January 2012
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Shut it down. Shut it all down.
Those that visit Sneak-Attack via bernardyu.com (and who wouldn’t? It is so much better than RSS or the Tumblr dashboard) will notice that it is shut down. I’ve done so to bring attention to the fights against PIPA and the Research Works Act.
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Library dorks: a question
I already have my nonfiction books organized by LCC, but hate GSAFD for fiction. What is your favorite way to physically catalog works of fiction (including magazines such as Analog)? Why? What makes it superior to others?
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The sticky problem of truth (vigilantes)
This morning Arthur Brisbane, the public editor for The New York Times, asked whether Times reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about. Responses by people that I follow on Twitter and Google+ have been largely disgust. Not at the question, but that the question should even need to be asked. However, the fundamental question here is one that good...
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An open-access policy for government-funded...
(This letter is my response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting From Federally Funded Research.)
Government-funded research should be publicly accessible, for free and without restrictions. Public access to publicly-funded research is limited. If an article is not open-access, many publishers...
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Sneak-Attack Redesign: More minimal than ever!
It was time for a redesign and I’ve gone even more minimal than before! I intentionally kept quiet about this one to make sure I followed through.
First, I have not tested in any browser other than Safari, I just wanted to get it out there and get your reactions. If it looks funky elsewhere, I’m getting around to it.
Second, I have changed the tone of the design from historical to...
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A letter to every florist ever
This is how most florists and hobby flower grower bunches their flowers. And it’s wrong, very wrong. Stems aren’t held together tightly, causing them to separate, which means it is easier for one bunch to catch onto others (especially for bunches of things that branch).
The right way to do it
First, line up all the stems, then take the rubber band and push it down about 20 to 40% of the...
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Life Goals v2012.01.03
An update to my previous post. However, the additions to my goals aren’t new, instead they are public acknowledgement of what I have already been wanting to do.
Be on the ground during a popular uprising.
Consult on a constitutional convention
Do something worthy of a TED talk.
Give a TED talk
Start an open-access academic publishing house.
Start a school based on the Great Books tradition.