February 2012
Had I Never Listened Closely Enough? →
youmightfindyourself:
On trying to like Philip Glass, again and again and again.
By Justin Davidson NY Mag: Jan 29, 2012
Philip Glass turns 75 on January 31, and on that night the former cabbie, plumber, iconoclast, avant-gardist, and loft pioneer will get a resounding confirmation of his elder statesmanship: the U.S. premiere of his Ninth Symphony at Carnegie Hall. I decided to celebrate...
Japan Population Decline: Third Of Nation's Youth... →
youmightfindyourself:
A startling number of Japanese youths have turned their backs on sex and relationships, a new survey has found.
The survey, conducted by the Japan Family Planning Association, found that 36% of males aged 16 to 19 said that they had “no interest” in or even “despised” sex. That’s almost a 19% increase since the survey was last conducted in 2008.
If that’s not bad enough,...
“I’m in this race because I care about Americans. I’m not concerned about the...”
– Mitt Romney, yesterday night (1/31/2012)
In which Romney admits that “the very poor” are, apparently, not Americans - and that the “safety net” works just fine anyway. Says the rich like the Pope white dood…
(via notyourkinddear)
January 2012
“But this idea that knowledge can be separated from facts - that we can know...”
– Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: The Summers’ Tale (via infoneer-pulse)
“The future will look very different as we strip the information-carrying...”
– The High Cost of Low Bandwidth by Bill Davidow (via poptech)
Drumroll, please... Introducing iFixit.org |... →
minimalmac:
We have been traveling to developing countries in Asia and Africa, visiting e-waste scrapyards and small repair shops, meeting “fixers” who breathe new life into gadgets that the western world has tossed away, and photographing the journey. Part travelogue, part investigative reporting, part soapbox, iFixit.org promises only one thing: a clear-eyed, thoughtful look at global repair...
“There as a study in which it comes out that thirty of the largest companies in...”
– Massachusetts Senate candidate ELIZABETH WARREN, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
Obama signed the National Defense Authorization... →
shortformblog:
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1540, the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.” I have signed the Act chiefly because it authorizes funding for the defense of the United States and its interests abroad, crucial services for service members and their families, and vital national security programs that must be renewed. In hundreds of separate sections...
“Harvard has the second largest endowment in the world, second only to the funds...”
– E Keathley
Guys, I am still trying to wrap my mind around this. An institution that almost literally has more money than god declaring it can no longer afford it’s librarians.
(via librarianpirate)
