Links for 25-07-2007
First drafts, graphene nanoelectronics, printing solar panels, RFID beach management, music hackery …
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1 – UK rejects music copyright extension
An unusual but welcome display of common sense.
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2 – Anne Lamott on first drafts
“The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.”
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3 – Graphene Nanoelectronics: Making Tomorrow’s Computers From A Pencil Trace
“… the length, as well as the width, of graphene directly impacts the material’s conduction properties.”
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4 – Print Solar Panels From Your Personal Computer?
“A new breakthrough in solar technology may enable homeowners and astronauts alike to print (or paint) solar panels from their home or office, and apply them upon whatever surface they deem fit for use.”
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5 – Space Saving Coffeetable Bookshelf
Probably impractical and hideously overpriced, but I still want one.
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6 – Low Literacy Equals Early Death Sentence
“Not being able to read doesn’t just make it harder to navigate each day. Low literacy impairs people’s ability to obtain critical information about their health and can dramatically shorten their lives.” Alarming statistics.
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7 – C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success
“Personal libraries have always been a biopsy of power.” Right on.
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8 – Beach tags to give way to wireless wristbands
Arphids take a trip to the seaside.
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9 – Hack Attack: Back up your Google Apps data
Bitter experience means I’m fond of planning for the worst.
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10 – Towards a different kind of Immersion : The Economic Fantasy Genre
“Regardless of the setting, regardless of the genre, the two questions my group tends to ask itself when it starts playing are A) can we hire someone to do it for us and B) can we exploit this and turn it into a business.”
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11 – Harriet Klausner: the publishing industry’s secret weapon?
“These responses are part of a larger backlash against Klausner, a mixture of conspiracy theories, skepticism and ridicule.”
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12 – Album review: Archive Of Everything – The Fall And Rise Of Chi
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15 – Album review: Lo-Fidelity Allstars – Warming Up The Brain Farm – The Best Of
