February 2011
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Digital Dark Age →
bestofwikipedia:
The Digital Dark Age is a term used to describe a possible future situation where it will be difficult or impossible to read historical documents, because they have been stored in an obsolete digital format.The name derives from the Dark Ages in the sense that there would then be a relative lack of written record. (via wannabegaz)
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Things of 2010
Just a few entertainment things I enjoyed most in 2010 (from terrible memory).
BOOKS:
On the Road by Jack Kerouac ; Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson
Food of the Gods by HG Wells ; The Catcher in the Rye by JD Sallinger (yes, I just read this)
MUSIC:
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Menomena - Mines
mgmt - Congratulations
Also: The National, Junip,...
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Islomania →
bestofwikipedia:
Islomania is a craze for or a strong attraction to islands. The condition was first identified by British writer Lawrence Durrell in his book Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953). In a letter to a friend Durrell wrote: “Islomania is a rare affliction of spirit. There are people who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are in a little world surrounded...