cover: spontaneous collaboration

December 24, 2009

Inspired by his holiday #cnftweet on Twitter, @spitballarmy and I are making a list of typical (and atypical) gifts identifiable through their wrapping.
Check out the booty as it grows under the tree over at Fred’s blog. And come add your own!
Have a safe, happy, scary-clownless holiday season, everyone.

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Tribes, “true” fans, and everybody else

December 22, 2009

Despite my excessive comment at the bottom of the page, this article is an interesting exploration of music fandom and the conflicts inherent to classification and group identity:
“The Language of Tribes: True Fans and Outsiders”
by Kyle Bylin
The difference of opinion, or lack thereof, that occurs between members of the same tribe, is what characterizes what [...]

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Rare books, bridging the physical-digital divide

December 8, 2009

Lengthy for online reading, but worth the eyestrain:
“The Book Mechanic: A modern sensibility binds Terry Belanger to old, rare volumes”
by Andrew Witmer
Some years ago, Terry Belanger found a striking way to reveal the reverence that many citizens of the digital age continue to feel for old books. . . . [He] brings an old volume [...]

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