Wednesday, August 3, 2011
def shepherd: Ann Coulter Would Like All Gays Back In The Closet | blogger: we'd like to promote Ann Coulter on your site
def shepherd: Ann Coulter Would Like All Gays Back In The Closet
I love the def shepherd blog, he consistently posts engaging, well-written, thoughtful commentary. Now, I have a groupon box on my blog that has never netted me so much as a red cent, but I leave it there in case one day I get a nickel thrown in the tin cup I've discreetly placed near my figurative soapbox. I'm conflicted about even that because I don't really need a nickel, although if I got eighty of them I might treat myself to latte at Starbucks and think how kind the masses were to repay my efforts. Also, I'm not sure groupon is actually good for businesses they sign, but I figure that's for the businesses to figure out, not for me to decide for them. However, if I hear one of the local businesses I support complain about them, the ad comes down.
So when I saw the ad above on def's post about vicious [expletive deleted] Ann Coulter, I laughed, but I also got a little angry on his behalf. Not that I expect him or anyone to care that I did, it's just I can easily imagine how pissed I would be if blogger put an Ann Coulter ad on my blog without my consent. I mean, sure it's really their blog and they're letting me use their service for free (thanks!) but, man, it really would be a slap in the face. I know it's not personal, it's algorithms and key words and money, but still ... ewwwww ... the thought of it.
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| The problem with allowing ads. |
So when I saw the ad above on def's post about vicious [expletive deleted] Ann Coulter, I laughed, but I also got a little angry on his behalf. Not that I expect him or anyone to care that I did, it's just I can easily imagine how pissed I would be if blogger put an Ann Coulter ad on my blog without my consent. I mean, sure it's really their blog and they're letting me use their service for free (thanks!) but, man, it really would be a slap in the face. I know it's not personal, it's algorithms and key words and money, but still ... ewwwww ... the thought of it.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Kim Stanley Robinson focuses on science, the environment, and the future
Davis author Kim Stanley Robinson focuses on science, the environment, and the future | Davis Enterprise:
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| KSR via The Davis Enterprise |
Robinson, 59, now finds himself squarely in the midst of a swiftly moving change-of-platform in the publishing industry, as e-books and flat screen readers like the Kindle and the Nook are gaining market share. As a longtime lover of bound volumes, Robinson will readily confess “I personally prefer to read physical books” — the old-fashioned, ink-on-paper kind. But as a futurist who has made a career out of anticipating where technological trends could take us, Robinson adds that he’s developed an appreciation for e-books as well. “Using a Kindle with a non-illumnated flat screen, you’re not looking into a flashlight. It’s another form of a book, and it’s almost like having people walking around with the Library of Congress in their pockets. It also solves the book industry’s problem in terms of internet piracy, figuring out a way that’s easy for people to pay a small amount (to read a book), at which point people are willing to pay.”h/t kimon at kimstanleyrobinson.info
Monday, August 1, 2011
Flavoring the water, a story about the Quabbin.
Going Grey - And Loving It — The Story from APM:
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| Image via The Quabbin Reservoir |
HAUNTING THE QUABBINFunny to hear a story about the Quabbin down here in NC, not on ol' WFCR. And, for the record, while I have picnicked at the Quabbin a number of times, I never "sweetened" it!
Sean explores the history of several Massachusetts towns that were taken over to create a reservoir. He talks to former residents about losing community, place and history in the Swift River Valley.
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