Cafe's Dilemma: Can You Offer Free Wi-Fi and Still Sell Lattes? (10)
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Do you ever feel the guilt-stare from a barista as you're sitting in a cafe enjoying its free wireless? The cheapest patrons will nurse a coffee for three hours, while many will cave at the rate of roughly one beverage (or baked good) per hour. Rather than guilting e-freeloaders (which puts strain on customer-barista relations), [...]
Photoshop Interface rendered in real-world objects (17)
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This fantastic "real world" Photoshop window, made with actual objects, seems to have been made as an Adobe PhotoShop ad for the Indonesian market. There's also a good Flickr photoset that shows how they put it together. Real-World Photoshop [John Nack via Charlie Sorrel]
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Samir Talwar said:
If only Photoshop was as cheap as these materials. But then, I think there's a saying about things being more than the sum of their parts. This beautiful cardboard setup definitely is.
North Korea fakes Kim Jong Il picture... (5)
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North Korea fakes Kim Jong Il picture...
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Connor said:
Kim Jong is not Ill?
The novel by tweet | csmonitor.com (5)
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Nick Belardes believes in brevity. He hews close to that hallowed maxim, beloved by middle school English teachers and old-fashioned newsmen alike: Keep it simple, stupid. “People need to be educated to be more concise,” says Mr. Belardes, a journalist and novelist based in Bakersfield, Calif. “Every day, we get these super-long-winded e-mails. You can communicate more if you say a little less.” Earlier this year, Belardes was cleaning out his desk drawer when he ...
Author nun finds new outlet in cellphone fiction (2)
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Japan's best-known Buddhist nun is reaching out to a new audience by writing a mobile phone novel at the age of 86. Reuters reports. Jakucho Setouchi, a prolific writer and translator of 11th century epic romance "The Tale of Genji," is latching on to a publishing revolution -- short works of fiction distributed piecemeal by cellphone often become best-sellers in book form. "At this age, there are few things that interest me. But it was ...
OCLC Updated Record Use Policy - clarification (3)
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I appended an update to my previous posting on the impending OCLC announcement about changes to their policy on record usage. The update pointed to a response from Karen Calhoun, Vice President, WorldCat and Metadata Services, that was posted in the comments to a Tim Spalding posting on the Thingology Blog about today’s rumors. I believe Karen’s comments deserve a bit more analysis than just a link, so here goes… From the following, it is ...
