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December 31, 2009
Category: book review
I did this last year and the year before and it seemed like an interesting and maybe even useful thing to continue this year. Trends in my reading this year? An increase in books on social media and a bit...
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December 30, 2009
Category: acad lib future
A nice quote from Rick Salutin's most recent Globe and Mail column, In praise of words, not books, which I actually read in a print edition of the newspaper this morning. Yes, we get two daily print newspapers, The Globe...
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Category: academia
During my winter blogging break, I thought I'd repost of few of my "greatest hits" from my old blog, just so you all wouldn't miss me so much. This one is from September 24, 2007. This post follows up on...
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December 29, 2009
Category: academia
During my winter blogging break, I thought I'd repost of few of my "greatest hits" from my old blog, just so you all wouldn't miss me so much. This one is from September 24, 2007. It's my initial thoughts about...
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December 25, 2009
Category: friday fun
Now here's a question: What do you leave by the fireplace on Christmas Eve for a great old one to snack on? Probably your neighbours' kids. Anyways, Tor.com has posted an amusingly creepy Christmas story by Charles Stross, Overtime. It's...
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December 24, 2009
Category: best science books 2009
Not surprisingly, a very fine list from the AIP's Physicsworld website: The Physics of Rugby by Trevor Davis First Principles: The Crazy Business of Doing Serious Science by Howard Burton Oliver Heaviside: Maverick Mastermind of Electricity by Basil Mahon Atomic:...
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December 23, 2009
Category: best science books 2009
A nice list from a bunch of categories from the Washington Post, although some of items in the the science section seem strangely unscientific: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou The Age of Wonder:...
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December 22, 2009
Category: best science books 2009
One of the five non-fiction books chosen by Salon was a science book. The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes...
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December 21, 2009
Category: music mondays
Every year The Allman Brothers Band hold court at New York's Beacon Theatre for an extended run and 2009 was a very special year for them as it was the 20th anniversary of the event. And being a jam band,...
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December 19, 2009
Category: best science books 2009
A nice list of technology/business books: Googled: The End of the World as we Know it by Ken Auletta Inside Larry & Sergey's Brain by Richard L. Brandt The Twitter Book by Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein The Accidental Billionares:...
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