pureinformation.org http://pureinformation.org timothy vollmer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ iPhone 3g availability mashup http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/17/iphone-3g-availability-mashup/ http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/17/iphone-3g-availability-mashup/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:15:38 +0000 timothy vollmer http://pureinformation.org/?p=99 Someone alerted me to this site that helps fanatic iPhone seekers find that holy grail. Pretty awesome, and pretty sad that Apple can’t seem to stock the phone when people have been trying in vain to throw their money at it. Apparently the closest black 16gb iPhone to me (Washington DC) is at the SoHo store in New York City (231 miles). Well done, Apple.

]]> http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/17/iphone-3g-availability-mashup/feed/ America’s Libraries in the 21st Century… http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/07/americas-libraries-in-the-21st-century/ http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/07/americas-libraries-in-the-21st-century/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:51:11 +0000 timothy vollmer http://pureinformation.org/?p=96 …don’t need things like this.

or this…

American Library Association on Flickr | CC BY-NC-SA

Librarians have been complaining for years about how their image is portrayed in popular culture. Maybe they should do something about it and not exacerbate ridiculous stereotypes supported by things like cute shushing librarian action figures and frivilous book cart drill teams. I don’t think these things are funny or entertaining. But here is something funny–I’m not a librarian.

]]> http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/07/americas-libraries-in-the-21st-century/feed/ Mogwai tickets $95? http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/02/mogwai-tickets-95/ http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/07/02/mogwai-tickets-95/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:34:41 +0000 timothy vollmer http://pureinformation.org/?p=93

Is this a joke? I’ve seen Sonic Youth for $20 in Chicago and am going to see My Bloody Valentine in San Francisco for far less than this.

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]]> http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/06/28/la-zipcars/feed/ CC Case Studies Out and About http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/06/26/cc-case-studies-out-and-about/ http://pureinformation.org/archives/2008/06/26/cc-case-studies-out-and-about/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:09:53 +0000 timothy vollmer http://pureinformation.org/?p=90 While it’s been blogged and twittered to death (in a good way!), direct your Interweb browser to the Creative Commons Case Studies page to check out some great example of how free culture community members are using Creative Commons licenses in some really rad projects. CC recently announced the launch of the initiative, which consists of a user-driven semantic wiki that makes it easy for the diverse group of creators and supporters to share their stories of CC-powered projects. The Case Studies project benefits many different groups: creators can share and promote CC projects, new members can use the case studies as a springboard for innovative remixes and other original work (hopefully also released under a CC license), and the CC movement can continue to grow and support its mission to spread the word of reasonable, human-ified copyright licensing and access to creative culture.

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