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The Quick 10: 10 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
via mental_floss Blog by Stacy Conradt on May 29, 2008
I think today’s list doesn’t require too much introduction on my part – it’s pretty self-explanatory! Feel free to add your favorite banned books in the comments.10 Classic Books That Have Been Banned1. The Call of the Wild by Jack London was banned in Yugoslavia and Italy and was burned by Nazis.2. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was banned in many places across the U.S., but was...
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Interactive Map Shows What's In Season at Your Grocery Store [Food]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 27, 2008
Foodie site Epicurious has a great map for anyone who's ever drawn a blank when asked what's in season or "good right now" at their local markets. Click a month, choose your state, and you'll get a pop-up list of stuff grown in your own neck of the woods (or at least some woods closer to home). Roll through the list, and you'll get links to recipes and details on each ingredient....
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Great AIR Apps I Use
via SheGeeks by Corvida on May 26, 2008
Lately, my list of AIR applications has grown tremendously. So I thought I’d share the AIR apps I have installed and actually use on a weekly basis. This post was inspired by Jeffisageek’s post Using Adobe Air? Google Analytics Reporting Suite Google Analytics Reporting Suite on AIR brings you the best of the Google Analytics web tool for statistics. When I don’t...
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New Borders site debuts with Sony e-bookstore built in
via TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home by David Rothman on May 26, 2008
The reinvented Borders site, sure enough, features a Sony Reader store—offering both the Reader and books in that format.Let’s hope that ePub, not just the proprietary BBeB, will soon be an option in time, ideally without traditional DRM. Here’s a chance for Borders and Sony to help people own books for real—while also beating Amazon to the punch. Remember, Amazon did an MP3 store sans...
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Amazon Kindle Price Reduced to $359, Now Back In Stock [Kindle]
via Gizmodo by jesusdiaz on May 26, 2008
The Kindle is back in stock and it's now available for a reduced price, dropping from $399 to $359. Maybe that will help Amazon to achieve those crazy $750 million in sales by 2010. [Amazon—Thanks Françoise]
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The Bark's Top Four Dog-Friendly Workplaces
via PetSugar -- Girl's Best Friend. by (author unknown) on May 26, 2008
Shared by Karie I want to work for Amazon!I'm a huge fan of The Bark magazine, not only because it's based here on the West Coast, but they consistently report great info and news for dogs and their owners. In this month's issue – just in time for Take Your Dog to Work Day coming up on June 20 – Bark dug into the nation's most pet-friendly workplaces and came up with their...
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Updated ranking of world repositories
via Open Access News by noreply@blogger.com (Peter Suber) on May 25, 2008
Webometrics has updated its ranking of world repositories. From the site:Our schedule is to publish an updated version of the Ranking Web of World Repositories two times per year (January and July) as we already do with the other Rankings produced by our Cybermetrics Lab. In the meantime we want to offer a second and last beta version that collects some of the comments and advices we have...
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Sony Reader news: ePub, kinda reflowable PDF and the boldface issue
via TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home by David Rothman on May 25, 2008
The ePub-capable Adobe Digital Editions was demoed with the Sony PRS-505 at the IDPF conference this month. You”ll be able to use the just-released Digital Editions 1.5 update to send ePub files to the Sony Reader with the forthcoming firmware in place on the tablet. But many other questions are still racing through my mind.Reflowable, kindaWhat’s this about reflowable PDF in Digital...
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Search Muxtapes With Muxfind
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 25, 2008
Muxtape, an online mix tape-making service, has been a big hit with music fans on the social web. The site lets you upload mp3s to create a playlist you can share with anyone. Now, a new service called Muxfind lets you to search through the muxtapes created by others in order to discover new artists, songs, and muxtapes that you might enjoy.Using MuxfindUsing Muxfind is as simple as using any...
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Google Maps Rolls Out Spanking New Features
via MakeUseOf.com by Mark O'Neill on May 25, 2008
... let’s fly, let’s fly, let’s fly……The MORE buttonThe key to turning on the new features is the “more” button at the top. If you mouse over that, you’ll see two choices, “photos” and “Wikipedia”. If you tick those, suddenly the Central Park area of New Yorkfills up with photos.The photos, which are locally geo-tagged, are hosted by Panoramio. If you click once on a...
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