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The text is about the author's plan to end a run on the day of the Boston Marathon, tying it to the poem 'Paul Revere's Ride' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem has political undertones and was written in the leadup to the Ci...
AI companies are destroying the websites of libraries, archives, non-profit organizations, and scholarly publishers. The AI armies are growing more aggressive, rapacious, and deceitful. The current generation of bots is mindless a...
0Strava Verse
2025-02-12 • art poetry running strava api
The text discusses Strava art, a form of artistic expression where people draw pictures by running routes. The author shares their experiences with Strava art and how they have attempted different methods of creating art through t...
0Thank you, New York City
2024-11-12 • new york city running marathon
The text describes the author's experience running the 2024 New York City Marathon, including interactions with other runners, friends, and spectators, as well as the challenges faced and the gratitude expressed for the support re...
The text is about the author's family's encounter with Salvador Dalí at a party in New York City. The author's father, a brilliant engineer, was approached by Dalí to invent a paint gun that would paint what Dalí saw in his mind. ...
0Running away from home
2024-08-07 • running marathon language learning sweden stockholm
The author shares their journey to the 2024 New York Marathon, discussing their experience of living and working in Sweden, learning the Swedish language, and participating in various running events in Stockholm.
The author describes his running journey in Montclair, New Jersey, during the pandemic year of 2020. He reflects on the impact of the pandemic, the joy of running, and the completion of running all the streets in Montclair by the ...
0The PII Figleaf
2024-06-12 • internet privacy web analytics pim
The text discusses the false sense of privacy on the internet and how PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is often violated despite privacy laws. It gives an example of the San Francisco Public Library and how Google Analyti...
The author shares their journey to the 2024 New York Marathon and how music has played a significant role in their running experience. They discuss their history with iPods, their running playlist, and how they use music to enhanc...
0We'll run 'til we drop
2024-04-30 • running marathon knee health
The author shares their journey to the 2024 New York Marathon, starting with their running history and how they became a runner. They discuss their recent half marathon experience and the challenges they faced due to a knee injury...
The text discusses the decline of cataloguing in libraries due to the popularity of full text search and relevance ranking. It also explores the emergence of artificial intelligence and its impact on cataloguers. The author predic...
The text discusses the 'Pretend It's Print' model for libraries offering ebooks, and how the book publishing world has put heavier shackles on their books with digital technology. It also talks about the 'Controlled Digital Lendin...
The text discusses the success and ridicule of Spice DAO, a 'Distributed Autonomous Organization' that crowdraised funds to win an auction for a copy of Alejandro Jodorowosky's movie treatment of Frank Herbert's novel. Despite the...
The text lists the top 25 traditional foods at a Hellman Christmas, including Christmas ham, meatballs, Christmas rye bread, herring, jellied veal, liver pate, sausage, spare ribs, and various other dishes and cookies.
0The Ebook Turns 50
2021-07-04 • ebooks amazon kindle freedom project gutenberg
The birth of the ebook is traced back to 1971 when Michael Hart made the text of the Declaration of Independence available on arpanet, marking the beginning of Project Gutenberg. The distribution method of sending bits over a wire...
The text discusses the value of open access for backlist books, emphasizing the importance of usage statistics and the need to focus on the most used books. It suggests creating community-based award programs to recognize and rewa...
The text discusses the potential of open access for backlist books, which are books that generate negligible income for publishers. It explains the challenges and expenses of converting backlist books to open access, and the poten...
The text discusses the value of open access books and the various ways they create value for readers, creators, publishers, society, and communities. It also highlights the challenges and ways forward for support of ebook relicens...
The text discusses the importance of investing in infrastructure, particularly information infrastructure, and the challenges and complexities of identifying, maintaining, and building new infrastructure. It also highlights the ef...
The text discusses the dangers of virality on internet platforms, comparing it to the exponential growth of the Covid pandemic. It argues that regulations should target the virality of platforms to prevent the spread of harmful co...
0Notes on work-from-home teams
2020-09-07 • depression remote work trust
The author shares their experience of working from home for over 11 years and managing work-from-home teams. They emphasize the importance of in-person time, communication, trust, and managing worker depression in remote teams.