Michael Jackson, Nostalgia, and the 1980s
Filed in A-Featured & American History & Current Events & Media & Music | June 30, 2009
Elvin Lim looks at 80’s nostalgia.
Archive for June, 2009
Work, Life, Balance: Blondin over Niagara
Filed in A-Featured & Biography & Leisure & World History | June 30, 2009
On this day in history…
American War Propaganda Top Ten
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & American History & Media & Politics | June 30, 2009
The top ten propaganda messages of the last century.
The ABC’s of Law
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Dictionaries & Law & Reference | June 30, 2009
Some excerpts from the Oxford Dictionary of Law.
OUP USA on The AAP/ Authors Guild Settlement With Google
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Current Events & Literature & Media & Online Resources | June 29, 2009
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 While increasing numbers of long-out-of-date, public-domain books [...]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?
Filed in A-Featured & Health & Medical Mondays & Psychology & Science & Sociology | June 29, 2009
An excerpt from Paranoia: The 21st-century Fear.
Red Snow: Tokyo A Cultural History
Filed in A-Featured & Art & History & Poetry & Prose & World History | June 26, 2009
An excerpt from Tokyo: A Cultural History.
Friday Procrastination: Link Love
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & UK | June 26, 2009
What Kirsty from OUP UK has been reading this week.
Set Phasers on Tweet: A Star Trek Snowclone Blizzard on Twitter
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & Current Events & Film | June 25, 2009
Mark Peters looks at all the variations of the snowclone “set phasers to x” on Twitter.
Daisy – Podictionary Word of the Day
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Podictionary | June 25, 2009
