Video of Montreal in the winter. Michael James Murray used a drone to film it.http://goo.gl/z59GlR…
Video of Montreal in the winter. Michael James Murray used a drone to film it.
http://goo.gl/z59GlR
Montreal
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This Walrus article explains the frightening degree to which we can be #censored, and have significant…
This Walrus article explains the frightening degree to which we can be #censored, and have significant rights and #freedoms taken away through the Conservatives’ awful new #C-51, which is disguised as an anti-terrorism measure.
Think Inside the Box
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Read: “The strange voice of Edgar Allan Poe” | TLS
The strange voice of Edgar Allan Poe | TLS
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This story about a couple that left their careers to immerse themselves in medical research on prions…
This story about a couple that left their careers to immerse themselves in medical research on prions is inspiring.
Insomnia That Kills
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Council of Canadian Academies Releases Expert Panel Report “Leading in the Digital World: Opportunities for Canada’s Memory Institutions”
Council of Canadian Academies Releases Expert Panel Report “Leading in the Digital World: Opportunities for Canada’s Memory Institutions”
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I registered as a member with the Association of Canadian Archivists and was lucky enough to win a copy…
I registered as a member with the Association of Canadian Archivists and was lucky enough to win a copy of the book, Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives. Thanks ACA!
http://www.archivists.ca
Conceptualizing 21st-Century Archives (print)
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Good, thoughtful review. I can’t wait to see Advantageous!
Good, thoughtful review. I can’t wait to see this!
Sundance Diary Day 5-6: Advantageous and the Sundance sci-fi problem
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It looks like soon we’ll gain access to a philosophical library of Epicurean texts, which had been …
It looks like soon we’ll gain access to a philosophical library of Epicurean texts, which had been buried under lava. This is an amazing technique for recovering them.
#preservation
Ancient scrolls burned in Herculaneum volcanic eruption made readable
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Neat article on ET. One idea it raised, which I really liked was that with the limitations of what we can …
Neat article. One idea it raised, which I really liked was that with the limitations of what we can communicate, required some research to think of the “fractals of our existance” to give a rich insight into humanity. Also, it mentions this One Earth messages project, where you can submit a word to send into space… everyone’s voting on them. http://oneearthmessage.org/
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Internet Archive metadata will be included in the +Outernet project. I supported their Lantern…
Neat. Internet Archive metadata will be included in the +Outernet project. I supported their Lantern crowdfunding campaign so I’m very curious to see how these results work out.
Open Library heads to the stars « The Open Library Blog
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Attitudes toward algorithms but in a much more holistic way than people…
Great read… this looks at our attitudes toward algorithms but in a much more holistic way than people usually talk about them.
The Cathedral of Computation
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I wish I’d known about this when I visited the Czech Republic a few years ago… a hall of curiosity…
I wish I’d known about this when I visited the Czech Republic a few years ago… a hall of curiosity cabinets and 42000 ancient philosophical texts.
Strahov Monastery
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Science and good writing. Also, without mirrors, would we all fall into self-loathing?
Science and good writing. Also, without mirrors, would we all fall into self-loathing?
To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This – NYTimes.com
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