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So, let’s get this straight right off the bat – I am in no way asking you to self incriminate in any way. That said, however, I do wonder what hoops you have had to jump through in order to Continue reading Arrr, how ye be getitng ye textbook?
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (photo: Argenberg) If you are a student, you probably have a feeling that textbooks are enormously expensive. It turns out that over the past few decades the cost of textbooks have been rising at a rate much Continue reading Finding Inspriration from the Great Library of Alexandria
flickr user nirak In the late 60’s, Stewart Brown posited that information wants to be expensive and free at the same time. That the tension between these competing desires will not go away, they will always fight one another. This continues Continue reading Information wants to be expensive.
Wikipedia and other websites are conducting a blackout today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Find out more about these two anti-piracy bills being considered by Congress. More information about these bills Continue reading Blackout Today – SOPA, PIPA