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Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections — Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections — Koninklijke Bibliotheek: This database contains descriptions of all medieval western manuscripts written in Latin script and produced up to c. 1550 now preserved in public and semi-public collections in the Netherlands. These include the collections of libraries, museums and archives, as well as the collections of monastic orders and […]

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Humtalks: Smart people on cool topics in humanities

Humtalks: Smart people on cool topics: this site has humanities talk, there are also business, politics and science. free online videos…

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Mission to Learn: OER – Open Educational Resources

Mission to Learn: OER – Open Educational Resources: OER – Open Educational Resources — oer introduction.

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History of social media

History of social media: How the Social Web Came To Be (part 1, part 2) is a slideshow history from Trebor Sholz, for his class on social media.  Very solid, rich stuff. (via Stephen Downes) —- two good slideshows from trebor

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Devo Plays Satisfaction on Saturday Night Live (1978)

Devo Plays Satisfaction on Saturday Night Live (1978): Here’s a great video of Devo performing “Satisfaction” on Saturday Night Live on October 14th, 1978, with host Fred Willard doing the introduction. — saturday evening devo.

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Creative Commons and Flickr sued in Texas

The argument against Creative Commons is apparently that the poster of the picture of the teenage girl was not adequately informed that he could be impinging on the rights of others based on the information provided by creative commons. Larry and Joi both comment on the suit but neither can comment on its merits given […]

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respectful leader…

following pa^2 — well i guess that’s pretty true.

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SHe's Geeky Unconference She's Geeky – HomePage

She’s Geeky – HomePage : What is She’s Geeky? The She’s Geeky (un)conference will provide an agenda-free and friendly environment for women who not only care about building technology that is useful for people, but who also want to encourage more women to get involved. It is designed to provide women who self-identify as geeky […]

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CRACKED.com – The 10 Best Animated Movies for (Traumatizing) Kids

CRACKED.com – The 10 Best Animated Movies for (Traumatizing) Kids: The 10 Best Animated Movies for (Traumatizing) Kids …. magical…. raccoon…. testicles….. you can say it 3 times fast… magical raccoon testicles, magical raccoon testicles, magical raccoon testicles… yet no raccoons appear. That has to one of the world’s greatest tragedies against possible surrealism.

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The Photographer's Choice by Andrea Lindenberg (Book) in Arts & Photography

The Photographer’s Choice by Andrea Lindenberg (Book) in Arts & Photography: The Photographer’s Choice by Andrea Lindenberg — If you know someone who loves horses, get them this book…. this photographer is one of the best at capturing the beauty of a horse in trials. I can imagine her work being on any coffee table […]

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