From the monthly archives:

December 2007

Linkblog

A+B+C= wine quality?

A+B+C= wine quality?

Did you know that you can use statistics to figure out auction prices of wine? I thought this was a joke, until …

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Linkblog

Why Won’t Alt-Weeklies Try To Win On The Internet? [Step Up]

Why Won’t Alt-Weeklies Try To Win On The Internet? [Step Up]
The Chicago Reader cut more costs last week by firing four of its most …

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Linkblog

Happy 20th birthday, ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’! … [Books]

Happy 20th birthday, ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’! … [Books]
tomwolfe.jpg Happy 20th birthday, ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’! Today, the Times celebrates Tom Wolfe’s novel with a …

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Linkblog

Why Yahoo! Answers is a librarian’s worst nightmare.

Why Yahoo! Answers is a librarian’s worst nightmare.
When it does battle on the Web, Google rarely loses. Last year’s closure of Google Answers, however, …

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Articles

The Starving Artist’s Revenge

Originally in: New York Observer

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. By Lewis Hyde. Vintage, 435 pages.

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That first solo exhibit, magazine contract or book advance—for creative types, there’s nothing so thrilling as the promise of artistic breakthrough. Ask friends in publishing, …

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Linkblog

Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden’s blog: How to Think

Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden’s blog: How to Think

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