The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas has acquired Spalding Gray’s archive…
Go, and pay tribute to Spalding Gray, one of THE great monologist of the modern era, and enjoy a visit to Austin, Texas and a visit to the most happening lit-centric Humanities Research Center this side of anywhere…
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…[another] cognitive problem is: Every single thing you see is future trash. Everything. So we are surrounded by ephemera, but we can’t acknowledge that, because it’s kind of scary, because I think ultimately it points to our own temporariness, to thoughts that we’re all going to die.
So says Robin Nagle [anthropologist-in-residence at New York City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY), since 2006]…
For more, please read this fascinating interview with Robin in The Believer.
Joel Johnson (Gizmodo) says the “gild is ever so slightly off the lily…” and the lilly is an ipad.
But it’s a pretty frustrating feeling to know that your data is inside the device you’re using but because of its closed system troubleshooting options are limited. It’s a little like being sick at Disneyland and getting stuck at the top of Space Mountain. Suddenly the veneer of blinking lights stops looking like the future and starts feeling like being trapped in a tiny car in the dark inside a warehouse.
I still really like the iPad for travel. I suspect even if I buy an Air—even the tiny version—I’ll still bring the iPad along for books, video, etc. I mean, hell, I already own it. Might as well.
But the gild is ever so slightly off the lily. And instead of being impressed with how capable the iPad can be compared to a traditional computer, today I’m missing traveling with a machine that gives me more flexibility when my expected path dead ends.
Do you agree? Want more info? Read the rest of his post here: my ipad let me down
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November is well known for the celebration of Veterans Day but it is also the anniversary of two special statues that were added to the VietNam Veterans Memorial. The Three Servicemen was added on On November 9, 1984 then on November 11, 1993 the Women’s Memorial was added to honor the 11,500 women who served during the war. Come join us and learn more about this turbulent time in our country’s history through our library collection.
Do you think much about ‘social reading?’ Do you believe ‘h*ll is other readers’? Either way, this report, via The Millions, from the Future of Reading: Books in Browsers Conference is worthy of your attention…
And in case you are interested, here is Rob Stein’s (from the Institute for the Future of the Book) Taxonomy of Social Reading:
So, is that our future?