Cambridge author Anita Harris is glad that Halloween skeleton at Compaq computer is located on the Cambridge Innovation Center’s 5th floor, and not on unnamed floor where she often works–dubbed “elderhostel.”
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Guest Post: Mark Orton on Metadata, the Government and You
Mark Orton, our friend and former Cantabridgian, now living in Hudson, NY (aka Cambridge on the Hudson), suggests that the government is not being straightforward about how the multitude of data it is collecting is being used. He recommends a new tool called “Immersion” with which you can check out just how easy it is to compile and understand your own metadata.
Climbing the walls–literally–at CIC Party in Somerville
Journalist/Producer Bill Lichtenstein Wins Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism
Our friend Bill Lichtenstein has won a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for “A Terrifying Way to Discipline Chlldren,” an Op Ed piece he wrote for the September 8, 2012 New York Times. Lichtenstein, an investigative journalist and filmmaker, exposed the largely unknown use of seclusion rooms and physical restraints in schools across the country.
My first e-book purchase: Out for Blood…on Vampires, of all things!
Cambridge author Anita Harris on friend Margot Adler’s new book on current fascination with vampires, which explores issues of power, politics, morality, identity, and even the fate of the planet.
Harvard Square Stay-cation
Acupuncturists offer free trauma treatment in Marathon bombing aftermath
Anita Harris reports that Boston area acupuncturists are offering free services to help minimize post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in aftermath of Marathon bombing.