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Reading and Listening | February 6, 2013

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Wall Street Journal | Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Chicago Dials Back on 911 Responses by Jack Nicas
Dell Hits Reboot by Shira Ovide and Anupreeta Das
Microsoft Takes A Side in PC War by Shira Ovide and Anupreeta Das
Surface Pro: Hefty Tablet Is a Laptop Lightweight by Walter S. Mossberg

The New York Times | Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Unscripted Moments Mar Start of Iran President’s Egypt Visit by Kareem Fahim and Mavy El Sheikh
Judge Says No Delay in Trayvon Martin Case by Lizette Alvarez
British Lawmakers Vote for Gay Marriage Despite Conservative Split by John F. Burns and Alan Cowell
Study Looks At Particles Used in Food by Stephanie Strom

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Listening

Fahrenheit Project by various artists
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two Soundtrack by Alexadre Desplat

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged Chicago, Dell, Egypt, England, food, Gay Marriage, GLBT, Iran, Microsoft, murder rate, nanoparticles, Surface Pro, Trayvon Martin | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | February 5, 2013

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The Wall Street Journal | Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Dell Nears $23 Billion Deal to Go Private by Ben Worthen and Anupreeta Das
Three Publishers Back New Book-Sales Site by Jeffery A. Trachtenberg
Crash Sinks Course on Online Teaching by Douglas Belkin
Why Stress Makes You Sweat by Sumathi Reddy

Bookish

Roth’s Complaint: Elizabeth Gilbert Takes on Phillip Roth by Elizabeth Gilbert

Wired | January 2013

The Age of Insourcing by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan
The Everlasting GIF by Clive Thompson

Listening

Kumharas Ibiza, Volume 5 by various artists

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Reading and Listening | February 4, 2013

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Monday, February 4, 2013

Broad Powers Seen for Obama in Cyberstrikes by David E. Sanger and Thom Shanker
Study Discovers Internal Trigger for Panic Attack in the Previously Fearless by James Gorman

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Several Campuses Are Disrupted by Outage in Course-Management Systems by Steve Kolowich

Poetry | November 2012

The Soul by Katie Ford
Borodin by Donald Revell
The Present by Jim Harrison
The Girls of Winter by Jim Harrison

The Oxford Guide to Library Research by Thomas Mann

Listening

Reflective Frequencies by Solar Fields
Pollen by Aes Dana
Led Zeppelin I by Led Zeppelin

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Reading and Listening | February 3, 2013

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Sunday, February 3, 2013

In Hard Economy for All Ages, Older Isn’t Better…It’s Brutal by Catherine Rampell

The Economist | February 3rd – 9th, 2013

The Atlantic | December 2012

Reply to a Dead Man by Walter Mosely
The Education of Virginia Woolf by Benjamin Schwarz

Listening

SiriusXM Pops
Deeper Worlds by Mystical Sun
Hanging Masses by Cell

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged baby boomers, China, economy, Egypt, immigration, jobs, law, Law Schools, North Korea, security, Virginia Woolf | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | February 2, 2013

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Saturday, February 2, 2013

Another Reset of Relations With Russia in Obama’s Second Term by David M. Herszenhorn and Andrew E. Kramer
Students Disciplined in Harvard Scandal by Richard Pérez-Peña
Son’s Suicide Leads to Aid for Students by Kathe Zernike
Kerrey, in Reversal, Decides to Quit Job at New School by Ariel Kaminer
F.T.C. Suggests Privacy Guidelines for Mobile Apps by Edward Wyatt

The Wall Street Journal | Saturday, February 2, 2013

Amazon, Netflix Battle Over Content by Gregg Bensinger

All Things D

Twitter Hacked; 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised by Mike Isaac
Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in New Book by Tom Gara

eSecurity Planet

Oracle Responds to Java Security Flaws with 50 Fixes by Sean Michael Kerner

US Higher Education Outlook Negative in 2013 by Moody’s Investor Service

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Listening

World of Sleepers by Carbon Based Lifeforms
Inception by Hans Zimmer

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged apps, China, Eric Schmidt, FTC, Harvard, Java, Kerrey, New School, Obama, Oracle, privacy, Russia, Rutgers, security, suicide, Twitter | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | January 31, 2013

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Thursday, January 31, 2013

Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months by Nicole Perlroth
Law Schools’ Applications Fall As Costs Rise and Jobs Are Cut by Ethan Bronner
Nuclear Test Could Open Window on North Korea by David E. Sanger and William J. Broad

The Wall Street Journal | Thursday, January 31, 2013

The New Script for Teaching Handwriting Is No Script at All by Valerie Bauerlein
Risky Student Debt Is Starting to Sour by Ruth Simon and Rachel Louise Ensign

US Higher Education Outlook Negative in 2013 by Moody’s Investor Service

Listening

World of Sleepers by Carbon Based Lifeforms
Symphony Hall on SiriusXM

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged China, hackers, handwriting, higher education, Law Schools, Moody's, New York Times, North Korea, student debt | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | January 30, 2013

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Wednesday, January 30, 2013

In Renderings for a Library Landmark, Stacks of Questions, Still by Michael Kimmelman
Beijing Takes Emergency Steps to Fight Smog by Edward Wong
From Cuddly Critter to Killing Machine: Cats Are Much Deadlier Than Once Thought by Natalie Angier

The Wall Street Journal | Wednesday, January 30, 2013

How Productivity Tools Can Waste Your Time by Sue Shellenbarger

Inside Higher Ed

Another Liberal Arts Critic by Kevin Kiley
Harvard Faculty Urged to Be Clear on Student Collaboration

CNet

Firefox to block Silverlight and Java — but not Flash by Stephen Shankland

All Things D

Time Inc. Lays Off 500 (Memo) by Peter Kafka
J.J. Abrams Has a Flare-Up! (Comic) by Nitrozac and Snaggy

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Time to Catch Up by Isaac Sweeny

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Too Big to Know by David Weinberger

Listening

Future Memories by various artists
Argonautica by Koan
Chopin: Complete Nocturnes by Claudio Arrau

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged Beijing, cats, Firefox, Flash, Harvard, Java, liberal arts, library, pollution, productivity, Silverlight, students and technology, Time magazine | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | January 29, 2013

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Tuesday, January 29, 2013

As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle by Ben Sisario

The Wall Street Journal | Tuesday, January 29, 2013

For the Internet-Deprived, McDonald’s Is Study Hall by Anton Troianovski
Boy Scouts Rethink Gay Ban by Geoffrey A. Fowler and Ana Campoy
Yahoo’s Mayer Steadies Ship by Amir Erfati and John Letzing

The American Scholar

Ending Up by Michael Dirda

CNet

Apple releases iOS 6.1 with additional LTE support by Josh Lowensohn
Google: Here’s how we handle government requests about you by Shara Tibken

Inside Higher Ed

Class Size Matters by Stephen L. Benton and William H. Pallett

Listening

Sibelius: Symphonies Number 5 and 6 by Sir Colin Davis and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Under the Table and Dreaming by Dave Matthews Band

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged Apple, blogging, Boy Scouts, class size, Google, income, Internet, iOS, Marissa Mayer, McDonald's, music, privacy, royalties, WiFi, Yahoo | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | January 28, 2013

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Monday, January 28, 2013

G.O.P.’s Cantor, Looking Past Politics of Debt by Jonathan Weisman
2 Science Projects to Receive Award of a Billion Euros by James Kanter
Brain Scan of Israeli Ex-Premier Is Said to Show Activity in Response to Stimuli by Isabel Kershner
Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory by Benedict Carey
A Magazine Fixture Reimagines Its Future by Christine Haughney
Davos Forum Considers Learning’s Next Wave by Alison Smale
SiriusXM to Introduce Alternative Morning Program by Elizabeth Jensen

The Wall Street Journal | Monday, January 28, 2013

B&N Aims To Whittle Its Stores For Years by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg

City Journal

A Wealth of Words by E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

Inside Higher Ed

How Much Admission Misreporting? by Scott Jaschik

UC Berkeley News Center

Poor sleep in old age prevents the brain from storing memories by Yasmin Anwar

CNet

Office 2013 to debut tomorrow by Mary Jo Foley

Good Poems edited by Garrison Keillor

Too Big to Know by David Weinberger

The Once and Future King by T. H. White

Listening

Ambrosia by various artists
Symphony Hall on SiriuxXM
Chillout and Ambient Pieces by various artists

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged admission, aging, Barnes & Noble, Bucknell University, Eric Cantor, G.O.P., memory, Microsoft, MOOCs, Office 2013, S.A.T., SiriusXM, sleep, The New Republic, vocabulary | Leave a comment

Reading and Listening | January 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Kevin

Reading

The New York Times | Sunday, January 27, 2013

Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins: Thanks a Billion (Well, $1.1 Billion) by Michael Barbaro
Mexican Violence Prompts Self-Policing by Civilians by Karla Zabludovsky
With a Departure, a Job Is Again Redefined by Jackie Calmes
Talking, Walking Objects by Carla Diana
Revolution Hits the Universities by Thomas L. Friedman
Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel by Elizabeth Rosenthal
Successful and Schizophrenic by Elyn R. Saks
Dickens, Austen, and Twain, Viewed in a Digital Lens by Steve Lohr

Marketwatch

Four simple steps to the complete retirement by Robert Powell

BBC News

Anonymous hackers target US agency site

Architectural Digest | January 2013

Mountain Majesty by Mayer Rus, Photography by Scott Frances
Paris Match by Dana Thomas, Photography by Derry Moore

NKJV

Exodus

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Listening

Cassiopeia by Mystical Sun
Winelight by Grover Washington, Jr.
Boyce: Symphonies, op. 2 by Christopher Hogwood and The Academy of Ancient Music
Argonautica by Koan
Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails

Posted in Listening, Reading | Tagged air travel, Anonymous, Bloomberg, digital scholarship, Internet of things, investment, John Hopkins, mental health, Mexico, MOOCs, online learning, pollution, retirement | Leave a comment

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