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eye candy.

7 April 2008 at 23:49 » Comments (0)

Collection of Penguin book covers, old and new. @Flickr.
via largeheartedboy
  



research that matters.

24 April 2007 at 16:18 » Comments (0)

Aaron Swartz puts out a call for submissions of really important studies–science that matters:
In the comments, post your favorite study — the one that makes you sit up and say “wow, this result ought to change everything”. If you don’t mind, we’ll take the best to help fill up a new website we’re starting, collecting […]



ibiblio gets props.

13 March 2007 at 22:46 » Comments (0)

via Paul Jones (scan of official document on his blog):
North Carolina
House of RepresentativesCertificate of
Acknowledgement and Congratulations
Whereas, October 31, 2007 will be the 15th anniversary of the first public demo of sunsite.unc.edu, which is now known as iBiblio.org; and
Whereas, the iBiblio website digital repository and community have become cultural treasures of the state of North Carolina, […]