July 2009
19 posts
Codex Sinaiticus
The LRB discusses the Codex Sinaiticus and its role in the rise of the bound book: There is evidence that codices – small ones – were produced before the Christians took up the form, but it seems that it was the Christian example that established its dominance. The signal advantage of the codex was the division of a text into accessible units – pages – that made indexes and other...
I have a blog
From Geek and Poke Posted via email from K.’s posterous | Comment »
Cheap Trick on 8 track
The new Cheap Trick album is available for pre-order on 8-track Posted via email from K.’s posterous | Comment »
Small world photographs
Via the Times Richard Heeks took time lapse photos of a soap bubble bursting: The super-slow-motion pictures were taken by Richard Heeks, from Exeter. Equipped with a macro lens, Heeks waited for a windless day. And to make certain he wasn’t chasing wayward bubbles for hours, he found a secluded spot behind his home where even the slightest breeze could hardly be felt. A shutter speed of...
New Tumblr feature
Introducing: Submissions There’s an interesting genre of blog that is more about the community than the author. At some point you’ve probably seen Eat Sleep Draw, This is why you’re fat, or Cute Overload. The author starts posting about a topic they care about, the readers start contributing, and before you know it, the author has become a curator. Tumblr has always been uniquely suited for...
A Manifesto for Scholarly Publishing http://post.ly/1FDG
A Manifesto for Scholarly Publishing
Books — specifically scholarly titles published by university presses and other professional publishers — retain two distinct comparative advantages over other forms of communication in the idea bazaar: First, books remain the most effective technology for organizing and presenting sustained arguments at a relatively general level of discourse and in familiar rhetorical forms — narrative,...
Fox News on American race mixing http://post.ly/1Eqc
Paper is the Only Way to Go http://post.ly/1Eql
Rhodia Drive http://post.ly/1ErL
I installed the Evernote Mac desktop app last night. It works as advertised, and is pretty neat to boot.
Should linking be illegal? http://post.ly/136R
The Finnish Great Depression: From Russia with Love http://post.ly/136Z
Can We Blame Our Bad Behavior on Stone-Age Genes? http://post.ly/138X
Can We Blame Our Bad Behavior on Stone-Age Genes? →
Long and thoughtful Newsweek article summarizing the criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology. The claims of the field do not hold up to empirical scrutiny, and the model of the brain, which sees the organ as a modular collection of traits, is far too simplistic
Ron's Evernote Tips →
The official Evernote tubmlr as a lot of tips on using this fine service. For example, put a picture of your license plate in your Evernote; when you check into a hotel, call it up on your mobile device.
“Oct. 22. “What are you doing now?” he asked.
“Do you keep a...”
– Henry David Thoreau’s first journal entry, 10.22.1837
“Sousveillance (IPA: [suːˈveɪləns], original French [suvɛjɑ̃s]) as well as...”
– Sousveillance
“During the period 1991-93, Finland experienced the deepest economic downturn in...”
– The Finnish Great Depression: From Russia with Love