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Shoutout to Taming Data Readers/Tales Of Mere Existence: “How To Break Up with Your Girlfriend in 64 Easy Steps”

1 March 2011
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February 28th snuck up on me. I can thank deadlines and a shorter month for missing my end-of-month thank you to the readers of this blog. Therefore, March 1st will have to substitute as February’s end-of-month shoutout.
Thank you for reading this blog.
In honor of Valentine’s Day this past month, I cynically give you Lev Yilmaz’s [...]

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Mr. Bean Visits a Library

15 February 2011

Mr. Bean visits a library and tries to trace images in an old book.

I would call this an example of how not to tame data and information (e.g., by destroying it)!

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Beer and American Football

4 February 2011

Beer and American football. A match made in heaven.
In honor of Superbowl XLV this weekend in Texas showcasing the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Green Bay Packers, I am posting this infographic called “Learn the Language of Beer How to Talk Like a Beer Snob“.

Figure 1 – “How to Talk Like a Beer [...]

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Shoutout to Taming Data Readers/Asteroids, A Love Story & Asteroids, an Online Version of the Arcade Game

31 January 2011
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I would like to thank the readers of this blog for their time and attention. I’m amazed every day at how many people want to read my scribblings.
In honor of the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday, for your amusement I present, “Asteroids – A Love Story” from Nigel Upchurch. The song accompanying the video is a [...]

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Your Stomach Really Does Have a Mind of Its Own

26 January 2011
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Have you ever dieted and thought that your stomach controls your brain, not vice versa? Have your ever thought that your stomach has a mind of its own? If so, you may not be far off.
Researchers at the Nestle Corporation have been examining how to create a food that will tell the brain that the [...]

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What Does a Librarian Do?

21 January 2011
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Have you ever wanted to be a librarian? Have you ever wondered what a librarian does?
This Vocational Guidance Film from 1947 describes what a librarian does, and what the requirements are to be a librarian. LIbrarianship is about managing, accessing, storing, and retrieving information. That information may be stored in a book, database or other [...]

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MLK Holiday: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

17 January 2011
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How would you visually represent a landmark speech in US history?
I have posted a video of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech below, in order to mark the holiday that honors him. The speech was given on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and [...]

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Hierarchy of Digital Distractions

3 January 2011
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How do you manage all of the distractions from the data and information thrown at you from social media, email, the Web, chat and [insert name of app here]? Well? Not-so-well? Do you focus on one task at a time, or do you multi-task?
David McCandless of Information is Beautiful created this Hierarchy of Digital Distractions [...]

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Google Zeitgeist 2010: Year in Review

30 December 2010
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Google employees put together this video of the struggles, achievements, deaths, milestones, deaths, heroes, and other major “etceteras” that made 2010 the year it was. I hope you enjoy this review of the past year.

Is there any information you would add to or subtract from this montage of 2010?

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YouTube Rewind 2010: Year in Review

29 December 2010
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What were the most popular videos on YouTube in 2010 across all categories? Employees at YouTube put together this compilation of the greatest hits of 2010, below.
You can watch all of the top 10 videos, as well as other video hits of the year, via a timeline of the year 2010 at youtube.com/rewind. The [...]

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