linkdump for 2008.02.25
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Cash Me Out - Forbes.com
Daniel Lyons argues that Sun’s acquisition of MySQL represents “The end of open source as counterculture.”
(del.icio.us tags: business opensource MySQL)KHOU: Student voters march at Prairie View A&M
The local political machine located an early voting location no closer to the campus of Prairie View A&M University, so students at the historically black campus marched down a highway to vote.
(del.icio.us tags: texas elections racism awesome)Atlantic Monthly: The Next Slum?
Christopher B. Leinberger argues that suburbs, particularly the most sprawl-y are apt to become slums as younger people flock to the cities and transportation costs rise. Anyone who’s spent much time In Oklahoma City could tell you that.
(del.icio.us tags: transportation sustainability sprawl)Obsolete Skills: Skills/Skills
This wiki allows users to list skills they believe have been make obsolete by changing technology.
(del.icio.us tags: history wiki technology)Slate: Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy
In this article, Chris Wilson argues that collaborative sites like Digg and WIkipedia aren’t as democratic as one might think because they rely on elite groups of users for much of the decision-making.
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linkdump for 2008.02.20
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WikiHow: How to Make a DMG File on a Mac
I’m sure I should already know how to do this.
(del.icio.us tags: useful howto OSX)Movement Map: 1hr in Front of the TV
A Flickr user has posted a map of his family members movements during an hour or TV consumption as part of larger ethnogeographic work.
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linkdump for 2008.02.19
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Wikipedia Idiots: The Edit Wars of San Francisco
A reporter tries to track down a notorious WIkipedia troll, with limited results.
(del.icio.us tags: trolling wikipedia)Ad Age: Media Work Force Sinks to 15-Year Low
This comes as no shock in light of my media jobs, but it’s nice to have the validation.
(del.icio.us tags: advertising economics media jobs)The Pirate Bay: WikileakS.org mirror archive (Feb 10th 2008)
Torrenting this file is a way to keep in circulation the information quashed by a California judge.
(del.icio.us tags: bittorrent)TPM Muckraker: U.S. Court Shuts Down Whistleblower Site
A California judge has ordered an ISP to stop DNS service for Wikileaks.org at the request of a Swiss bank.
(del.icio.us tags: surveillance censorship law wiki)film music: mobygratis.com
Electronic music artist Moby has made selected works free for non-commerical media use. It’s a pity he didn’t use a creative commons license.
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linkdump for 2008.02.18
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Current: Out of print
A Current TV segment discusses an issue I’ve raised with students: that the Internet has made it difficult for any media to remain an underground secret.
(del.icio.us tags: indie subculture video)Treasure City: Another Fire!: Next door
Here’s an interesting perspective on the recent fire on East 12th street. The intersection with Chicon has to be the creepiest in Austin, and this post explains that the house that burned was used for illegal drug distribution.
(del.icio.us tags: drugs crime austin)Urban Dictionary: take care
“Commonly used as a parting statement when saying good bye..It is actually a put down to the receiver. ” It drives me a little nuts when people say “take care.”
(del.icio.us tags: language)currybetdotnet: Copy-protection for vinyl in the 1970s
This blog post examines some techniques used to keep listeners from taping albums on wax.
(del.icio.us tags: oldmedia music vinyl DRM)Threat Level: Motivational Manager Waterboarded Employee to Spur Sales, Suit Alleges
This sounds like working at Dell.
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linkdump for 2008.02.17
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College Degree.com: Top 25 Strangest College Courses
It’s no shock that many of these classes deal with cultural studies, defined broadly. I’ve taken a grad seminar titled “Whiteness,” which didn’t seem strange in its context.
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linkdump for 2008.02.16
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An Introduction to Information Design
John Emerson has created a pamphlet introducing information design concepts for activists and advocacy groups.
(del.icio.us tags: CreativeCommons activism information_design design)AIGA Journal of Design: This Is Not Only a Test
Phil Patton examines TV test patterns and other media tests in this essay.
(del.icio.us tags: design history TV)Formula One governing body to launch anti-racism initiative
I wonder why NASCAR doesn’t do this.
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linkdump for 2008.02.15
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Internet Archive: Details: Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
If you want footage of disembodied dog hearts beating in a lab, you can find it here.
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linkdump for 2008.02.14
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Pitchfork Feature: They Don’t Know
“Grime is the UK’s rap (not rap), syncopated urban music with people rhyming over top. Like Jamaican dancehall, there’s an obvious kinship with U.S. hip-hop, but once you start drawing parallels they collapse pretty quickly. Grime is its own culture, with
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linkdump for 2008.02.11
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Harper’s Magazine: Tense Present. Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage
David Foster Wallace examines some of the ideological underpinnings of dictionaries and usage guides.
(del.icio.us tags: to:read ideology language)State of the Art: Break it like a Polaroid picture
Polaroid has announced plans to shutter it’s remaining instant-film plants in March, after experiencing heavy losses against digital photography.
(del.icio.us tags: business oldmedia end-of-life photography)20 x 24 Studio @ Polaroid.com
I wonder will happen to these giant instant cameras now that Polaroid is quitting production of instant film.
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linkdump for 2008.02.09
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string tripod
Here are instructions for making a camera-stabilization device using string and washers.
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