Links 04/26/2008
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From Wikipedia. Includes links to some WIFI maps.
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Is Keyword Search About To Hit Its Breaking Point?
As the Web swells with more and more data, the predominant way of sifting through all of that data—keyword search—will one day break down in its ability to deliver the exact information we want at our fingertips.
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Tony Hoagland wins a prize
Tony Hoagland was awarded the second annual Jackson Poetry Prize a few weeks ago. It provides $50,000 to a poet who, despite having published at least one book of poetry, has yet to receive national attention (and, no, I don’t know what “national attention” means on the poetry scene).
The judges’ commendation reads as follows:
“It’s hard to imagine any aspect of contemporary American life that couldn’t make its way into the writing of Tony Hoagland or a word in common or formal usage he would shy away from. He is a poet of risk: he risks wild laughter in poems that are totally heartfelt, poems you want to read out loud to anyone who needs to know the score and even more so to those who think they know the score. The framework of his writing is immense, almost as large as the tarnished nation he wandered into under the star of poetry.”
Last year the award went to Elizabeth Alexander.
Links 04/25/2008
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Twitter slang for “cool”.
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An interview with Morris about his new film, Standard Operating Procedure.
Links 04/18/2008
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cityofsound: Transport informatics
“…a quick survey of new informational approaches to transport, hinging on individual behaviour and engagement via public data.”
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Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American’s Plea - Annotated
“Every house in Sadr City probably has one of their sons in the Mahdi Army,” he observed when American soldiers visited his position on Monday. “So it is hard to convince people to believe in the Iraqi Army.”
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Put broadband in sewers to cope with burgeoning demand - Annotated
Ofcom’s sample survey will look at sewers, telecoms ducts, water and energy systems and the existing telecoms infrastructure system throughout the country.
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Frequently asked questions about poetry. - Annotated
Why don’t modern poems rhyme? Why don’t modern American poets deal with pollitical issues? etc.