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Greetings! Here's something that is probably illegal if you actually do it inside the United States - the ability, using WINE, to remove Adobe DRM in a Debian-flavored Linux variant. Good to use to make your bought e-books portable. Bad to pirate e-books from your library's collection. Seriously. Use this knowledge responsibly.
Hyperbole and a Half returns, with an intimate look at what depression can be like.
An anonymous author explains what life in the closet is like - a lot of fear and self-policing. Would that we lived in a world where everyone could be as open and comfortable with different people as George Takei is in making an anti-bigot PSA.
Ever wondered what it might take to be a librarian? Here's a guide on what the profession is going to require of you. Think it's all about sitting and reading books now?
For something a little less daunting (but no less important), The Digital Literacy Assessment from Northstar Online. A very nice resource for those looking to learn how to get going in the on-line world. For those working on a more intermediate coursework, the six technology skills expected of all incoming freshmen.
(Thing is, not everyone in the profession has the skills we need for this...and doesn't necessarily feel like there's an environment for them to learn it.)
One to two hours of Internet time is almost not enough or not nearly enough time for the modern job seeker or Internet-less person to achieve what they need in any given day. And that's without microbarriers that raise a little bit of aggravation, drain a little bit of energy, or otherwise sap the ability of that person to achieve what they want.
Out in the world, The Untied Kingdom wants images to be registered and fully metadata-ed to receive full copyright protection, otherwise, anyone can exploit them. And then license them to someone else to exploit, and so on...
France adopts marriage equality. Stateside, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota (as of August 1) are also members of the Century of the Fruitbat. (Minnesota defeated an anti-equality constitutional amendment in 2012).
The National Library of Wales caught fire.
And Hungary stopped being a funcitioning democracy, apparently.
Domestically, A former Mitt Romney campaign intern was charged in connection to a blackmail scandal where the intern threatened to expose alleged nude pictures unless more nude pictures were sent to him.
In case you were wondering, no, it's not legal to hunt deer in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Nor will things end well if while on probation for neglecting one child's proper medical care so much that they died, parents allowed another child to die by not getting proper medical care.
The body of a student wrongly identified as a suspect in the Boston bombing was discovered in Rhode Island - cause of death unknown as of the linked article, but there will likely be an investigation to see whether or not the intense scrutiny, including several organizations that should have known better, had something to do with it. Elsewhere, a teenager rappping about current events finds themselves charged with terrorism and set on a $1 million USD bail.
And finally, students are being suspended for dance moves.
The National Institutes of Mental Health are abandoning the DSM in favor of a biological research standard being developed, which can only help bring more and better data about mental health into the psychological practice.
Confronted with a justification from the Bible to allow for immigration reform, Senator Sessions of Alabama could not then justify its opposite using the same book.
A teenager attempting to contract a sex worker through the Internet was instead pepper sprayed and robbbed of his savings. Elsewhere, a judge took as much pleasure as possible in writing his opinion regarding an ordinance involving strip clubs.
In technology, The Edwin Mellon Press has decided that the proper response to criticism is to issue dubious legal threats to bloggers and their affiliated websites and organizations. Because trying to chill opinions of you is exactly the way that you get people to stop criticizing you in an Internet age.
You could, however, go one step further and be Fox, sending DMCA takedown notices asserting they are the rights holders to Cory Doctorow's novel Homeland, because copies of the novel, properly shared, are being assumed to be the show of the same name.
Having made all their ebooks DRM-free a year ago, Tor reports that their sales are just as strong, if not stronger, and that the piracy of their books hasn't increased in any noticeable way.
Kinect can now order pizza. The Internet is not amused.
Using optical technology to read the pits and grooves (much like how we read compact discs) on the cylinders and records he left behind, the Smithsonian has created digital recordings of the voice of Alexander Graham Bell. One can now listen to the voice of the person who first patented the telephone.
Finally, the last time C02 levels were this high on Terra, there were no humans there to measure it.
In opinions, why one might think that making people think of suicide is not the best marketing tool for your vehicle.
A coffee shop in Seattle has publicly called out the city&apso;s new law requiring paid sick leave for all employees by announcing their decision to charge 1.5% more for their coffee due to the policy. They could have done it quietly and nobody would have noticed, but in publicly declaring things so, they have put themselves on the same side as
Why haven't we heard more about the fertilizer explosion in West, Texas, which did more damage, was deadlier, and is far more likely to happen again than the terror attack in Boston? Oh, right, because corporations that pay advertising dollars have a vested interest in making sure you never know about what malfeasance they're doing.
The time and care that you put into grammar and spelling choices when you write formally makes it easy for your reviewer or recipient to know what kind of time and care you put into the work behind the writing.
Warren Buffet mocks those who invest in precious metals, preferring to invest in things that actually produce value and goods.
There's a giant scandal of sexual abuse in the white community, yet do you see the white community having to repeatedly stand up and disavow and deny and claim how much white people aren't like that small minority?
Last for this entry, Creative Commons Licenses are awesome things - because images, once released to the web, have a life of their own. Sometimes with credit, sometimes not, and sometimes the BBC asks for permission to use your CC-licensed image. That said, citations are your friend, dammit - ESPECIALLY because the Internet is continually changing hypertext. Trace things back as far as you can go, as close to the original as you feel you can hit. And finally, because copyright is a beast, make sure that you know and can prove that images you use are either properly licensed, public domain, or have explicit permission for use. Because, apparently, Fair Use doesn't necessarily cut it when it comes to images.
And one badass response to the idea that women can't be serious gamers.
I should do these more often...so that I don't have quite so many links to post at a time.
Hyperbole and a Half returns, with an intimate look at what depression can be like.
An anonymous author explains what life in the closet is like - a lot of fear and self-policing. Would that we lived in a world where everyone could be as open and comfortable with different people as George Takei is in making an anti-bigot PSA.
Ever wondered what it might take to be a librarian? Here's a guide on what the profession is going to require of you. Think it's all about sitting and reading books now?
For something a little less daunting (but no less important), The Digital Literacy Assessment from Northstar Online. A very nice resource for those looking to learn how to get going in the on-line world. For those working on a more intermediate coursework, the six technology skills expected of all incoming freshmen.
(Thing is, not everyone in the profession has the skills we need for this...and doesn't necessarily feel like there's an environment for them to learn it.)
One to two hours of Internet time is almost not enough or not nearly enough time for the modern job seeker or Internet-less person to achieve what they need in any given day. And that's without microbarriers that raise a little bit of aggravation, drain a little bit of energy, or otherwise sap the ability of that person to achieve what they want.
Out in the world, The Untied Kingdom wants images to be registered and fully metadata-ed to receive full copyright protection, otherwise, anyone can exploit them. And then license them to someone else to exploit, and so on...
France adopts marriage equality. Stateside, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota (as of August 1) are also members of the Century of the Fruitbat. (Minnesota defeated an anti-equality constitutional amendment in 2012).
The National Library of Wales caught fire.
And Hungary stopped being a funcitioning democracy, apparently.
Domestically, A former Mitt Romney campaign intern was charged in connection to a blackmail scandal where the intern threatened to expose alleged nude pictures unless more nude pictures were sent to him.
In case you were wondering, no, it's not legal to hunt deer in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Nor will things end well if while on probation for neglecting one child's proper medical care so much that they died, parents allowed another child to die by not getting proper medical care.
The body of a student wrongly identified as a suspect in the Boston bombing was discovered in Rhode Island - cause of death unknown as of the linked article, but there will likely be an investigation to see whether or not the intense scrutiny, including several organizations that should have known better, had something to do with it. Elsewhere, a teenager rappping about current events finds themselves charged with terrorism and set on a $1 million USD bail.
And finally, students are being suspended for dance moves.
The National Institutes of Mental Health are abandoning the DSM in favor of a biological research standard being developed, which can only help bring more and better data about mental health into the psychological practice.
Confronted with a justification from the Bible to allow for immigration reform, Senator Sessions of Alabama could not then justify its opposite using the same book.
A teenager attempting to contract a sex worker through the Internet was instead pepper sprayed and robbbed of his savings. Elsewhere, a judge took as much pleasure as possible in writing his opinion regarding an ordinance involving strip clubs.
In technology, The Edwin Mellon Press has decided that the proper response to criticism is to issue dubious legal threats to bloggers and their affiliated websites and organizations. Because trying to chill opinions of you is exactly the way that you get people to stop criticizing you in an Internet age.
You could, however, go one step further and be Fox, sending DMCA takedown notices asserting they are the rights holders to Cory Doctorow's novel Homeland, because copies of the novel, properly shared, are being assumed to be the show of the same name.
Having made all their ebooks DRM-free a year ago, Tor reports that their sales are just as strong, if not stronger, and that the piracy of their books hasn't increased in any noticeable way.
Kinect can now order pizza. The Internet is not amused.
Using optical technology to read the pits and grooves (much like how we read compact discs) on the cylinders and records he left behind, the Smithsonian has created digital recordings of the voice of Alexander Graham Bell. One can now listen to the voice of the person who first patented the telephone.
Finally, the last time C02 levels were this high on Terra, there were no humans there to measure it.
In opinions, why one might think that making people think of suicide is not the best marketing tool for your vehicle.
A coffee shop in Seattle has publicly called out the city&apso;s new law requiring paid sick leave for all employees by announcing their decision to charge 1.5% more for their coffee due to the policy. They could have done it quietly and nobody would have noticed, but in publicly declaring things so, they have put themselves on the same side as
Why haven't we heard more about the fertilizer explosion in West, Texas, which did more damage, was deadlier, and is far more likely to happen again than the terror attack in Boston? Oh, right, because corporations that pay advertising dollars have a vested interest in making sure you never know about what malfeasance they're doing.
The time and care that you put into grammar and spelling choices when you write formally makes it easy for your reviewer or recipient to know what kind of time and care you put into the work behind the writing.
Warren Buffet mocks those who invest in precious metals, preferring to invest in things that actually produce value and goods.
There's a giant scandal of sexual abuse in the white community, yet do you see the white community having to repeatedly stand up and disavow and deny and claim how much white people aren't like that small minority?
Last for this entry, Creative Commons Licenses are awesome things - because images, once released to the web, have a life of their own. Sometimes with credit, sometimes not, and sometimes the BBC asks for permission to use your CC-licensed image. That said, citations are your friend, dammit - ESPECIALLY because the Internet is continually changing hypertext. Trace things back as far as you can go, as close to the original as you feel you can hit. And finally, because copyright is a beast, make sure that you know and can prove that images you use are either properly licensed, public domain, or have explicit permission for use. Because, apparently, Fair Use doesn't necessarily cut it when it comes to images.
And one badass response to the idea that women can't be serious gamers.
I should do these more often...so that I don't have quite so many links to post at a time.
