January 2012
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The Librarians of America Just About Destroyed... →
By Joe Tone January 23, 2012
America’s librarians, in town for a big conference, had descended on the downtown cantina [Dallas’ Wild Salsa] in force, and the waiting area was a dense sea of lovable nerd. The dining room was loud and packed, too, and the staff looked like they’d been hit by a really well read tsunami … By the time we left, the librarians were gone, and...
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WatchShit Liz Lemon Says
It started out as a joke, but it’s becoming rrreeeaaalll!
(via 30 Rock : NBC)
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4 Reasons Your Brain Loves to Learn Online →
By Dave Goodsmith January 13, 2012
1) Memory: This is your brain on-line. We mean, this, right now, what you’re reading. It’s your brain. On-line.
According to Columbia neuroscientist Betsy Sparrow and her team, “We are becoming symbiotic with our computer tools”. When participants in Dr. Sparrow’s studies thought a fact was saved somewhere accessible, they’d forget it … So is offloading...
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"Parks & Rec" Makes '90s Band Letters To Cleo A... →
By Jason Feifer January 13, 2012
Kay Hanley flew from Los Angeles to Boston yesterday. She was picked up at the airport by her mother, a woman who—bless you, moms, for your old-fashioned ways—insists her child have an actual conversation rather than bury her face in a gadget. So it wasn’t until later that evening that Hanley plugged in. “I got to my hotel room,” she says, “and clicked on...
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Two spaces after a period: Why you should never,... →
By Farhad Manjoo January 13, 2011
The people who study and design the typewritten word decided long ago that we should use one space, not two, between sentences … Hundreds of years ago some typesetters would end sentences with a double space, others would use a single space, and a few renegades would use three or four spaces. Inconsistency reigned in all facets of written communication;...
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Amy Poehler talks of Upright Citizens Brigade →
By Michael Ordoña January 8, 2012
In addition to celebrating UCB at Sketchfest, Poehler … and much of the original cast of “Wet Hot American Summer” get together for a “radio play” version of the cult hit. Looking forward with excitement to the first bona fide reunion of her camp mates, she confirms the making of the ultra-low-budget parody of ’70s and...
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