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Martin Paul Eve
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Tech Lead @ Knowledge Commons/MSU | Lit and Publishing Research Prof @ Uni of London, Birkbeck | Music on tici taci records | My books: https://books.eve.gd

Martin Paul Eve is a British academic, writer, computer programmer, and disability rights campaigner. He is the Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck College, University of London and the Technical Lead for Knowledge Commons at Michigan State University. Previously, Eve was Principal R&D Developer at Crossref from 2023-2024 and Visiting Professor of Digital Humanities at Sheffield Hallam University until 2022. He is known for his work on contemporary literary metafiction, computational approaches to the study of literature, digital media studies and history of the book, and open-access policy. Together with Caroline Edwards, he is co-founder of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). .. more

Computer science 37%
Art 18%

Oh yes!

Got several vinyl records for Xmas. Included Leng Records 15yr Comp, The KLF's buy-now-die-later Music for Funerals and Pyramid Building, and The Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack!
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Diamonds Are for Tenure
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Live and Let Cite
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The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)

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"Do you expect me to give a talk?"

"Of course, Mr Bond. This is a conference."
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Live and Let Cite
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The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)

There's no way I can walk the distance to the beach, but the chair makes it possible to get there, where I can then take a few steps on the beach itself. So good to be able to get out.

Wheeled down to the seafront and then stood on the beach for a few minutes this morning. Gorgeous day, but cold.

Settling down with a Christmas present, W. Patrick McCray's README: A Bookish History of Computing.

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Diamond Open Access is Forever

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My readers had a heads up about this ugly flu season as early as October, with regular reminders thereafter. Join us.
I do think we're in for a big flu season, thanks to a new subclade (variant) of H3N2. Activity is currently low but that will change quickly. caitlinrivers.substack.com/p/outbreak-o...
Outbreak Outlook - National - Nov 16
A look at the upcoming flu season, including H3N2
caitlinrivers.substack.com

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Skyfall: Country Houses, Imperial Memory, and the Performance of National Decline
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Live and Let Cite
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The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)

There are also some syntax errors in there that I will correct when I get time.

Sam @samuelmoore.org uses the notion of "commonsiness" at one point, and I can't help but hear it as Gollum.

We have this frustration, too! Why can't they just normalise the sound, as you suggest?

I think it's more just a symbolic token that they are taking good care of the artefact and are putting a deposit of £800m on that

Actually, re last post, the best Bond puns come from dialysis.

No Time to Dialyse
Live and Let Dialyse
Dialyse Another Day
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Live and Let Cite
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The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)
Make a Bond Movie academic

Best, Russia

We are, at Christmas, very fortunate to have enough to eat. But I find it a difficult time. Nausea and general lack of appetite from kidney failure means that there's constant pressure on me to eat and boost my weight! But I just can't summon much desire to do so. No risk of overeating, at least.

Ridiculous but entertaining Wikipedia "did you know?" box this am.

"the United States Supreme Court is not the Highest Court in the Land"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hig...
The Highest Court in the Land - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org

Interesting observation on "markets" for totally unique, historically valuable, un-saleable assets.
Find this fascinating.
The Tapestry is literally priceless. There is no market. Why not £2 billion? Or £500 million?
www.ft.com/content/ec9a... Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of Norman Conquest will be on display at British Museum in 2026
www.ft.com

"And my fucking axe!"
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long fucking time to say.”
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?

"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"

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“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long fucking time to say.”
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?

"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
Find this fascinating.
The Tapestry is literally priceless. There is no market. Why not £2 billion? Or £500 million?
www.ft.com/content/ec9a... Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity
Nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of Norman Conquest will be on display at British Museum in 2026
www.ft.com

My geekiest present was a PERIBOARD-835, wireless, ergonomic, backlit, and front-tilted mechanical keyboard. 😁

Merry Christmas, everybody!

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🎄 Day 1 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the first day, the OLH gave to us the launch of the OJC /
@ojcollective.bsky.social.

Open Journals Collective Homepage: openjournalscollecti...
Foucault’s Christmas - "a Christmas day without writing, that was impossible! ... a day when, as he said, 'nothing has happened for several thousand years' " progressivegeographies.com/2024/12/25/f...

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Merry Christmas one and all. Here's a beautiful story to start your day with a little weep.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years - BBC News
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
they don’t tell you when you buy a christmas tree at the christmas tree farm that you could take it home, decorate it, and then be relaxing in your living room seven nights later when A BAT suddenly flies out and starts CRASHING AROUND YOUR HOUSE