Or, Finally Clearing Out the ‘Ole Folder
Some things you might have missed:
- The Myth of Black Confederates Twofer: How Best to Respond to the Black Confederate Narrative and Falsifying Civil War Photographs: How They Do It (h/t Cliopatria).
- On the subject of lies, and the lying liars who tell them: what about students? DIY Plagiarism Detection Software (hint: it uses teh Googles) (h/t to ProfHacker).
- Obscura Day! Visit weird, fun places near you, on March 20th (h/t Boing Boing).
- Stand up for your e-Reader Rights. I can’t stress how important this is to scholars and teachers alike.
- Charles Stross on Everything You Thought Ever Wanted to Know about Commercial Publishing, But Were Too Stupid To Ask: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
- Amazon’s Mechanical Turk: its uses, and the ethics of using it.
- Fresh from its battle with Amazon, Macmillan blows my mind: “Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally”. Who knew a publishing company could have a not-terrible idea?
- And last but certainly not least, possibly the most perfect blog post ever: John Holbo, “The Wizard of Oz,” Crooked Timber, 18 Feb 2010.
Image cite: kfkirsch1, “Lasso of Light,” Flickr, CC License
Dael A. Norwood 