Author Archives: Kerry

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Google: Don’t be creepy

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Kerry

This past week Apple released Safari 5, which features a non-distracting, ad-blocking reader mode and an overdue but most-welcome support for extensions. Safari 5 also offers a choice of search engines, so although I have no Microsoft software installed on … Continue reading →

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Collecting Galileo

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Kerry

The BBC this week is covering how the Galileo museum in Florence has enhanced their Galileo collection: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10281535.stm The museum has long had a Galileo finger on display near the entrance — now they have more! A tooth and a … Continue reading →

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Baroillet manuscript

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Kerry

Originally posted at ouhos.org, the now-discontinued blog of the OU History of Science Collections. Neither this post nor any of its content should be taken as an official communication of the University of Oklahoma. This recently-acquired manuscript is a report … Continue reading →

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Accordance for OS X

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Kerry

One of the joys of my daily life is Accordance, the premier software platform for study of the Bible and ancient religious texts. Accordance offers a vast digital library at your fingertips, with impressive e-book features (video). But Accordance is … Continue reading →

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Listening long

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Kerry

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Cicero Relationships between persons depend upon the art of listening. Listening to music, poetry, and even works of art is deeply personal. The same is true for books. The … Continue reading →

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Melville and Mortality

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Kerry

“Call me Ishmael” is not how Moby Dick begins. Rather, the work opens with a scene of dusty old books, pervaded by a sense of mortality, followed by extracts “toward a Cetacean taxonomy” supplied by a “sub-sub-Librarian.” As a curator … Continue reading →

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Google as Big Brother

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Kerry

I’m becoming less and less happy with Google every day, it seems. Here’s the latest on Google as Big Brother: New York Times Wall Street Journal This snooping unaccountability raises scandalous to a whole new level. Also, I can’t ignore … Continue reading →

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For a friend who has lost an animal companion

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Kerry

I wrote the following email in 2006 to a family who were devastated by the loss of a beloved dog. I have changed the original recipient’s name to K, and the name of the dog to B. Subject: not without … Continue reading →

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