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Andy Rooney says "if you do any writing at all, you can't be without this."

Quoted: For generations, lovers of the English language have turned to trusty copies of Fowler's to settle nagging grammatical questions, or, for true hard-core language junkies, for the sheer fun of reading H. W. Fowler's classic outrage contained in entries on "Hackneyed Phrases" or "Pedantic-Humour Words."
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The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, the first revision in more than 30 years, has not arrived without controversy. Some language (and Fowler) purists complain that the book is too liberal at times, noting that usage is common as opposed to correct. Those points are debatable, and, indeed, they're what makes the book's nearly 900 pages so interesting to peruse.
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Amazon.com: Fowler's Modern English Usage: Books: R. W. Burchfield by R. W. Burchfield

One Child Per Laptop initiative goes big next week. I'm just collecting the pertinent info here on Faves.

Quoted: MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte’s dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid. Lesley Stahl reports on his progress in Cambodia and Brazil.

Andy Rooney says, "Jacques is the smartest person I've ever known."

Quoted: This book has guided more Ph.D. theses into successful completion and more decent, serious academic works through research and writing and into print than any other single work available.

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Quoted: "You seem to be replacing Larry and Sergey as the people out here who everyone's talking about," Stahl remarks. Zuckerberg doesn't reply, only stares at her at length.
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"You're just staring at me," she adds.
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"Is that a question?" Zuckerberg asks.

Great story about how people are getting overwhelmed by the technological devices in their lives (and how the Geek Squad has capitalized on that to build a big business - now part of Best Buy - to help people get these devices back under control).

Don Norman makes an appearance as well.

Quoted: The increasingly complicated electronics our society relies on have given rise to the geeks – the essential technicians who set up our gadgets, including TVs, computers and hand-held devices. Steve Kroft reports.

This week, on 60 minutes, Andy Rooney decided to talk about his favorite books. He has 600 volumes in in office at work, but he decided to pull out some of his old favorites. I think all of his editions were published before 1960 ... but newer editions are still available today.

I couldn't resist dotting the collection here.

Quoted: Scott Pelley looks for - and finds - evidence of global warming in Antarctica where the bottom of the world is literally melting away.