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The Google Book Search, whose “ultimate goal is to work with publishers and libraries to create a comprehensive, searchable, virtual card catalog of all books in all languages that helps users discover new books and publishers discover new readers,” is great for society. In case you were unconvinced, here is a great speech by President Mary Sue Coleman of the U of Michigan that explains why Michigan is involved.
The site Drivl.com has this post on the worst of Web 2.0, and they link to what they say is the “worst MySpace Page,” from a seemingly wonderful girl named Abbi.
Check it out for yourself. It will make you cry.
Don’t forget Journey
I just watched Journey’s video for Separate Ways because it was posted on Andrew Sullivan’s blog here and it is as awesome as anything I’ve seen recently. Bow down to Journey!
The NY Times Magazine has a cool section full of fun articles about soccer, on this, the weekend before the start of the World Cup. As Ali G would say, Check it…
I was surfing online to get my World Cup fix, when I noticed this headline on the Mirror.co.uk site, home of “The Best Newspaper on the Web.”
Here’s the headline: Mirror.co.uk – News – KNIFE CULTURE IS OUT OF CONTROL SAYS MURDERED HEADS DAUGHTER
I personally would trade our gun culture for a knife culture any day.
It’s almost the mid-year point. How well is your new years resolution to get healthy going? Mine is tragically failing due to my inability to find time to exercise, and my failure to properly exercise the discipline for portion control.
As an added incentive to work out and stop eating so many Doritos, here is a list of the Top 10 Causes of Death Worldwide. Notice that heart disease and stroke are the top two for both developed and developing worlds.
People, do you want to know one of my biggest pet peeves? Airport terminals with no power outlets. Now you five, my loyal readers, know that I am a total ‘nerd’ with too many ‘gadgets’ so perhaps I have special needs. And I also know that when some of the older and crappier airports in the world (Midway comes to mind) were built, there WAS no such thing as electricity, and so they couldn’t have known to add outlets, but what’s the excuse now? We all have laptops now, and even my mom has a cell phone, so the old men who design airports must have heard about outlets…
As we speak, I am sitting in a beautiful new terminal at Dallas Fort Worth, and I am not exaggerating when I tell you that there is only ONE power outlet in the whole fucking airport! Really! I took a picture of it!
And since outlets on planes are as common as unicorns, what that means is that if your flight is longer than about 2 hours, you must ration your precious electricity on the plane. Don’t turn the screen too bright!
By the time you get off the plane, you’re jonesin’ for electricity. Kind of how sometimes I drink a Big Gulp, and don’t have access to a bathroom for a few hours, except in reverse.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is this. We need more outlets, airport people. Join us in the 21st century.