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Dynamic Newspapers

August 20th, 2007

In this video, titled “The REAL Daily Prophet?”, we get another introduction to e-ink. What’s cool about this clip is that we’re given an look at color e-ink displays capable of playing video. This is a huge step forward. Once these guys are on the market (sadly we have to wait another 3-5 years), I [...]

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In yet another case of old meeting new, the Britannica blog has an essay on a unique bookstore that pays homage to printing at its finest. If you love books–the weight, the smell of ink, the feel of a hardback cover–then this store is for you. According to the article, the Librissime in Montreal [...]

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Two articles caught my eye today during my morning skimming of feeds. First, GalleyCat reports on a proposal for a radical realignment in how university presses operate . The proposal suggests that universities leverage their material into searchable, online collections. The report suggests that these works could be sliced and diced into smaller segments of [...]

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One Pr0n per…

July 24th, 2007

I find it hilarious–yet utterly predictable–that third world school kids are using their free laptops provided by the One Laptop Per Child foundation to view pr0n.
I’m only surprised that they skipped LAN parties and DOOM and went straight to the hard core stuff.
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Friday video fun

July 20th, 2007

Sorry for the double post today. Lately I’ve been trying to make a point of only posting once per day, but these videos were too fun not to share immediately.
First, I got a good laugh out of this Onion news report on the “Webcrash 2007 “. Watch it twice–once for the main newscast and once [...]

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