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It really takes a writer to show a vision of how new technologies can change our daily lives, and in Halting State, Charles Stross has done that for me with his version of augmented reality. Standing in my barn this morning, I realised I need CopSpace here, at home. Continue reading Augmented Reality at home Shawn Day, of the DHO, showed some inspiring visualisations at last weeks digital humanities seminar in the Boole Library which he’d done in his work on the brewing industry in Guelph in the nineteenth century. I have made several runs at turning all or parts of my old MA thesis on the history of Beamish and Crawford but it keeps getting pushed down the list. However, I pulled up my old spreadsheets to have another go at them, and found they have been slightly Y2Ked. The brewery, of course, closed down a few weeks ago, having been in continous operation in South Main St since 1792. Continue reading Beamish Sheets Got Y2Ked Even if they recover enough to be the largest party in the Dail in 2012, and one can never rule that out, Fianna Fail may well have lost control of the Seanad as a result of their local election defeats. 43 of the 66 senators are elected by the outgoing members of the Oireachtas and the councillors, who are not overwhelmingly Fine Gael and Labour. Even with the 11 Taoiseach’s nominees, a putative FF taoiseach in 2012 might not be able to command a majority in the Seanad. Continue reading Fianna Fail to lose Seanad Nor will any other big company, which seems to me to be a compelling argument that copyright should die with the creator. If the law firm my Grandfather worked for doesn’t have to pay me every time they open one of his files, why should J.K. Rowling’s grandchildren keep getting cheques for the next century? I’m reading a piece in which Aliza Sherman recaps a ‘golden rule’ of online discussions - Listen before jumping in. Of course this is fine for joining ongoing discussions, but it is no good when you want a group of students to –start– talking! |
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