Letters of Note SOPA Resistance Day begins at Ars Today is SOPA Resistance Day at Ars. Sites across the 'Net, from reddit to the Internet Archive, from Wikipedia to Google, are protesting the excesses of the Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA remains a flawed bill that treats piracy as an existential threat to the US economy and to a sacred class of rightsholders—and in doing so loses all perspective on appropriate remedies. The discussion is absolutely unbalanced. Many sites have chosen to go dark (i.e., offline) today, a stance we respect—but it's not the right path for us. Our normal publishing schedule has been frozen in carbonite. Most importantly, what can you do to make your voice heard? We'll be covering all these stories and more throughout the day, and we'll be documenting the protests and the responses to them. A few words of sanity Piracy is an emotional issue, but it's important to note what it is not: a war between the "creators" and the "technologists."
media Big Black Delta Premiere: Big Black Delta Mixtape Jan 16, 2012 We’re quite taken with “Pleased to Meet You” artist Big Black Delta’s blend of romanticism and ear-shattering electronics. Says Bates about the project; “Rain is rare in Los Angeles, so when the occasion arises, it’s good to have a moody set of songs. Big Black Delta Mixtape for Under the Radar Magazine by Under_Radar_Mag on Mixcloud Tracklist: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. (www.bigblackdelta.com)
Six Great Ways to Publish Student Work We know that the world is moving online and that to prepare our kids for that world, we need to train them to use that world’s tools. We know that publishing student work beyond the classroom encourages authentically engaged kids who create high-quality work. We know that integration of writing and visuals increases cognitive activity. Yeah. So? So we need to be publishing more student work online. Publishing student projects online in visually stimulating formats is now easier than ever. The following web 2.0 tools are some of my favorites for showcasing student projects. Here ya go: Flipsnack A free site with Premium features, Flipsnack will quickly convert uploaded PDF documents into a cool virtual magazine with flipping pages and it’s easy enough for even adults to figure out. Issuu Issuu is another tool that kids can use to upload almost any document format and create a virtual flipping book. Epubbud This site has it all. Lulu Combine Epubbud and Mixbook and you get Lulu. Have fun!
100 razones para pasar a Linux Las comparaciones son odiosas, pero también inevitables, y las listas de motivos por las que un sistema operativo es teóricamente superior a otro ya son casi una tradición. Por ej., 100 razones por las que Linux es superior a Windows. La lista es extensa, desde luego, y probablemente muchos usuarios de Windows tengan sus argumentos en contra de esas razones, pero lo cierto es que todas ellas son perfectamente válidas. El artículo de ITWire es un verdadero compendio de motivos por los que cualquier usuario Windows debería tener muy en cuenta a GNU/Linux (usaremos Linux a secas para abreviar a lo largo de esa lista) como sistema operativo a instalar en su equipo, y demuestran que la idea que nació en 1991 gracias a Linus Torvalds ha madurado de forma espectacular en los últimos años. He aquí la extensa lista traducida del artículo original con las 100 razones por las que Linux es superior a Windows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
With a Bang: The Best Debut Novels of 2011 In what seems like a pretty clear argument against all the publishing industry doomsday hype, 2011 has been an uncommonly good year for debut novels. This year, it is more evident than ever that yes, people are still writing, publishing and buying great new fiction (and non-fiction, of course, but that’s a point for another post). Four of the New York Times‘s five best novels of 2011 are first novels, which seems to us to reflect the nature of the year. Here, we’ve picked out our favorites from the pack, all from first-time novelists that we can’t wait to read more from. Click through to see our list, and let us know your own favorite debut novels of the year in the comments. We the Animals, Justin Torres From the first lines of this small but powerful novel, you know it’s going to be something else entirely: “We wanted more.