It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
C.S. Lewis
Author: coffeehousejunkie
// just returned from the BMCM+AC poetry reading wordfest event… two hours until the next reading at jubilee…
// drunk on sufi poetry from the reading/performance by Thomas Rain Crowe & Coleman Barks… the hangover should be delicious…
// so when the asheville police showed up at the bobo gallery, i told j- d- ‘now this is what i call a poetry reading’ …
According to ABC, for 395 newspapers reporting this spring, daily circulation fell 7% to 34,439,713 copies, compared with the same March period in 2008.
// you’re a coworker, not my friend. happy friday…
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my library fine is over eight dollars… maybe i should just buy the book…
How greenhouse gas does the IT industry generate?
“the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines – about 2% of global CO2 emissions” (via the times)1
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1) The Sunday Times, accessed April 28, 2009, http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece (page no longer available)
How Big Is Magazine’s Carbon Footprint?
“Each month’s issue of DISCOVER in this process, transportation included, releases the equivalent of 170 tons of CO2 , whereas recycled magazines—only a small portion of the total—produce about 6 tons. Beyond reducing greenhouse gases, recycling saves about 1,000 pounds of solid waste, some 10,000 gallons of water, and 17 million Btu of energy per ton of paper. Furthermore, two tons of trees per ton of paper remain standing due to recycling”1
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1) Jennifer Barone, Amber Fields, Karen Rowan, and Jessica Marshall, “How Big Is DISCOVER’s Carbon Footprint?” April 21, 2008, Discover Magazine, accessed April 28, 2009, https://www.discovermagazine.com/how-big-is-discovers-carbon-footprint-16252
Is print media dead?
“Newspapers must become digital enterprises, even if they choose to continue to print on some days or on every day of the week” (via Martin Langeveld) 1 2
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1) Michael Josefowicz, “The Fallacy of the ‘Print Is Dead’ Meme,” April 27, 2009, Mediashift, accessed April 28, 2009, https://mediashift.org/2009/04/the-fallacy-of-the-print-is-dead-meme117/
2) Martin Langeveld, “Newspapers must grow their online news market share. Can they?,” April 16, 2009, Nieman Lab, accessed April 6, 2026, https://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/newspapers-must-grow-their-online-news-market-share-can-they/
Calculate your blog or website’s carbon footprint
What’s Your Blog’s Carbon Footprint?1
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1) Kristen Nicole, “What’s Your Blog’s Carbon Footprint?,”November 8, 2007, Mashable, accessed April 28, 2009, https://mashable.com/archive/co2stats-project-widget (widget does not seem to be active)
How much CO2 is released in a Google search?
“Each google search lets out 7 gram of CO2. A kettle of boiling water required for a cup of tea leaves 15 gram. That means two google searches are equal to a cup of tea.” (via Alex Wissner Gross)1
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1) “The Google Footprint,” A Brief History of Life, accessed April 28, 2009, https://abriefhistoryoflife.tumblr.com/post/70656966/the-google-footprint
Field notes
// somedays, i can go a whole day at the office without saying a few dozen words to coworkers or clients… i don’t do this intentionally… it’s just part of being involved in special projects… maybe it’s the whole out-of-site-out-of-mind equation… & it’s not that i’m goofing off… working on a design for sales sheet promoting new media advertising opportunities… still, if i knew it was going to be this dull today, i would have taken a personal day & worked in the garden…
corn, tomato and sundry seedlings come forth
but don’t plant the corn & tomato next to each other in the garden… they are not companion plants & may harm each other’s growth if planted close together…
spinach seedlings
pea seedlings break forth
Do you read poetry?
“In 2002, 12% of adults read poetry. 2008 it’s 8.3%.” 1
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1) The Chronicle of Higher Education, accessed April 23, 2009, https://www.chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/article/?id=1312&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en (page no longer available)
// ‘Twitter is a note-taking technology, end of story.’ (http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-other-half-writes-in-defense-of.html)…
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is it possible to have a literary hangover? i’m thinking in extended metaphors while drinking bold coffee from my new french press…
GPOYW – backyard earth tent edition
made from tree trimmings, old tarp, & t-shirt scraps
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coming up on the 3-year anniversary of 1st publishing effort… almost 10,000 books sold…
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read a german sonnet from the sixteenth century during lunch… it was delicious… i’ll have some russian stanzas for dessert…
You are not your device
the experience we’re having right now is less interesting than what we’ll tweet about it later
fluffynotes: somethingchanged: topherchris: Renny Gleeson breaks down our always-on social world — where the experience we’re having right now is less interesting than what we’ll tweet about it later. Ted Talk
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