A good example of how we face problems with obsolescence in our technology and formats. This project extracted content from old media, technology, and formats to unearth early digital art from Andy Warhol. “… forensically extract data from the roughly 40 Amiga disks. 10 of those disks were found to contain a total of at least 13 graphic files they think to be created or altered by Warhol.” Retro ... continue reading

Terry Cook | The Association of Canadian Archivists Obituary ... continue reading

Is there an alternative to capitalism? ... continue reading

Getting the last laugh on viruses. Two experiments, one where a measles virus was injected to a person to trick bone marrow cancer and kill it, another where disabled HIV was used in a similar way to kill off leukemia. I love how something potentially deadly can be converted into a pal. Measles virus eradicates woman’s cancer ... continue reading

Two articles on the digital transformation of venerable newspaper organisations. Interesting to compare the two. La Presse http://goo.gl/utVEHC and The New York Times http://goo.gl/BsHXhZ ... continue reading

Philosophical Meditation, a guide ... continue reading

The Why and What of Web Archives | The Signal: Digital Preservation ... continue reading

Trusteeship voting groups as “…agents who can vote in a far-seeing and impartial way” — clever idea. It could be a more useful way to accomplish what our senate is supposed to do. Perhaps this sort of system would make abolishing the senate even more palatable. Of course, Harper’s Conservatives are too busy trying to restrict voters and make elections unfair (http://www.cbc.ca/news/pol ... continue reading

This covers existing publishing problems with access to academic research and then points to exciting examples, such as open access, changing the system, along with libraries’ roles in it all. A World Digital Library Is Coming True! by Robert Darnton ... continue reading

The logic of Buddhist philosophy –“ Graham Priest –“ Aeon ... continue reading

Quite an interesting project: digitizing tens of millions of news records. I’m curious to know criteria for determining what to digitize. Plus, the access strategy sounds like a good model. The British Library Is Spending $55 Million on News Archives ... continue reading

Stability: how life began and why it can’t rest –“ Addy Pross –“ Aeon ... continue reading

When a government frees access to data, interesting things like this can happen. Danish government releases geographic data by way of 1:1 Minecraft map ... continue reading