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Joel on Software

November 28, 2009
By robert
Joel on Software

In this book, Joel Spolsky is an iconoclast par excellence. He relentlessly refutes many of the absurdly sacred tenants that are touted by many software developers as absolute truths, in his down-to-earth tell-it-like-it-is way.
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Why Jane Fonda Is Banned in Beirut – WSJ.com

April 30, 2009
By robert
Why Jane Fonda Is Banned in Beirut – WSJ.com

A very intriguing article by William Marling, a visiting professor of American Studies at the American University of Beirut, relating how books and other media are systematically banned in Lebanon by an outdated and ignorant censorship system, even though Beirut was named "World Book Capital City" in 2009
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