The much-anticipated Led Zeppelin reunion concert takes place tonight in London. While it’s been a long time since they rock & rolled, they remain the backbone of classic-rock radio and influential on ever hard-rock band around. Today we debate how important their legacy is with music critic David Browne and take your calls. Weigh in: …
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Adventures Into the Unknown #49Adventures Into the Unknown #49
After the Spring 2007 semester, I asked Marilyn what she did with all of her notes, drafts of papers and presentations, and so on. She said that she used to keep everything, but now she kept only the final copies and threw the rest away.That struck me as a sensible way to go. When I …
Designer name to come I’m no vegan, but is using colors that remind one (or me, at least) of straw and mold the best way to spread the gospel of vegan deliciousness? I don’t think so. Veganomicon
Brave and the Bold #66Brave and the Bold #66
The New York Times looks into which option is better to help sleepy drivers stay alert: a nap or a cup of joe. In a study conducted by French researches to determine which better helped drivers avoid crossing the center line, it looks like coffee wins out, but how well it works depends on your …
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Cover art by Martha Rosler Not sure that I’ve ever featured an exhibit catalogue on the BDR before. If I haven’t, this is a heck of a way to start. Check out the page maintained by LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art for a spirited discussion of this cover (or tell us what you think here). …
“Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.” Mitt Romney, 12/6/2007 Does this mean I get to stop paying taxes? Since my citizenship has just been revoked…. “Any believer in religious freedom, any person who has knelt in prayer to the Almighty, has a friend and ally in me.” …
For the last month, just as I thought I was nearing the finish line or reaching a milestone where I could catch my breath, another deadline or commitment loomed, both at work and at school. I spent last weekend binge-grading grant projects submitted by other teams in my Digital Preservation and Archiving class, reading an …
This, you have to admire… Via Gizmodo: To summarize: Microsoft Windows Vista’s Windows Problem Reporting app is reporting that it has a problem and can no longer report. However, it will report in the future if there is a fix to the problem that is preventing it from reporting, that will allow it to once …
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