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[links] Link salad plays at the hard case
Thousands of authors opt out of Google book settlement — The banal evil of Google, again.
Launch Pad 2010 Information: Application Window Opening Soon, Guest Instructor Announced — I did this two years ago. It was an awesome experience. Go check it out.
Enceladus is erupting! — Bad Astronomy with an interesting article and some hellacious photography from Cassini.
Convair XB-36H — From the Department of Really Bad Ideas.
Non Sequitur nails the Tea Party — And it’s not even a political comic…
The Birchers Are Real — and They’re Spectacular — More objective evidence that the conservative movement is insane. The John Birch Society is back in the mainstream.
Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions — Even more objective evidence that the conservative movement is insane. That this rhetoric is embraced, approved and gets votes is disgusting and profoundly inhumane. Sociopathic, even. I’d say “stay classy, GOP,” but I don’t have the heart to twit you guys on this piece of vile tripe. (Thanks to
?otD: Who was the comic-paper idol who let you bend the rules?
2/24/2010
Writing time yesterday: 3 hours, 40 minutes
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 7.5 (slept poorly)
This morning’s weigh-in: 228.2
Yesterday’s chemo stress index: 3/10
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Posted: 5:54 am Wed February 24 2010 |
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February 24th, 2010 at 5:21 pmTangentially related to the whole Apple/Amazon/Macmillan fiasco, I wonder if you’ve seen this. Apparently, Apple deleted a number of iPhone apps they deemed inappropriate, including some content offered by German publishers. The majority of the article concerns itself with a rather silly “Undress the page 3 girl” app, which won’t be a great loss to anyone, but buried in there is also that one of the apps Apple deleted was the digital edition of the German news magazine Stern because they disapproved of a few nude photos. Stern has featured naked women for as long as I remember; it’s nonetheless a proper news magazine.
So I wonder what this will mean for e-books and other apps offered for the iPad, particularly considering that erotica has been a driving force in the e-book market.