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links for 2009-07-01

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Posted on: July 1, 2009 5:01 AM, by Chad Orzel

  • Acephalous: Infinite Summer: Morbid? Culturally Imperial? Morbidly Culturally Imperial?
    "In the end, what’s interesting about the 25-year-old Klein’s post about the 46-year-old Foster Wallace’s novel is the notion that someone who was 18 years old when the Clash first performed in America and someone who was 18 years old the year Joe Strummer died can be said to belong to the same generation. How does that work? I’m tempted to blame it on the Internet"
    (tags: blogs society culture literature music humanities acephalous)
  • Views: Books Aren't Everything - Inside Higher Ed
    "Some in university presses view this as a time to rally around the book as the focal point of scholarship and academic publishing. Part of the argument revolves around university presses as purveyors of hard ideas — ideas that push culture forward. Intellectual rigor, the hallmark of any good university or college, is also the driving force in university press publishing. This rigor is best reflected in full-length discussion of particular subjects. Whatever the merits of books, this argument neglects to address fully the current financial and technological challenges. Disruptive technologies -- the Internet and digital information networks -- have made the printed book less important. Information gatherers have found an abundance of material on their desktops. More important, the psychology of getting information is driven by quick searching and the generation of instantaneous results. Trying to change users’ actions under continual technology improvements is futile."
    (tags: publishing academia books inside-higher-ed information)
  • T.J. Houshmandzadeh Enjoys Ordering "The Houshmandzadeh" Just To See What Waiter Brings | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
    "I will say the only time I ever regretted ordering it was at a Mexican place, as the prawns were spicier than I thought they would be."
    (tags: food silly onion sports football)
  • 2009
    "No man is an island, so they say, although the small crustaceans and the bird which sat impassively on Dirk Manhope's chest as he floated lazily in the pool would probably disagree. "
    (tags: writing literature silly)
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