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01/26/2012
A study from the Pew Internet and Life Project on Friday reported that 53% of those 18-29 years old go online "for no particular reason except to have fun or to pass the time." Furthermore, the study highlighted a significant generation gap. Just 12% of those 65 or older said they go online for no particular reason.
The randomness that guides the...
01/19/2012
After a thoroughly unscientific poll, it has come to my attention that at least three "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" moments have taken place in my 31-year lifetime: 1) The Challenger Disaster, 2) September 11, 2001, and 3) Barack Obama winning the 2008 presidential election. I watched the Challenger explode in a first grade classroom; I...
01/12/2012
Is the Internet a Human Right?
No.
At least not according to Vint Cerf, so-called “father of the internet”, who argued as much in a recent New York Times op-ed piece published last week. The essay was largely in response to a United Nations report that declared that the Internet had “become an indispensable tool for realizing a...
01/05/2012
Starting today, approximately 8-12 thousand members of the Modern Language Association (MLA) will converge on Seattle, Washington, for the association's annual conference. Following Wikipedia, The MLA Convention consists of two main activities: it "is the largest and most important of the year for scholars of languages and literature; major...
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