Gutenberg Bible. The Gutenberg Bible : the first book printed with movable type, is the one of the greatest treasures in the University of Texas's Ransom Center's collections. It was printed at Johann Gutenberg's shop in Mainz, Germany and completed in 1454 or 1455. The Center's Bible was acquired in 1978 and is one of […]

Hate on display. The Anti-Defamation League has a visual database of symbols devised or co-opted by neo-Nazis and supremacist groups worldwide, as well as numbers and acronyms with racist connotations. Although most of us know what 88 means, there's also info about others such as the communist-separatist American Front and the Five Percenters. More neo-Nazi […]

modernist urbanism. I came across this phrase—modernist urbanism—and it caught my fancy. What does it mean? traffic flows and freeways, skyscraper landscapes,… [Junk for Code] to me it means the work of Georg Simmel and Lewis Mumford, their discussion of society and the development of urbanity. To me, while it still exists in form, it […]

'Ten Questions' Letter Sent to Dick Cheney. Tom Paine reports that Congresspersons Dennis Kucinich, Carolyn Maloney and Bernie Sanders sent this letter with Ten Questions to Vice… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime] i'd love to hear the answers, but i doubt we ever will.

France offers grants for games. The French Government is offering millions of euros to fund the development of new video games. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] money money money, its not funny, it makes the world go round…. or whatever…. anyway, this is interesting for those interested in games.

R.I.P., Jude Milhon, St. Jude. Michelle Delio, writing for Wired News. [A blog doesn't need a clever name] another that will be missed.

AnarchistU: Toronto free school [bOing bOing] this is a good idea, i wonder if it could be taken to the online environment.

The AAU has made public its reservations about the …. The AAU has made public its reservations about the Sabo bill. Excerpt: “AAU strongly supports what we understand to be the objective of this legislation: to enhance public access to the results of federally funded scientific research. However, we believe that the denial of copyright […]

A Man With A Memory. John Cole has 5 good reasons why we went to war, and not a damn one of them involves whether Saddam tried purchasing uranium. [Electric Venom] While the Humanitarian aide is certainly and important aspect, lets not forget who is making money providing that aid, and no, it is not […]

Perl Culture. There's a section devoted to 'language', and another for 'science', in Games, Diversions & Perl Culture, the best of the Perl Journal. [via fieldmethods.net]… [HubLog] casting perl before swine is not a bad thing, though not a good thing either. I've received a few perl journals before and they always are insightful in […]