Today’s Quote of the Day (from an entertainer) about our entertainment not always needing to be interactive:
Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not? But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else’s vision.
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The carnage continues in Baghdad and much of the news coverage focusses only on those horrific incidents where deaths are counted in the tens. They are now so frequent we are in danger of losing sight of how many lives are being lost and the misery being felt by those left behind.
This brave journal from the Director of Iraq’s National Library and Archive highlights many of the other inevitable effects of an immoral military invasion, including kidnappings, death threats, bomb and bullet damage, blockades and shortages.
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You have to wonder about librarians – the internet has meant that their roles are changing and they are constantly worrying about their relevance in the future even if there are long lists of why they will always be needed but here they are complaining about having too many kids in their library.
Doesn’t this represent a golden opportunity?
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This (online) petition to the EU, signed by academics, librarians and citizens and supported by the usual suspects, in favour of Open Access and the recommendations in last year’s European Commission report got a bit of publicity.
‘Lucrative businesses’ get positioned as the bad guys but Reed Elsevier gets a mention for ’softening their attitude’. They really don’t have any choice especially now the major funders have weighed in behind open access. but this is still a period of great uncertainty for them.
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When I’m not doing research, I like to take part in endurance events. I’ve done a few marathons and even managed to get around an Ironman course once but the January Tough Guy event has been one of the barmiest.
After a long cross-country run, we had to get through the punishing Killing Fields with pond after ditch of icy cold water, barbed wire, rope bridges, burning hay (“Be wet, be quick, be nimble”), and no shortage of mud.
Absolutely loved it – can’t wait until the summer event!
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