Just booked to see Mark Knopfler. This is very exciting in my world.

Open Access needs terminology to distinguish between funding models: Platinum OA/Gold NON-APC http://bit.ly/Oz2wac #OA

Do any of my followers use bitcoin? (and would you like to sell me a small number?)

“@carenmilloy RT @KUnlatched: Humanities left behind in the dash for open access from @ResFortnight http://bit.ly/SZ8qpn #oapenuk”

Some very humorous pirate book tweets coming from @waynegooderham this morning :)

An extremely powerful must-read piece examining academic research on undetected rapists http://bit.ly/gFtaUe

Harvard University probes plagiarism outbreak involving 125 students... On a politics course - http://gu.com/p/3a5xm

Bradley Manning trial date set for February 2013 - http://gu.com/p/3a5vz

Twitter allows advertisers to target users directly in bid to increase profits - http://gu.com/p/3a5xa

"Sorry, the Paralympic spirit insults disabled people like me" http://gu.com/p/3a4h4

OK, just found "Multisite" mode and ProfHacker article. Tips still welcome, though.

Anybody who has used class blogging (Wordpress): recommendations for managing users/installations? (will be on own domain/server)

Just been reading @samplereality's "Pedagogy and Class Blog" and starting to think about using class blogs this term http://bit.ly/7qTnas

Sod's law. I end up teaching the term that involves Paradise Lost for 6 weeks, rather than the one that does Beckett's Godot :p

"Only 1/5 of HSS academics regard it as acceptable for academic publishers to make a profit that is not reinvested in their disciplines."

OAPEN-UK in the THE this week (I'm on advisory board): http://bit.ly/NYl32Y

Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/h9fPeJWShvY/misunderstanding-of-prior-art-may-have-led-to-apple-samsung-verdict

People of the abyss - http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2012/08/people-of-the-abyss.html

I suspect the Scholarly Kitchen article on book chapters to be highly discipline specific. Still well used in my field.

Oh for crying out loud. Osborne just used phrase "wealth creators". Do we have to go over who they create wealth for again?

Jimmy Wales on citing Wikipedia (undergrads NB): "Citing an encyclopedia at University level is not appropriate" http://b.qr.ae/PPTbdR

Another great anti-ATOS post http://ind.pn/PMO3JG

Judith Butler: ‘I affirm a Judaism that is not associated with state violence’ http://bit.ly/QK87bJ

Don't Build a Database of Ruin - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/niuFJevLImE/dont-build-a-database-of-ruin

... and I've fixed the fence, re-cemented the front steps and read some Hardt and Negri #goodday

Dead chuffed: bloke on exercise bike next to me waited 5 mins extra just sitting there so he could congratulate me on my hardcore workout.

NHS franchising: the toxic world of globalised healthcare is upon us http://gu.com/p/3a2dp

The signature of power (2012) - http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/28/the-signature-of-power/

Man With World's Deepest Voice Can Hit Infrasonic Notes - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Hwh5VTBBh6g/man-with-worlds-deepest-voice-can-hit-infrasonic-notes

Cannabis more damaging to under-18s, first convincing study suggests http://gu.com/p/3a2hk

“@commentisfree The #Atos Games will showcase disabled people's anger at #Paralympic sponsors http://bit.ly/RomYgq”

Coalition 'most unlikely' to meet key economic goals by next election - http://gu.com/p/3a277

Had a fine bank holiday, strolling on the beach - with ice cream!

“@BobEaglestone Totally agree with all this RT @normblog: 11 reasons for *still* being interested in the Holocaust. http://bit.ly/NWa85D”

Stop the inclusion of proprietary licenses (NC, ND) in Creative Commons 4.0 - http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2012/08/stop-inclusion-of-proprietary-licenses.html

Paul Auster on Winter Journal - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/paul-auster-on-winter-journal.html

Ludwig Wittgenstein and Architecture - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/ludwig-wittgenstein-haus-architecture.html

Apple v. Samsung Jurors Speak, Skipped Prior Art For "Bogging Us Down" - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7QT5ipyPfdo/apple-v-samsung-jurors-speak-skipped-prior-art-for-bogging-us-down

The hurricane is a sign from god that she doesn't want a Republican elected ;)

Hollande's definition of "solidarity" seems to be "only in words" http://bit.ly/TcqGra

Gambia executes nine prisoners http://gu.com/p/3axp5

Samuel Beckett the Sportsman - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/samuel-beckett-sport-endurance-james-knowlson.html

W. G. Sebald on Writing, Memory and Modern Culture - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/wg-sebald-amazon-interview.html

Sebastian Kügler: Best practises for writing defensive publications - http://vizZzion.org/blog/2012/08/best-practises-for-writing-defensive-publications/

Astronaut Neil Armstrong Has Died - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/nLM_WbuTqUU/astronaut-neil-armstrong-has-died

Martine Franck: photographer of Foucault (1938-2012) - http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/26/martine-franck

Will Your Books and Music Die With You? - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/jBdrtw27sEU/will-your-books-and-music-die-with-you

Jaw hits floor. Yes, I can still see IMF's long-term "restructuring" game, but they now advise delaying austerity. http://bit.ly/PifPuB

I wrote about Parade's End on my MA... Can barely remember it now and had ambivalent feelings about it at the time.

Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford - http://gu.com/p/39q93

Black teenager who has been stopped 50 times plans to sue Met police for harassment http://gu.com/p/3axjk

Also, you can forgive me: I haven't said anything else about that book the whole time it's been out ;)

Very interesting (and distressing) account of normalisation of abuse through fictional narrative of sliding consent in S&M.

Initial response to feminist book burning of 50SoG was: isn't it consensual (as per last para)? This comment though...: http://bit.ly/NlWE7t

On metrics, alt- and otherwise: http://bit.ly/QyiTBG by @ernestopriego

Finally setting up text replacements for authors with accents: China Miéville (!) http://bit.ly/1a7STm

“@commentisfree If you want a peaceful death you may have to plan for it | @sarahditum http://gu.com/p/3ax5q/tw”

Any of my followers on http://app.net, you can find me at http://bit.ly/Pgqhmt

“@KL_Wheat "#ECRchat: Defining Success Outside of Academia 23rd Aug 2012" http://sfy.co/l65I”

‘No One Is Illegal!’ Resistance and the Politics of Discomfort (2012) - http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/24/no-one-is-illegal/

France's top diplomatic priority is universal ban on death penalty. A good thing! http://wapo.st/MOLBCg

Searching Through the Ashes of an Exploded Life: A review of the David Foster Wallace Biography by D. T. Max http://nyti.ms/MOupwO

I have spent all day so far clearing out emails and admin tasks that accrued from a few days holiday.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Live Stage Version at the ICA http://bit.ly/O9uwTi #theatre

In a few weeks, now: Teaching in a room in the morning. Having my viva in the same room in the afternoon. Gulp. Weird.

I'm attending the 2012 CrossRef Annual Meeting. It's free and might be of interest: http://conta.cc/MQpIie @ernestopriego

Hola #ecrchat -- associate lecturer/tutor at Sussex in Eng. Lit. Awaiting viva. Will chip in where I can.

The real problem with this mode of "curbing grade inflation" http://bit.ly/MO5ARE #English #GCSEs #marking

English Literature and Language GCSEs marked down to curb grade inflation, say teachers http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/aug/22/english-gcses-marked-down-teachers

"Windows 8 comes out in just under two months - it’ll be available from October 16th. You should not buy it." http://www.pcgamesn.com/article/why-i-m-uninstalling-windows-8

Amateur restoration of priceless fresco didn't quite work out: http://bbc.in/TV3uzK

OK, I take it back (a bit). This year's correspondence from @tvlicensing, which arrived today, seemed more civil than I remember.

If you like prog metal, you should definitely get to my brother's band's gig at the Islington Academy next month #plug http://bit.ly/PCXTvi

Phew! Back from a lovely holiday in Yorkshire. Whitby last 2 days was fab.

“@LSEImpactBlog We need to say yes to academic self-publishing but senior academics must lead http://bit.ly/N5Euki” < really not convinced

After Hacker Exposes Hotel Lock Insecurity, Lock Firm Asks Hotels To Pay For Fix - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/M-ZHJLfjscw/after-hacker-exposes-hotel-lock-insecurity-lock-firm-asks-hotels-to-pay-for-fix

Neoliberalism as discourse: Between Foucauldian political economy and Marxian poststructuralism (2012) - http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/22/neoliberalism/

David Tucker on Samuel Beckett - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/samuel-beckett-arnold-geulincx-david-tucker.html

Behind the Paralympics, the reality for disabled people in Britain 2012 - http://gu.com/p/39pnx

a note on the subsumption of academic labour by @HallyMk1 - http://www.richard-hall.org/2012/08/20/a-note-on-the-subsumption-of-academic-labour/

Oli Warner: Why you should never log in with your Facebook account just to read news - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OliUbuntu/~3/V874xnNJ_Hk/

Has François Hollande gone from being Mr Normal to Mr Neoliberal? http://gu.com/p/39p5b

Finland Hosts Mobile Phone Throwing Championships - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/x4fqXXflMpM/finland-hosts-mobile-phone-throwing-championships

Research, practice, and the space between: Care of the self within neoliberalized institutions (2012) - http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/20/research-practice

“@avoiding_bears And here's post #1: Reading lists, and how to wrangle them... http://wp.me/P1uq4f-aS”

“@avoiding_bears Been writing some sage advice for future undergraduates... ahem, yes. Introduction here: http://wp.me/P1uq4f-b5”

Grant Gee on Sebald and Joy Division - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/grant-gee-wg-sebald-patience-documentary.html

Walking in the Footsteps of W. G. Sebald - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/wg-sebald-grant-gee-walking-footsteps.html

Have you heard the one about rape? On the escalation of rape "jokes" in comedy http://gu.com/p/39zng

eBay Bans the Sale of Spells and Magic Items - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/yBadaMOTasI/ebay-bans-the-sale-of-spells-and-magic-items

Is MySQL Slowly Turning Closed Source? - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/rpN414kC2Yw/is-mysql-slowly-turning-closed-source

David Cronenberg on Cosmopolis, DeLillo and Robert Pattinson - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/david-cronenberg-robert-pattinson-interview-cosmopolis.html

South African police shoot dead striking miners - http://gu.com/p/39z3d

Hello #ecrchat! I'm post-submission, pre-viva Eng. lit Ph.D. candidate. Associate tutor and lecturer. Will be listening in while working.

Any #phdadvice from those on #phdchat, #ecrchat or elsewhere on preparing/revising for your viva most welcome!

For those who'd like an explanation of that reference: http://bit.ly/Oiovzv

Right, enough congratulating these A-Level types, I'm off to the library. If they know what's good for them, they will be too! :P

Good to see an impartial, disempowered voice that we rarely hear in UK HE writing for @guardian this morning on A-Levels. David Willetts.

“@GlobalChronicle The future of peer review in the humanities: http://bit.ly/MyVROU” < I remain undecided on this

John Minihan's best photograph: Samuel Beckett in Paris http://gu.com/p/39mnn/tw

Boris Johnson: "The way to get business really motoring in the UK is to cut taxes, cut regulation" -- heard that one before.

Really struggling to enjoy Mitchell's Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Definitely feels like a letdown.

What http://app.net has to teach scholarly publishing: altruism has been forgotten and everything is a "product" http://bit.ly/OrWmM9

As I predicted [ http://bit.ly/OuZpTP ], academic libraries now being outsourced along with everything else #uklibchat http://bit.ly/OuZqXM

Current incarnation of my blog now 5 years old. First post was a generic XBL stub I wrote to load javascript http://bit.ly/N2RuqR

Just bought tickets to stage adaptation of David Foster Wallace's "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" at the ICA. Hope they do it justice.

Ayn Rand "is easily mocked -- and rightly so". John Gray for @newstatesman http://bit.ly/c4ddy2 via @philosophybites

and yes, yes, I'd be all for nationalisation etc.

This idea that companies bid to run transport is bizarre. Why not select the co that might most benefit passengers, rather than who can pay?

Assange granted asylum. Queue both valid and hideously invalid arguments from both sides. One side also misogynist, though.

What http://app.net has to teach scholarly publishing: altruism has been forgotten and everything is a "product" http://bit.ly/OrWmM9

Extremely pleased to announce that, alongside archiving in @ClockssArchive, Orbit will also be stored in the Global LOCKSS Network!

Waiting for an imminent call from the @ClockssArchive to do final tech setup for digital preservation of Orbit...

Very annoying that Twitter *continues* to send its "digest emails" to me. I've "unsubscribed" about 4 times now.

“@readywriting "I'm not paying you for your opinion!" Hey, the students are back... http://bit.ly/MtYDoL #highered #loveHE #cndpse”

“@dkernohan Blog post: Pearson – and a thought experiment http://goo.gl/fb/RTndN”

Paul Ryan sold shares on same day as private briefing of banking crisis http://gu.com/p/39yyf

“@benshowers The Forever Decline: Academia’s Monograph Crisis: http://bit.ly/R9g8gW (via @carenmilloy)”

“@Protohedgehog Enjoy your PhD, don't endure it http://wp.me/p2C0bz-13 HT @DamaraKautz via @kyliesoanes #phdchat” #phdadvice

W. G. Sebald on History, Memory and Austerlitz - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/wg-sebald-last-interview-austerlitz.html

Spent much of today alleviating my online paranoia by setting up LastPass and >17 character passwords on all the sites I use. Phew.

I just backed http://App.net -- a plan to re-do a Twitter-esque platform the way it should have been: open. http://bit.ly/LTH3LL

Brief reference to Pynchon's Against the Day in this piece on daughter of Charles Manson's right-hand man http://bit.ly/OhLq3v

Rootbeer GPU Compiler Lets Almost Any Java Code Run On the GPU - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/FdfGcyyFh0M/rootbeer-gpu-compiler-lets-almost-any-java-code-run-on-the-gpu

"Not on Facebook? What kind of sad sicko are you?" http://gu.com/p/39kgn

Mitt Romney's capture by the far right plays into Obama's hands http://gu.com/p/39kjd

I really hope @liannedemello has seen @PaulRyanGosling !

The Blue Velvet Project - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/david-lynch-blue-velvet-project-film-review.html

Samuel Beckett's Poetry - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/samuel-beckett-collected-poems-lawlor-pilling.html

The best parodies of the Duffy Olympic poem: http://storify.com/helenlewis/the-best-parodies-of-carol-ann-duffy-s-olympic-poe

Get Google to pay their fair share of tax - sign the petition now http://38d.gs/google-tax @38_degrees #taxdodging #google

Profit and PR are the real enemies of innovation http://gu.com/p/39kgj

3:AM Magazine: New Look - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/3am-magazine-new-look-design.html

Reading Pynchon #5 - http://isread.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/reading-pynchon-5

Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling by Michel Foucault (2013) - http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/10/wrong-doing-truth-telling-by-foucault-2013/

Definitely worth remembering if you teach in HE: Forget - http://xkcd.com/1093/

CFP: Beat and Counterculture Literature - http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/47352

OK, this is interesting. Open Twitter replacement designed for users & devs because Twitter have sold out to corps - https://join.app.net/

Some thoughts on digital preservation and citation of scholarly blogs; perhaps of interest to #uklibchat http://bit.ly/PFpBoX

Brian McHale's shift from modernist epistemological to postmodern ontological dominant. #50shadesofpomo #nomoreipromise #sorry

“@chrissyfleps The only 'dominant' I'm reading about at the moment has to do with Russian Formalism.”

“@manjusrii Archive fever - the problems collecting + preserving video games (via Andrew Pam) http://bit.ly/QElJJT” < or any closed software

"Firstly, I don’t make love. I cite… hard." 50 Shades of Impact via @DrMagennis http://bit.ly/OWYTfi

"We spent an extra £165m and got 17 more medals, so that's about £10m a medal." http://bbc.in/PBY1Jj

Pow. Inbox Zero. On an admin roll today. Ugh.

Phew. Entire morning spent proofing.

On Blog Inequality in Scholarly Research http://bit.ly/Q9LIEy #blogs #ecrchat #PhDchat

Submitted article corrections through online system 2 weeks ago. Email this morning saying they haven't received them. #publishingfail

myVidster: A Victory for Innovation and a Vote for Sensible Copyright Law - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/myvidster-victory-innovation-and-vote-sensible-copyright-law

Wozniak Predicts Horrible Problems With the Cloud - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/htjTzwUrsNg/wozniak-predicts-horrible-problems-with-the-cloud

The ever-awesome @qui_oui on HE and marking/grading. Well worth a read. http://bit.ly/Q2RmZh

NASA's own video of Curiosity landing prompts a DMCA takedown request http://bit.ly/MfBgPt

Did others have a post-submission period where every third thought was about their viva, even if still a month+ away? #ecrchat #phdchat

Agreed RT @ppetej Yes, indeed RT @chriskeene: But you can comment on them RT @jacksonj04: Argh! Stop doing old-style RTs!

Texas set to execute man diagnosed as "mentally retarded" http://bit.ly/N7f4GR

Recommendations for a starting point on Agamben most welcome....

Great idea from @the_blochian to implement "a visual history" of articles on @AlluviumJournal, so I did some tech and.. http://bit.ly/Px44Pl

Lies, Damned Lies, and Quantum Statistics http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/08/05/124225/lies-damned-lies-and-quantum-statistics?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

So, bumbling Boris Johnson is lovable and funny? Well, have I got news for you | Sonia Purnell - http://gu.com/p/39g9t

E-Books: Copyright Infringement, Theft, Materiality and the Virtual http://bit.ly/NhFC4Q #Publishing

Foucault: His Thought, His Character (review) 2012 http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/05/foucault-his-thought-his-character-review-2012/

Will Self: modernism and me http://gu.com/p/39d6y

UEFI Secure Boot and Linux: Where Things Stand - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CWUj2DPuwHg/uefi-secure-boot-and-linux-where-things-stand

How to Read a Victorian Novel - http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/novelreadings/how-to-read-a-victorian-novel by @RohanMaitzen

Just re-read Russell Hoban's Fremder. I might put it above Kleinzeit in my rankings, actually. Great genre take on subjective idealism.

Great follow-up piece from @ernestopriego: "Confusing Privilege and Perseverance" on @HASTAC http://bit.ly/QItMVr

In case you missed it yesterday, here's my piece for @GdnHigherEd on academia & unpaid internships http://bit.ly/OJ1ScF #phdchat #phdadvice

RIM Agrees To Hand Over Its Encryption Keys To India - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/cAo_PDwXzEU/rim-agrees-to-hand-over-its-encryption-keys-to-india

My new piece for @GdnHigherEd: "Unpaid research internships reveal a dangerous hypocrisy in academia" http://bit.ly/OJ1ScF

Reading Pynchon #4 - http://isread.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/reading-pynchon-4/

Samuel Beckett's Letters: 1929-1956 - http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/samuel-beckett-letters-1929-1956-review.html

More unpaid academic positions and apparent "culture of entitlement" http://bit.ly/OsnZTG #academia #internships

Oooh blimey. UCL backtracking fast there. That unpaid advert has gone down faster than you say "goodbye"!

Another unpaid, exploitative position in the academy. Anna Freud Centre at UCL this time: http://bit.ly/MAxyNc

“@YourAnonNews Romney Tax Promises Mathematically Impossible | http://bit.ly/N1ZH0s” < Republicans don't believe in maths, though.

Impossible Objects: Preservation and Extinction (on the First Folio) http://bit.ly/QwUFyi #Shakespeare

The Intellectual and His People (2012) http://foucaultnews.com/2012/08/02/the-intellectual/

"What’s the problem ORCID will address? John Richard Wilson Wilson, John Richard John R. Wilson Wilson, John R. Wilson, J.R." etc.

For those who don't know, ORCID is the new system that assigns a unique identifier to researchers so that their publications are attributed.

ORCID goes live in October. http://bit.ly/OAw0Fg Just started a thread on PKP regarding OJS plans for integration. http://bit.ly/M4gG4C

So here's my short Alluvium article on C21 American (North and South) metafiction (Pynchon, DeLillo, DFW, Bolaño): http://bit.ly/M4et9f

The synopsis of the new McEwan sounds pretty dire and cliched. Beautiful daughters of Anglican bishop being groomed for MI5 after affairs.

Proprietary Nvidia Linux Driver Contains Privilege Escalation Hole - http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/OunLv_cK7oE/proprietary-nvidia-linux-driver-contains-privilege-escalation-hole

I currently have a membership, but they wrote to me asking if I'm still a student and so whether they can bill me more, which made me think.

Was wondering: what are people's opinions on supporting Amnesty I. I like what they do a lot, but still hurting from their 800k exec payoff.

Judith Butler: Behaviour Creates Gender http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/08/judith-butler-behaviour-creates-gender-interview.html

Perverse advert for BITE: "Keep Calm About University Fees" http://bit.ly/OIVpgn #academia #tuition_fees