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Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes How to survive the age of distraction (“In the age of the internet, physical paper books are a technology we need more, not less.”) (via) Against Reviews (“Reading a book review is like reading about a restaurant in a city you’ve never been to, and have no plans […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Invasion of the body hackers (“Footsteps, sweat, caffeine, memories, stress, even sex and dating habits – it can all be calculated and scored like a baseball batting average. And if there isn’t already an app or a device for tracking it, one will probably appear in the next few […] A group of children were fined $500 by county authorities in Bethesda, Md., for operating a lemonade stand without a permit next to Congressional Country Club, the site of this week’s U.S. Open golf tournament. (via) Missouri lawyer claims opponent’s use/misuse of possessives, among other things, means “there is no way on God’s earth that […] Worthwhile Reading in the Interweb Tubes Ode to a Four-Letter Word (“There is, after all, no such thing as an intrinsically bad, boring, or lazy word. There is only how it is deployed, and one of the pleasures of profanity is how diversely you can deploy it.”) (via) Blog Headline of the Week Apparently, God […] Too many hours on airplanes and in airports leads to an abbreviated edition: Blog Headline of the Week Boy Wishes He Hadn’t Sold His Kidney For An iPad 2 Bookish Linkage A library is many things Nonbookish Linkage Persons with the most optimism and cheerfulness die younger than their less positive counterparts. Serves them right, […] |
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