but please stop saying ‘UFO’…The Washington Post – [watch this Christmas Eve in full screen mode – stay focused and read the text that that explains the event] “In December 2017, two videos emerged that showed Navy pilots encountering mysterious spherical objects that appeared, at first glance, to move through the air in ways that… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2019
The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution
Vox – It never quite came. “Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks. There were unintended consequences…at the other end of the decade, ebook sales seem to have stabilized at around 20 percent of total book sales, with print sales making up the remaining 80 percent. “Five or 10 years ago,” says… Continue Reading
What Kurt Vonnegut Taught Us about the Science of Happiness
elephant journal: “Kurt Vonnegut, one of the best writers of any lifetime, once wrote a sentence that—if you recite it—can literally expand your capacity for experiencing and retaining happiness. But before I give you that magical sentence from Mr. Vonnegut, let me share two memories…” Continue Reading
How the Loss of the Landline Is Changing Family Life
The Atlantic – The shared phone was a space of spontaneous connection for the entire household. “…Over the course of the 20th century, phones grew smaller, easier to use, and therefore less mystical and remarkable in their household presence. And with the spread of cordless phones in the 1980s, calls became more private. But even… Continue Reading
Your email problem isn’t your fault
Quartz at Work: “Checking email, responding to it, and remembering what’s been dealt with and what hasn’t creates a huge drag on many of our days. It also makes for an almost-constant distraction if an email client is open alongside other work windows, or if alerts are enabled. The people who felt most stressed shared… Continue Reading
What to Know When Migrating to New Legal Software
Law Technology Today Video – “Making the decision to change software solutions is one that many law firms will encounter at some point along the way. The start of a new year provides a great opportunity for offices to make a change and start fresh, and with 2020 right around the corner, many lawyers are… Continue Reading
The Impeachment Papers
“DPLA is proud to release this preliminary version of The Impeachment Papers: A Compendium of Documents Related to the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump and The Report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian Active Measure Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election. These add to the work we started with our award-winning… Continue Reading
What does your car know about you?
Washington Post – “Our privacy experiment found that automakers collect data through hundreds of sensors and an always-on Internet connection. Driving surveillance is becoming hard to avoid…Cars have become the most sophisticated computers many of us own, filled with hundreds of sensors. Even older models know an awful lot about you. Many copy over personal… Continue Reading
Icons for everything
The Noun Project – Over 2 million curated icons, created by a global community….Icons for everything. Users may search or browse for icons and create an account, get icons, and identify favorites. Icons may be used under a Creative Commons License – either free or with a small fee. I had no idea there were… Continue Reading
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
The Atlantic – It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable: “Today, many of the largest mineral corporations in the world have launched underwater mining programs. On the west coast of Africa, the De Beers Group is using a fleet of specialized ships to drag machinery across the seabed in search of diamonds. In 2018, those ships… Continue Reading
Predatory journals: no definition, no defence
nature: “Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach…Predatory journals are a global threat. They accept articles for publication — along with authors’ fees — without performing promised quality checks for issues… Continue Reading
RCFP urges Delaware court to reject hyperlink republication argument
“The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a coalition of 23 news organizations are urging a Delaware court to reject a defamation claim that could threaten the use of hyperlinks in news stories. In a friend-of-the-court brief, filed on Dec. 19 by Reporters Committee attorneys and David L. Finger of Finger & Slanina… Continue Reading
