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APtBS reviews late March 2011

I Reviews For: A Place to Bury Strangers “Exploding Head” reviews ““Exploding Head” is a great step forward for A Place to Bury Strangers, and shows that are among the best shoegaze bands lead in the 21st century.” (tags: aptbs review exploding head) Les Enfants Terribles: Live Review: A Place To Bury Strangers/Hooray For Earth […]

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Two recipes: Italian Cheese Cake & Horseradish Hasbrowns

  Louisa’s Cake – Recipes – food52 – food community, recipe search and cookbook contests “e epitome of a classic Italian dessert: it’s airy and light, but not without integrity: ricotta, eggs and plenty of butter give it richness, grated apple lends heft, and lemon zest rescues it from being at all bland. “ (tags: […]

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APtBS in Baltimore & Atlanta, March 2011

Baltimore’s Top 5 Concerts Of the Week | City’s Best “This is due in large part to their genius bandleader, Oliver Ackerman, who uses his electrical skills to handcraft the band’s custom effects gear.” (tags: aptbs baltimore) A Place To Bury Strangers Dig Graves In Atlanta | An-Mag.com | Art Nouveau Magazine | Art, Culture, […]

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Going from Java to C++

I’ll be teaching CPSC 230, Computer Science II, in the Fall. We use C++ in that course and students have had a one-semester course, Computer Science I, using Java. Here are soem links about going form Java to C++. Moving from Java to C++ moving from java to c++ (tags: c++ java tutorial programming) Book of C++ going from […]

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Social Media’s Dark Side & Image Citation – From Chronicle of Higher Education

Two interesting links form the Chronicle of Higher Education in mid-March 2011. The one on image citation looks especially interesting.   Beware Social Media’s Surprising Dark Side, Scholars Warn CEO’s – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education “Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, was out to cause “anxiety […]

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APtBS at SXSW 2011

Austin 2011 Interview: A Place To Bury Strangers – Rhapsody: The Mix video interview (tags: aptbs sxsw interview oliver dion) A Place To Bury Strangers – JPG Photos Nice shot of Oliver in performance (tags: oliver aptbs picture) SXSW Day 4: A Place to Bury Strangers @ Rumbler Lounge, 3/19/11 – HardRockChick “It’s rewarding to […]

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Another way to get around censorship

Using Tor and VPN to get around Internet Censorship – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education “Internet censorship can stand in the way of, not only political activism, but in many countries the accomplishment of many basic daily tasks in our personal and professional lives. “ (tags: tor vpn censorship)

A Place to Bury Strangers SXSW 2011

Here is a collection of links from A Place to Bury Strangers latest appearance at SXSW. A Place To Bury Strangers – “You Still Love Me” | Rock Edition “Frontman Oliver Ackermann told us, “It’s a track which uses guitar sounds that are at higher frequencies than recorders can pick up. You get some of […]

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Interview for San Antonio before SXSW 2011

San Antonio Current – MUSIC: A Place to Bury Strangers will hit up San Antonio before they perform at SXSW There is this amazing, unpredictable thing that happens when you turn up guitars really loud and you have this feedback or there’s an interplay between the guitar and the amp you are playing out,” Ackermann […]

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An Agglomeration of links for 2011-03-11

Links to ways to spend your money while traveling, a couple of links to the announcement of the 2011 Turing award, and a related link to a site about NP completeness Is There a Right Way to Spend Money When Traveling? – Practical Traveler – NYTimes.com Repeatedly confounded by these questions, my wife, Joan, and […]

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