Links for 2011-08-03

  • The Worlds Weirdest Book

    A truly unique work of fiction, ââ¬ËThe Codex Seraphinianusââ¬Ë is a book that appears to be a visual encyclopedia of some unknown world or dimension. Written down in one of that worlds beautiful curving languages, the book by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini, explains the odd inhabitants and their colorful behaviors. The book was created between 1976 and 1978 and for the low price of about $500.00 you can ponder over your own copyââ¬Â¦

  • Views: Myths About Fair Use - Inside Higher Ed

    "Academics potentially enjoy some of the greatest benefits of U.S. copyright lawââ¬â¢s doctrine of fair use ââ¬" which lets them use copyrighted material without permission or payment, under some circumstances. Now if only they knew they did. In Peter Jasziââ¬â¢s and my research for Reclaiming Fair Use, which charts the resurgence of fair use and explains how to use it, we came across as much mythology as knowledge among our colleagues."

  • Swans on Tea û And the Winner isââ¬Â¦ The Turboencapulator

    "It's not cheap, but I'm sure the government will buy it."

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    This one was immense. It was also a dual effort (and not by "one of the guys" at the blog). Like the Puzzle Fantastica, this one is very difficult to re-post in its entirety. Luckily, Dave made a great graphic with links embedded to each game.
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    Hey, did anybody go to the 2012 fair? I couldn't make it. Let me know how it went. Anyway, the 2013 fair will be at a new location, leading Har Mar to say "Creation Science Fair, why hath thou forsaken me?" Here's the details for this year's Creation Science Fair:

    Whatever editor you're using for these, now, is introducing some bizarre character artifacts when you cut-and-paste it in.

    Yeah, my PHP cargo-culting skills aren't just yet up to figuring out how to get those escaped automatically from the plugin I used to replace the delicious auto-posting for Chad. I'll play with it some more.