June 2012
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electronic literature: new horizons for the...
A visible presence for some two decades, electronic literature has already produced many works that deserve the rigorous scrutiny critics have long practiced with print literature. Only now, however, with Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary by N. Katherine Hayles, do we have the first systematic survey of the field and an analysis of its importance, breadth, and wide-ranging...
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field →
Welcome to field: the free journal for the discussion of critical, theoretical, political and playful perspectives on all aspects of architecture. field: is an international peer-reviewed journal and an open electronic forum.
It was established to make architectural discourse and research available to, and aware of, the widest possible field.
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directory of open access journals →
The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short a one stop shop for users to Open...
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pkp publishing services →
Based out of the SFU Library in Burnaby, Canada, PKP Publishing Services offers support for your software hosting or customization needs. We are the developers of Open Journal Systems, Open Conference Systems, Open Harvester Systems, and Open Monograph Press, and are the experts in helping you make the most of your online publishing projects. As our customer, you will not only receive direct,...
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open journal systems →
Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research.
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A monster may be obviously a composite figure of heterogenous organisms that are grafted onto each other. This graft, this hybridization, this composition that puts heterogeneous bodies together may be called a monster. This in fact happens in certain kinds of writing. At that moment, monstrosity may reveal or make one aware of what the norm is and when this norm has a history–which is the case...
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creation stories from around the world
The Four Creations
Odin and Ymir
The Separation of Heaven and Earth
The Story of Corn and Medicine
The Origin of Japan and Her People
Death, and Life and Death
The Creation and the Emergence Jicarilla
Creation by and of the Self
Marduk Creates the World from the Spoils of Battle
The Golden Chain
The Menominee and Manabush
The Naba Zid-Wendé
Pan Gu and Nü Wa
Yahweh
The Elohim ...
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personal cloud as platform: mix and match wisely
As we colonize the cloud we’ll want to mix and match web services in order to meet our needs. To do that, it’s helpful to analyze what the current crop of services actually do. In many cases, if you stop to think about it, they conflate several different services in ways that are not easy to separate or recombine. Consider, for example, your use of Facebook or Flickr.
The services they provide...
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iPhone’s most exciting historical moments
Jan. 14, 2007: Bloomberg news columnist Matthew Lynn writes that the iPhone “will fail in a late, defensive move.” “An iToaster that downloads music while toasting bread would probably get the same kind of worldwide attention,” Lynn wrote of the media buzz around the announcement of the product shortly after its unveiling Jan. 9 of that month.
Sept. 10, 2007: The iPhone kickstarts the smartphone...
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atlas of living australia →
The Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) contains information on all the known species in Australia aggregated from a wide range of data providers: museums, herbaria, community groups, government departments, individuals and universities.
Use this site to:
access information pages for each species containing photos, descriptions, maps and observations
access scientific and common names
explore...
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WatchTo consider compiling an encyclopedia (of any kind) in post-Wikipedia times is an exercise in emotional withdrawal. From a position of bewilderment and confusion we choose to act by producing and employing another tool from the land of the naive and outdated, represented by encyclopedic work, devoid of all logic and meaning considering current cultural conditions and speed. What the first edition...
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“We are in a Renaissance for computer science, engineering, and learning from...”
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artinfo →
ARTINFO.com is the online destination of Louise Blouin Media, the world’s leading cultural media group. Our mission is to provide unparalleled access to the world of art and culture. Each day, ARTINFO.com offers breaking news, profiles of top and emerging artists, stories about collectors and collecting, gallery round-ups from around the world, the best of student art, market trends and analysis,...
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batman: the fire rises →
The Fire Rises is a free-to-play, browser-based real-time strategy game developed by Warner Bros. Games as a tie in to The Dark Knight Rises.
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wookieepedia →
The Star Wars encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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