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Is this country great or what? Washington DC. Dupont Circle (Across from the Hilton) Universal Doghnuts

The ubiquitous blue underlined “links” that we are all familiar with are the lobotomized sprog of a once-rich typology of links that were experimented with back when “hypertext” meant more than “the web” ( See history of link types ) But even Randy Trigg’s link taxonomy looks simplistic when compared to the subtleties and complexities of the footnote… “The Footnote: A Curious History” (Anthony Grafton)

As you might imagine, a lot of discussion of politics, media, industry, etc. What I found most interesting was the discussion of the polar opposite trust models underlying academia and the internet. “Trust: ..From Socrates to Spin” (Kieron O’Hara)

Smart. Smart turning

Frost is unusual in Oxford. Clearing the windshield of our Smart Car is a doodle. Sure beats having to clear snow off of a regular sized car. I do not miss New England weather. Smartcar in the frost