It may already be too late. I just went to Amazon Music to download the CDs I uploaded years ago. All but 250 songs are “locked” I’ve got an Amazon CSR on chat right now and he says I am SOL, that the other songs cannot be unlocked and that it sucks to be me.

Don’t forget Google News Archive. Google scanned millions of pages of newspapers, including nearly 130 years worth in my town (Spokane, WA). It was a fantastic source for local history especially because it was searchable. Then the search function began to degrade, and last fall it stopped working entirely. They…

Learn how to read a book in one hour: http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to…

College professor here. Do not be embarrassed to take advantage of these authorized accommodations. Every semester I have a half-dozen or more forms in my mailbox from the Disabilities Office, informing of what students in my upcoming classes are entitled to accommodations and what those are. It is part of my job to…

We have reached Peak Phone. There is nothing amazing that can be added to smartphones. The screens are all gorgeous, the operating systems are all slick and fast, the cameras are really good, we are all using the same 20 apps. Improvement will all be marginal from here on out.

Danah Boyd.

Richmond is more like an hour.

I am pretty sure that you have been punked by Jimmy Kimmel again.

Paint! A common color can unify all your mismatched thrift store chairs and tables and dressers. A quart of Rustoleum and some careful prep work and you are looking good.

"Its turbodiesel V8 has more torque than God"

And, like God, it is capable of destroying the planet that we live on.

The asshole is not the person who keys it but the person who drives it.

Who else thinks that Sam Biddle and his iPhone should get a room?