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Jesse Jarnow's Frank and Earthy Blog (www.wunderkammern27.com):
… the most discerning review section in the country. o While at school in Ohio, a friend and I joked about running a pipeline from New York to bring a supply of tap water for proper pizza and bagels. Kottke looks into it. o The NYRB gets loose onWikipedia. Looking forward to sinking into this one. o With all the insidious cross-marketing, yadda yadda, sometimes it's a relief to know that the Man often still just doesn't get it. o Dmitri Nabokov is going to publish …

OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY (openanthropology.wordpress.com):
… can lead to the erosion of the accuracy of an article and even acts of repeated vandalism, as outlined in a memorable, ethnographically sensitive, piece on Wikipedia by Nicholson Baker in the 20 March, 2008, issue of The New York Review of Books (”The Charms of Wikipedia“). As Andy Guess puts it: “the site’s openness — the ability of everyone to participate, without having to identify themselves by name — leads to an erosion of accountability and, often, an increasingly shrill cacophony …

pshares blog (pshares.blogspot.com):
… Why do less and less people give a damn about literature? Maybe because the critics have demanded that any cultural artifact be evaluated politically rather than aesthetically. Scholarship means never having to admit that an aardvarkisn’ta medium-sized inflatable banana. Sometimes, I write my name on my underpants. …

Technology & Marketing Law Blog by Eric Goldman (blog.ericgoldman.org):
… up on the "Missing Wikipedians" page: a constantly updated list of those who have decided to stop contributing. It serves as a reminder that frustration at having work removed prompts many people to abandon the project." See a similar article in theNY Times Review of Books. * FTC busts Goal Financial for inadequate security practices. * The DOJ is busting people who click on a link that purportedly offered child porn, prosecuting them for attempted downloading of child porn. …

Lang dags ferd mot fnatt (arild.paraply.org):
… Popsongar bør vare i 2 m. 42 s., som The La´s - There she goes, med tilhøyrande speleliste. Meir pop: Songtekstar grafisk framstilt Ein fotograf med eit nært forhold til fisk. Ein annan fotograf med eit nært forhold til sommar. Finartikkel, ikkje i, men om Wikipedia (via H.) Til sist: Om du: a) vil sjå verdas lengste nettside b) bruke opp bandbreidda mi, eller c) beggje deler, kan du sjå på absolutt alle innlegga eg har posta frå 2004 og fram til no i omvendt kronologisk …

American Power (americanpowerblog.blogspot.com):
… But I check Wikipedia just about every day. I used to have a complex about it, as it's often criticized as not "scholarly." Now, though, I don't worry so much about gettting a bad rap from citing Wikipedia. According to Nicholson Baker, in "The Charms of Wikipedia," Sanger's online "wiki" encyclopedia's got a well-deserved reputation, and its entries are routinely the most authoritative available: Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It's fact-encirclingly huge, and it's idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, …

American Power (americanpowerblog.blogspot.com):
… But I check Wikipedia just about every day. I used to have a complex about it, as it's often criticized as not "scholarly." Now, though, I don't worry so much about gettting a bad rap from citing Wikipedia. According to Nicholson Baker, in "The Charms of Wikipedia," Sanger's online "wiki" encyclopedia's got a well-deserved reputation, and its entries are routinely the most authoritative available: Wikipedia is just an incredible thing. It's fact-encirclingly huge, and it's idiosyncratic, careful, messy, funny, …

Personal Finance (www.oreilly.com):
… The New York Review of Books — The Charms of Wikipedia— "Now there's a quicker path to proficiency: John Broughton's Wikipedia: The Missing Manual," writes Nicholson Baker. "This Missing Manual helps you avoid beginners' blunders and gets you sounding like a pro from your first edit." …

www.literaryagenda.com (www.literaryagenda.com):
… repeating phrases, cutting out Churchill speeches, Howard Schoenfeld, trying to squeeze invents into an impacted timeline, sources, Baker’s father, the Treaty of Versailles, imbuing a history with a cast of characters, Roosevelt, Victor Klemperer,“The Charms of Wikipedia,”how text informs perspective, Human Smoke as a pointillism of fact, text as a mutable medium, the footnotes in The Mezzanine …  Source www.literaryagenda.com …

The Bat Segundo Show (www.edrants.com):
… repeating phrases, cutting out Churchill speeches, Howard Schoenfeld, trying to squeeze invents into an impacted timeline, sources, Baker’s father, the Treaty of Versailles, imbuing a history with a cast of characters, Roosevelt, Victor Klemperer,“The Charms of Wikipedia,”how text informs perspective, Human Smoke as a pointillism of fact, text as a mutable medium, the footnotes in The Mezzanine, traps within the text, form and content, the dialogue-only books (Vox and …

I'M SIGNIFICANT!...screamed the dust speck (thiagarajan.tumblr.com):
… —Nicholson Baker(who was great last night at NYPL Live) (via christmasgorilla) aah….friends…:)  …

LifeEIGO@fuitsu.tumblr.com (fuitsu.tumblr.com):
… —Nicholson Baker(who was great last night at NYPL Live) (via christmasgorilla) …

the.effing.librarian (effinglibrarian.blogspot.com):
… you're so clever and everybody loves you." And sometime the real me believes. Because the virtual me is so powerful. I'm a god in the virtual world. Computers allow me to alter my identity, influence others and kill ogres. But there's more. I saw thislove letter to Wikipedia …

digithek (digithek.kaywa.com):
… (April 2008) berichtet von Vandalismus (dieser sei nur möglich, wenn die Qualität grundsätzlich stimme), Löschgemeinschaften und anderem mehr zur Wikipedia. Dieser Beitrag im Du-Magazin ist wohl eine Übersetzung aus der New York Review of Books:The Charms of Wikipedia. …

Cheeky Thoughts (cheekythoughts.tumblr.com):
… —Nicholson Baker(who was great last night at NYPL Live) (via christmasgorilla) …

... (unclegrandpapants.com):
… christmasgorilla)  that’s great. i really like nicholson baker’s writing - i’d definitely recommend the mezzanine - it’s short, funny & chock-full of great observations. on the webs, check outthis piece on wikipedia or this interview in salon.  …

tangolog (lanlan.tumblr.com):
… &#8220 I mean… the reason I don’t blog is that it’s inherently self-promotional and I want to maintain the fiction of humility. ”Nicholson Baker(who was great last night at NYPL Live) (via christmasgorilla) …

christmasgorilla - { chris muscarella } (christmasgorilla.com):
… “I mean… the reason I don’t blog is that it’s inherently self-promotional and I want to maintain the fiction of humility.” -Nicholson Baker(who was great last night at NYPL Live) …

hcplc=Lib 2.0 (hcplclib20.blogspot.com):
… Take a look Nicholson Baker's latest -The Charms of Wikipedia …

Kevin Smokler (www.kevinsmokler.com):
… For someone who's been known to spend a weekend finding the perfect album art for his iTunes library, I relate. And concur. Nicholson Baker was the first real big author I ever met way back in 2001. This piece reminded me why I continue to like him.Read it please. It is good. …