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Music affects wine taste
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 15, 2008
New research suggests that the type of music one listens to while drinking wine can dramatically affect the taste. Heriot Watt University psychology professor Adrian North tested 250 students and found that the taste changed by up to 60 percent depending on the vibe of the tune. In an earlier study, North determined that people were five times more inclined to purchase a French bottle instead of...
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Stitcher Streams Customized Audio Feeds to Your iPhone
via TechCrunch by Jason Kincaid on May 14, 2008
Few things are more annoying than two week-old podcasts. Yet it seems that every time I’m about to embark on a long train ride, I forget to sync my iPhone with iTunes, leaving me with stale news reports. Stitcher, which launches today in public beta, looks to put an end to this problem by providing a customizable and continuous stream of news, talk, and sports to your iPhone and...
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The Long Tail of Ann Coulter
via Thingology (LibraryThing's ideas blog) by Tim on May 07, 2008
Here is are two charts showing the distribution of customer tags on Amazon.com for Ann Coulter's Godless: The Church of Liberalism. The first shows tags 1-25; the second all 881 tags.The distribution is not too far from the classic "long tail" pattern common to social data. Although the common tags are common, fully 75% of the tags are used only once.It's an even better example of another...
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How many texts have been digitized?
via Digital Scholarship in the Humanities by lms4w on May 05, 2008
In remixing my dissertation as a work of digital scholarship, I’m trying to use digital resources for my research as much as possible. But is this even possible? How many research materials in American literature and culture are available online as full-text, and how reliable are these electronic texts? I worked on my dissertation between 1996 and 2002 and used electronic collections that...
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Publishers consider dropping old standby: the paper catalog
via LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News by Blake on May 13, 2008
A publishing institution, faithfully mailed at least twice a year to thousands of stores and libraries for about as long as the industry has existed, may be on its way out: The paper catalog. HarperCollins announced Monday that it was planning to make their listings of upcoming releases available only online, calling the current system both economically and environmentally indefensible. "I think...
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CyBook bumps Gen3 storage, revs firmware
via Engadget by Nilay Patel on May 13, 2008
Filed under: HandheldsCyBook's Gen3 e-book reader has been out for a while, and it looks like there's a slight spec bump in the making -- the Gen3 New Edition now features 512MB of storage, more stable firmware with better battery life and a more responsive interface, and a slightly revised housing. Owners of older Gen3 units will be able to download the new firmware, but sadly...
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Read the Wikipedia in Bite-sized Chunks [Wikipedia]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 14, 2008
Previously mentioned service DailyLit, which breaks down classic books into small chunks and emails them to you one piece at a time, has started distributing Wikipedia tours. Get DailyLit email installments of Wikipedia topics, like major world religions, wine 101, or world capitals delivered to your inbox each day. [via]
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Blackboard Unveils Application to Bring Course Updates to Facebook
via The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog by Jeff Young on May 14, 2008
Students eagerly spend hours on Facebook, where they socialize and communicate with friends. But they’re often far less excited about logging into Blackboard, the course-management system used at hundreds of colleges, where they participate in required class discussions and check when their next test is scheduled. So Blackboard has created a Facebook application for students that brings their...
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I has a vowel movement
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger? by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Shared by Amy Letinsky cats and scrabble. it doesn't get any better than that.I has a vowel movementif u dont liek scrabbel, der r udder gamez.picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: jojack » Recaption This
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via Official Google Reader Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
... there's all sorts of information "out there" just waiting to be streamed, shared and otherwise consumed by you and your friends. Now you can finally show all of your Reader friends that awesome talking cat video you found, your favorite grilled trout recipe, or reviews of the best brunch place in your neighborhood -- all without a subscription.Here are a few new ways you can add and share ...
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