Archive for June, 2009

Michael Jackson, Nostalgia, and the 1980s

Elvin Lim looks at 80’s nostalgia.

Work, Life, Balance: Blondin over Niagara

On this day in history…

American War Propaganda Top Ten

The top ten propaganda messages of the last century.

The ABC’s of Law

Some excerpts from the Oxford Dictionary of Law.

OUP USA on The AAP/ Authors Guild Settlement With Google

OUP USA President Tim Barton has published a detailed overview and position statement regarding the AAP/Authors Guild Settlement with Google which can be found here.  Below is a brief excerpt from the piece.
“…What once seemed at least debatable has now become irrefutable: If it’s not online, it’s invisible. While increasing numbers of long-out-of-date, public-domain books [...]

What is Paranoia?

An excerpt from Paranoia: The 21st-century Fear.

Red Snow: Tokyo A Cultural History

An excerpt from Tokyo: A Cultural History.

Friday Procrastination: Link Love

What Kirsty from OUP UK has been reading this week.

Set Phasers on Tweet: A Star Trek Snowclone Blizzard on Twitter

Mark Peters looks at all the variations of the snowclone “set phasers to x” on Twitter.

Daisy – Podictionary Word of the Day

The podictionary word of the week is “daisy”.

 
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