Favorite thing I've read today 08-08

"First, innovation is inherently counter-cultural, and therefore innovative efforts can't avoid being counter-cultural in character as well as content."
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Nigel M. de S. Cameron

President and CEO Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies

have i mentioned that i love post WWII era, AND forest animals?

taken from an exhibition at the University of Chicago's Monsueto Library called "Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary".  link to the slideshow here

in a couple weeks i will turn 28 and make my first ever kenny rogers piece for this show

There's a first time for everything I guess.  More details to follow

favorite thing i've read today

'“Contrary to the Anarchist Manifesto, there are some secrets that should be maintained” because they can kill people—such as Afghans who are working with the U.S. to identify members of the Taliban.'
      -Todd Blanton, director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University in the article Transparency and Ethics in the Wake of WikiLeaks by Greg Landgraf

The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

So I work in the corporate world, for a little old company called Time Warner Cable, and one of the awesome things that huge corporations such as TWC can do is fund programs and extend a wide reach to millions of people.  One of my personal favorites is a program called Connect A Million Minds, aka CAMM, which sets out to build up the positive promotion of learning and interest amongst younger generations in the fields of science, engineering, math (STEM), and technology.  As I dig deeper into my Masters of Library and Information Science education, the more I appreciate development efforts in this area.  I am definitely more creatively bent, but I also love geeks.

Here's a link to the Time Warner PSA entitled "The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth"

something about this piece creeps me out in all the intended ways

 

by Paul  X  Johnson

credits to boooooom

interesting perspective on ken burns, documentarian of the people

as a member of the generation growing up on Ken Burns' PBS series, I naturally love him, and haven't ever really looked back and questioned this fact.  Here someone speaks about the negative effects of such enjoyable work, and I can't help but take notice.

link to article

Trickster--this book looks really cool

In the vein of my liking of so many things forest animal, there is a little new graphic novel out that tells 20 some Native American tales which include the intriguing character of the Trickster, in all of its various forms.  I'm picking up some good GDR lit this week too.  Should be some good summer reads.  Also, here's the link to the ALA article about the authors and book background. 

Guts! A Pinata Show AKA I'd Hit It

         Here's the official flyer my good friend Trevor List graciously designed for the show.  This is an idea that has been a long time coming to fruition. It's crazy it's finally here.  Show starts at 6pm, Champagne Toast at 10pm, breaking to immediately follow.  It will happen people. 

lustron homes-ohio history

i subscribe to the Ohio Historical Society's blog feed and today i was reading the update on Lustron Homes that were developed here in Columbus, in the post World War II/Cold War era.  This period in history, in all parts of the world, is just one of the most interesting times culturally, in my opinion.  I love reading literature and learning about pop culture items from the late 1930's through the 70's, so it's no surprise, really, that this caught my attention.  Here are some more image links to an OhioPix search on Lustron Homes