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12:51 pm Thu
Jun 13, 2013
We just released Boing Boing's first short ebook, Mark Dery's "All The Young Dudes: Why Glam Matters," and the feedback has been terrific. Mr. Dery was just a guest on New Hampshire Public Radio's "Word of Mouth" show talking about this subculture that served as a glitter bomb of fashion and attitude and briefly relieved the malaise of the '70s. You can hear the interview here, read a free excerpt to whet your whistle, or take the plunge and buy the ebook for just $2.99 from Amazon.
Listen to the wonderful outsider musician Daniel Johnston, who died last week, cover The Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows.” The cover was included on the 2006 compilation “Do It Again: A Tribute to Pet Sounds.” (via r/ObscureMedia)
Johnny Cash died September 12, 2003, age 71.
Pussy Riot uploaded its latest video to YouTube, called “1937.” The description included the lyrics: Comrade Major, your torture is skillful I continue to insult your feelings with a shocker in the temple in my head empty tasty my life crunches sad 1-9-3-7 I myself I myself eat 1-9-3-7 I am afraid I am afraid […]
Breaking into the big leagues as a project manager isn’t done overnight, but there are principles that anyone can learn, and they’re applicable to nearly any business. No matter what your field, if there are multiple teams working toward a common goal, you’re going to need a roadmap. The Project Management Professional Certification Training Suite […]
On the one hand, nostalgia is “a corruption of the historical impulse,” according to William Gibson. On the other hand, “Super Mario Bros.” will never not be cool. Luckily, there’s a way to satisfy that retro gaming while still keeping an eye on the future: The GameShell Kit. This thing is simultaneously the last handheld […]
The field of data analytics can get intimidating, even for business professionals who constantly rely on it. But at its heart, its purpose is to simplify. To take mounds of information and distill their insights into a single clear picture. Currently, the go-to software for painting that picture is Tableau. And if you want to […]
