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In the mid-late ’90s, I ran a mailing list, “chaingang,” whose sole purpose was to forward links and bits and bobs to interested parties. This is the 21st century version of that mailing list, compiled weekly.

• What States Have Highest Concentrations of Librarians? and Librarians in the U.S. from 1880-2009. The first article mentions the second, hence why the double dip. Anything with data correlation and analysis I dig, specifically now that I know what states NOT to ever apply for jobs in.
• Third of adults use smartphone says Ofcom report – Article at the BBC on recently released study illustrating the rise of technology useage. What was striking to me is that buried at the end of the report was the notation tha radio grew 2.9% since 2009 and listeners listen to over 1 billion hours a week (assume in the U.K. only due to how BBC article is written)
• Spineless Classics: Single Page Book Posters – Fantastic idea! I’m annoyed I didn’t come up with this myself. Examples: Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby
• Tell Me What People Don’t Understand About Your Job – Great responses from a number of fields, most of all the responses from librarians.
• Why Texting Is the Most Important Information Service in the World – The more I an do on my mobile (pay bills, send money via Paypal, take pictures/video, program home electronics, access files in the cloud, etc etc), the more I wonder what else I can do with my mobile. The possibilities are endless.
• [infographic] A Librarian’s Worth – I am a librarian and I approve of this infographic.
• MTV Turns 30 Today – On August 1, 1981, I was 9. And MTV launched at 12:01 AM. The first 24 hours available here

In the mid-late ’90s, I ran a mailing list, “chaingang,” whose sole purpose was to forward links and bits and bobs to interested parties. This is the 21st century version of that mailing list, compiled weekly.

• Thousands of SF classics return to earth as ebooks – I’ve discovered in recent years I’m a latent Sci-Fi geek, so this is amazing!

In the mid-late ’90s, I ran a mailing list, “chaingang,” whose sole purpose was to forward links and bits and bobs to interested parties. This is the 21st century version of that mailing list, compiled weekly.

• Podcasts: Who still listens to them? Me me me! Interesting article on perception vs reality of podcasts and podcasting. This topic is also slated to get written about as a Le mie Passioni piece because I love them so much.
• 21 Things You Probably Didn’t Think eHow Could Teach You. I’m particularly fond of #3, 4 and 6.
• Can’t Unsee: The Dark Knight Rises Poster Is Ruined – Um. Yeah.
• Man Used a Loophole in the Law to Pay 16 Bucks for a $330,000 House – Man. I wish we had figured this out when we bought Throbbing Manor!
• 22 Things I Learned from Submitting Writing – Practical and handy list that boosts the ego of an unpublished writer.
• Roku’s New Set-Top Box Now Available With Angry Birds – We <3 our Roku – and this is awesome.
• A Special Education Worker Talks About Empty Paychecks, Organizing – Woman discusses how after taxes and health benefits, her paycheck is now $.82.

In the mid-late ’90s, I ran a mailing list, “chaingang,” whose sole purpose was to forward links and bits and bobs to interested parties. This is the 21st century version of that mailing list, compiled weekly.

• Epic ‘Doctor Who’ Infographic Shows History Of The Companions! – I became a Doctor Who convert with the 2005 reboot and have a minor obsession with the series.
• The History of the English Language in Ten Animated Minutes – One of my minor passions is not only the etymology of English words but how the English language came to be.
• Penguin Classics App Shakes Up Book Browsing With A Pub Quiz For Lit Lovers – I’ll just simply refer you to this post.
• Prejudice and Pride: Singing Jane Austen’s Song – I tumbled about this the other day: Kate Harrad gender swaps the characters in Pride and Prejudice, reimagining the classic in a wholly new and wonderful way.
• Will it blend?: Justin Bieber – Title says it all.
• Middlebrow: The Taste That Dare Not Speak Its Name – The author argues that the populous as a whole is neither high nor low cultured, we’re just average. And we love it that way.