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Guides to Copyright for Faculty and Students

These links can help faculty and students to understand some of the issues related to copyright and fair use. Both is these are very nicely done. The first covers copyright and fair-use issues in a straightforward,  factual manner. It is easy to understand. The second  one has the added benefit of presenting an interactive question/answer […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-06-18

Denver – Backbeat Online – Westword Music Showcase: How I saw thirty bands in five hours and lived to tell about it Hour Three (3 p.m. to 4 p.m.): A Place to Bury Strangers proved to be a power trio with an acccent on the adjective: Oliver Ackermann’s edgy, serrated guitar tones were positively lethal. […]

Open courseware, academic podcasts, iPod for learning

While doing some research for an upcoming book I took a look at some resources dealing with open courseware and multimedia sites that can be used for learning. I admit that I was impressed with the richness of the resources available. The ‘free U’ is available. This is so much better than educational TV I […]

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Revisiting the Free University

When I was a graduate student at a large university in the east in the early 1970’s, Thinking we were reinventing the world we had the experience of starting food co-ops, going to a free store – take or leave what you want with no charge, and developing or participating in the free university. The […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-06-12

The Quietus | News | More Additions For Christmas ATP Five more acts have been added to this year’s already-rather-tasty looking ATP Nightmare Before Christmas event. A Place To Bury Strangers, Witch, The Pastels, Lilys and J Mascis & The Fog have all been confirmed to play the do, which takes place at Butlins Minehead […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-06-07

A Place to Bury Strangers: Oliver’s Army – Guitar World With The Edge and Trent Reznor plugging into his Death by Audio effect pedals, and fans clamoring for his hot new band, A Place to Bury Strangers, guitarist/pedal designer Oliver Ackermann has become a force to be reckoned with. (tags: deathbyaudio oliver pedals guitarworld) Pitchfork: […]

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Landscaping with bottles and caring for Peonies; Gardening links for 2009-06-02

While in Brooklyn in earlier May we came upon a garden along a sidewalk near the Gowanus Canal. Whoever put it together used bottles as a border in one part to provide some height differential. it was very effective visually and structurally. A link to instructions for such a project is below along with a […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-05-31

Vox Populi » Concert Calendar: Forensics, X, A Place To Bury Strangers A Place To Bury Strangers were always somewhat of an enigmatic band to me. They play a really weird mash up of noises that I don’t even want to call music, but that would be too critical of me. (tags: aptbs) A Place […]

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Software to Manage a Website; 2009-05-29

A collection of links that include tools for managing a Web site. There are many very good sources and these are a few that have recently come into view. Top Software to Help Manage Your Websites When you run a website, whether it be an active blog or a large static site, keeping on top […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-05-29

The Horrors, A Place to Bury Strangers: The Horrors: May 21st at Glass House, Pomona, CA and A Place to Bury Strangers: May 22nd at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn – It Shows The riveting hour that ensued was one of the most intense, no matter how calculated, experiences I’ve witnessed on a stage. Ackermann’s […]

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