Nazis, and then DDR commies, commandeer Jewish condom empire

This is an interesting book review in the Berlin Review of Books, and an opportunity for a blog post title that will appeal to search engines.

Fromms: Wie der jüdische Kondomfabrikant Julius F. unter die deutschen Räuber fiel The Great Rubber Robbery: How Julius Fromm’s Condom Empire Fell to the Nazis  

Pullman's defense of libraries makes NYT editorial!!!

Reading list on technology criticism

Critical perspectives on science and technology - a reading list.

Interactive map: American adults with college degrees

A cautionary tale for overeager weeders

A rousing defense of libraries by Philip Pullman led me (via the comments) to this post at I love Franklin Ave. blog
It may well be apocryphal, but it's a charming tale that makes a point nonetheless.

Library City

LibraryCity

Toward a universal national digital library system with public governance - blog with lots of interesting stuff! The introductory post explains what it's all about.

Vive la différence

A glossary by Schott (he of Schott's Miscellany) of "arcane national caricatures from writers curiously fascinated with difference."

Great "books on wheels" accessory

Nothing warms the heart of a librarian like an invention - however primitive - that encourages people to read more. Can also be used for writing - and notice that it does not interfere with the action of the steering wheel. Ingenious!

Internet gains on TV as main news source

from PEW

Detroit in ruins - extraordinary photographs

Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre 

Gallery

A thing or two about N.American dialects

Philip Zimbardo on how perspectives of time affect work, health, relationships and well-being.

10 well-spent minutes:  Philip Zimbardo on how perspectives of time affect work, health, relationships and well-being.

2011 book preview

From The Millions, a month by month preview of books in the year to come. I look forward to David Bezmozgis's first novel.