Roger Green: a librarian's life, deconstructed.
The metamessage received may be, “She doesn’t think I know how to dress myself, take care of myself.”
Chris wants to know:
How do you smooth over rough edges with friends? Do you ignore it, broach the subject, etc.?
It depends on what the topic is. Next question.
OK. But it’s true. What’s the issue at stake? Sometimes, you just let it go, and sometimes you say something. If you say something, you need to use Continue reading “Smoothing over rough edges with friends”
Edwatd Snowden seemed to be just a guy who believed that the Constitution of the United States was being violated by its very government.
Chris has thought about Julian Assange a lot more than I have:
What drove Julian Assange to start WikiLeaks? Do you think he’s white, gray or black hat? Has your opinion of Assange or Snowden changed at all due to the leaks and Russian involvement?
I’m going to assume Assange started Wikileaks for the reason he said he started it. From a recent Bloomberg story I can’t locate presently:
“A decade ago, when Assange founded WikiLeaks, it was a very different organization. As Raffi Khatchadourian reported in a 2010 New Yorker profile, Assange told potential collaborators in 2006, ‘Our primary targets are those highly oppressive regimes in China, Russia and Central Eurasia, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the West who wish to reveal illegal or immoral behavior in their own governments and corporations.’ Continue reading “Julian Assange and Edward Snowden”
Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s leftist president, seemed to bask in Assange’s bad-boy glow.
Chris asked in the previous round of Ask Roger Anything, albeit not until December:
Have you ever wondered why Assange is in the Ecuadorian embassy or all those fake news places are registered to Columbia? Don’t those seem like weirdly arbitrary choices?
Why Ecuador’s embassy?
Let’s take the Colombian connection first. The two-letter Internet domain for Colombia is .co, which looks a whole lot like .com or some new generic top-level domain. Go Daddy has put on the big push advertising these new domains Continue reading “The Internet domain of Colombia”
I really like a good Second Act story, and the George Takei narrative is that.
Chris is mixing it up! “It’s not really a traditional style ‘Ask Roger Anything’ question, but can you do a post on George Takei?”
To be honest, when you asked the question, I didn’t have all that much to say. Subsequently, there’s been a bit more.
Let me start with the original Star Trek (1966-1969). I was not a big fan, but my father was. Continue reading “George Takei”
I do have affection for Chester A. Arthur.
More Ask Roger Anything questions from Chris:
How do you explain to your daughter how to vet sources?
It must be from example. Just recently, my daughter said, of a tabloid cover in the supermarket, “Cher isn’t really dying, is she?” We watch a couple news networks, plus Comedy Central, not every day, but often enough, so she can clearly see that shows often offer different emphases.
In your opinion, is Wikipedia a reliable source?
Continue reading “Music and communication”