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Metadata Plagues Google Books: Many Books, But Some Hard to Find (with 2 Updates) Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Sunday, 04 October 2009
Geoff Nunberg reports that the metadata for the works in Google Books' online library—the means to finding books in the first place—has been seriously mis-managed.
last updated ( Monday, 02 November 2009 )
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Thomas Frank Announces New Life for 'The Baffler' (UPDATED) Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Thomas Frank has announced that The Baffler will come back to life in the fall of 2009.
last updated ( Saturday, 13 March 2010 )
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1995 Radio Interview about Early Online TV Show, ROX Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Thursday, 16 July 2009

Editor B., of the long-lived online television show (perhaps the first), ROX (on BCAT in Bloomington, IN), has recently posted an audio clip of a discussion of ROX and the whole internet 'thing' from a "drive-time radio show in St. Louis" in 1995: ROX on KSD FM.

last updated ( Saturday, 18 July 2009 )
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Archive of One-of-a-Kind Documents in Cologne Destroyed Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
As reported in the London Times, the Cologne city archive was destroyed on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, when the building unexpectedly collapsed. The archive housed one-of-a-kind documents—such as manuscripts by Marx, letters by Hegel, documents from Heinrich Böll, and continuous Cologne town council minutes reaching back to 1376—many of which have no known copies. Brian Leiter has a link for anyone who happens to have saved scans of the documents or who can offer assistance.

last updated ( Wednesday, 18 March 2009 )
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Salon.com Reviews Astra Taylor's Philosophilm, 'Examined Life' Print E-mail
posted by shaftesbury   
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Andrew O'Hehir reviews Astra Taylor's documentary, Examined Life, on Salon.com.
last updated ( Monday, 16 March 2009 )
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