Monthly Archives: September 2004

Banned Book Week starts Friday but I thought I’d start early, by profiling some of my favorite banned books. (The ALA has a list of the most often banned books, and of course there is the indespensable Forbidden Library, both … Continue reading →

Guardian UK: 5 Cohen’s albums regularly go to no 1 in Norway. 6 In America, his last album entered the Billboard chart at number 143. [...] 9 Cohen was 32 and an established poet and novelist before deciding that songwriting … Continue reading →

We here at Designed By Monkeys (all three of us) have decided that it’s time to make a difference. From now until Election Day we’re going to donate a portion of the profits from the sale of Che Moore shirts … Continue reading →

Lucy has never been very religious. But sometimes, she mistakes thunder for the voice of God and looks up to see why he’s woken her form a nap.

Last night, Kevin and I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. We both enjoyed it, thoroughly. I thought that it was a well done action adventure and that the digital environment helped create the fantastic-past atmosphere nicely. Most … Continue reading →

I’ve always wanted a nice, plush case of Mono. But I guess Black Death is nice, too. Link via TBogg.

Wired News: Jessmyn West is a 36-year-old librarian living in central Vermont. But she’s not your stereotypical bespectacled research maven toiling behind a reference desk and offering expert advice on microfiche. She’s a “radical librarian” who has embraced the hacker … Continue reading →

Florida Sun- Sentinel: SAN FRANCISCO — Having sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The new legislation marks the culmination of a two-year drive … Continue reading →

Is it really about partisanship? Pat Buchanan is an interesting character. We all know him as the man who praised Hitler in the 2000 campaign, who was involved with and has to this day defended the actions of the Watergate … Continue reading →

If you’re loking for a great book about information acces issues (and really, who isn’t?) I highly recomend The Anarchist int he Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System by … Continue reading →