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Category: Bleeding Edge

Technology and science related posts are included in this category.

Information Revolution

December 9, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge

The Information Revolution The Reference Shelf, v.65, no. 5 1995 Submitter: We’re slowly working our way through the social sciences section, and I hit a set of shelves that had some of the most outdated and useless books I’d seen

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take better pictures

Say Cheese!

December 4, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge

Take Better Pictures: The Kodak Library of Creative Photography Eastman Kodak Company 1983 Submitter: I was helping a patron today who was looking for books in our photography section and I came across a series of books by Kodak from

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communicate online

Kids and Computers

November 25, 2010 Mary Kelly Bleeding Edge, For the Kids

Communicate Online Rooney 2004 This had a grand total of ZERO circs and it really isn’t that great for content either.  No mention of issues of copyright.  No real discussion of safety other than a comment: “if you see something

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wordstar

Ye Olde Word Processor

November 9, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge

Beacham’s WordStar Professional 5.0 Handbook Beacham 1989 Submitter: If you can’t remember WordStar, that’s because it was a word processor that was available for DOS and had its last release, which was for Windows 3.0, in 1991. (Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar for

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senses

Something Different: A Science Book Disclaimer

October 23, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge

Our Senses and How They Work Zim [1956, 1965] Submitter: I was amazed to see that a school, even a private one, had gone to the trouble to make a stamp expressing this position so plainly.  Perhaps I am just

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Time Bomb 2000

Y2K

July 24, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge, But it's Historical!

Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Means to You! Yourdon 1998 Thank you, submitter, for another look at Y2K.  We had another Y2K submission a while back.  Read all about it here! This was favorably reviewed by Library Journal, and

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TV Repair

TV Repair

June 17, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge, Home and Garden

Practical Handbook of TV Repairs Margolis 1969 Submitter:  This book may once have been handy and up-to-date, but now in 2010, I doubt it is of much use! Holly: If you have a TV this old, I wonder how difficult

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Living in the Future

Living in the Future

May 26, 2010 Holly Bleeding Edge

2010: Living in the Future Hoyle 1973 This is one of my favorite submissions!  Libraries that own this were probably waiting until 2010 to weed it. Some concepts in this book are actually not far off of the truth: ordering

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