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Aggregation: LOLcats via ROFLcon; losses at e-Ink; Harvard’s charter school pipeline
By Marc Levy
Published: May 10, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Are LOLCats making us smart? Is journalistic objectivity a trap? Can the media answer these questions, or just con people into reading articles that ask them? There are further questions about the maker of e-reader screens, but answers from Harvard for the needs of charter schools.
Community Chorus counts down auction, readies Saturday concert
By Marc Levy
Published: May 8, 2012 at 09:23 AM
The Cambridge Community Chorus wraps up its annual auction Friday — the chorus is nearly halfway to its goal of $10,000 — and presents its Spring Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater.
Pemberton wins EPA recognition with energy cuts
By Marc Levy
Published: May 7, 2012 at 07:34 PM
Pemberton Farms & Garden Center, owned and managed by the Saidnawey family, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star certification, signifying that the building performs in the top 25 percent of such facilities nationwide.
Carr loses it again over Warren, Obama and affirmative action
By Marc Levy
Published: May 7, 2012 at 12:34 PM
I’d say Cambridge deranges Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr, but I suspect Cambridge is nothing special in this regard.
Nice shot: Too fancy for its own good
By Marc Levy
Published: May 7, 2012 at 10:11 AM
What does this Kendall Square sign say? Not what its designer thinks it does.
Free personal budget management workshop repeats
By Marc Levy
Published: May 6, 2012 at 06:54 PM
There’s a repeat this week of a free two-part workshop on “Personal Budget Management,” with this one moving to a Cambridgeport community center.
Short-film series that invites all begins Sunday in Inman
By Marc Levy
Published: May 5, 2012 at 12:22 PM
A series of monthly film screenings called Cambridge Nights, featuring professionally projected shorts made by locals, begins Sunday.
More ROFLcon today, with Nyan Cat ice cream for dessert
By Marc Levy
Published: May 5, 2012 at 02:42 AM
The third ROFLcon Internet culture conference continues today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the meme-inspired Nyan Cat ice cream also continues at nearby Toscanini’s.
Eureka: ‘Ig Nobel’ book found in Porter Square
By Marc Levy
Published: May 4, 2012 at 05:19 PM
Fans of science, silliness and the Ig Nobel Prizes should get to Porter Square Books fast to pick a copy or two of the prizes’ 2002 hardcover compendium. The book (and internationally famous annual event behind it) has local roots and a bargain price.
Dwelltime takes step on Wi-Fi, talks ‘Coffee Life in Japan’ tonight
By Marc Levy
Published: May 3, 2012 at 01:25 PM
Dwelltime, the month-old coffee bar, continues to tweak and add to its offerings, announcing that its unrestricted Wi-Fi is going dark during its lunch hours and bringing in Merry White, author of “Coffee Life in Japan” for a free talk tonight at 7.