2011
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
MySpace was just sold. Again. Hackers have busted into a database of US military personnel. A video of NASA (successfully) testing their new hovering robotic lander. Cool. Why yes, I have been looking at these weird WWII gas helmets for…
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How Does He Do It?
Being overwhelmed by the myriad distractions and endless information floating around the universe can feel a personal struggle. How come it seems like everybody else can deal with it so calmly? This is how Gay Talese, one of the most…
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Grading Teachers
Mother Jones published an article about the latest battle on the education front—evaluating teachers, which is re-raising issues about what public school model works best. The implementation of the new evaluation methods involves both “internal measurements” (where teachers are measured…
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Fear and Loathing Turns 40
Thompson wanted to write a book devoted to the “death of the American Dream,” but he never truly got around to it.
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Drinkin/Jammin
There isn’t enough evidence of this summer season on this blog roll. We’re embarking on a wondrous season and it’s time to acknowledge it. One way to celebrate is through the inextricably-linked, summer-themed pairing of beer and summer jams. You…
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In Defense of the Other Woman
Where are the books about mistresses? Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin writes about the lacking mistress narrative, defending the other woman and scrutinizing her treatment in society as undermining that traditional institution that tons of Americans love (marriage). “The woman is supposed…
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Online Dating, Then and Now
A recent New Yorker article brings you the history of online dating, in all of its splendor. Nicholas Paumgarten traces back online dating to its roots at the World’s Fair in Queens in the fall of 1964, when it began…
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Did You Just Eat Breakfast?
This one time in the 19th century, some guys were hanging out in a store when a shotgun accidently went off, wounding one Alex St Martin in the stomach, exposing his breakfast and his digestive system. While the part about…
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Set the Dumpster On Fire
What Gottlieb reveals to us in this collection, is that the key to survival is the same animal desire that served as our undoing in the first place, but the degree to which we succeed in that survival will depend…
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Less Bad News for NYC Libraries
There’s more bad news about NYC’s libraries, but it’s less bad than ever, which in the context of libraries is almost like good news. The budget for the 2012 Fiscal Year is out, which was the impetus for Mayor Bloomberg’s…
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“That’s Racist”
Culturally sensitive accusations turned into humorous catchphrase? Sounds like the kind of comical turnover that only my millennial generation could come up with! “That’s racist” is a quip that has become abundant in various forms (the name of a hip-hop…