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ORIGEN: Argentina – Rio Negro – El Bolson ALCOHOL: – %TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: -WEB: www.cervezaselbolson.com/.Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en un supermercado de Villa la Angostura. Nueva etiqueta. Esta cerveza con chocolate se elabora desde abril de 200… [...]
ORIGEN: Francia – AlsaceALCOHOL: 5,5%TAMAÑO: 250 cc.ESTILO: LagerWEB: www.biereboris.com.Comprada en el Carrefour del Alcorta en Febrero de 2010. Les transcribo una nota de cata de Eduardo en Cervezas del Mundo: “Color dorado cristalino con cabeza de … [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Chubut – El HoyoALCOHOL: 4,0%TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: -WEB: www.cervezapilker.com.ar.Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en una chocolateria del Centro Civico de Bariloche. Esta botella no figura en la pagina web, tal vez sea una cerveza de … [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Chubut – El HoyoALCOHOL: 5,1%TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: Bitter AleWEB: www.cervezapilker.com.ar.Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en una chocolateria del Centro Civico de Bariloche. . [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Chubut – El HoyoALCOHOL: 5,3%TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: StoutWEB: www.cervezapilker.com.ar.Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en una chocolateria del Centro Civico de Bariloche. . [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Chubut – El HoyoALCOHOL: 5,7%TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: PilsenWEB: www.cervezapilker.com.ar.Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en una chocolateria del Centro Civico de Bariloche.. [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Rio Negro – El Bolson ALCOHOL: 5,0%TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: WeizenbierWEB: www.cervezaselbolson.com/.Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en un supermercado de Villa la Angostura. Nueva etiqueta.. [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Rio Negro – El BolsonALCOHOL: 5,2% TAMAÑO: 355 cc. ESTILO: -WEB: www.cervezaselbolson.com/ .Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en un sepermercado de Villa la Angostura. Estas son las nuevas etiquetas de El Bolson. . [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Rio Negro – El Bolson ALCOHOL: 8,0%TAMAÑO: 355 cc.ESTILO: Triple BockWEB: www.cervezaselbolson.com.Esta botella la compramos en Febrero de 2010 en un supermercado de Villa la Angostura. Nueva etiqueta. . [...]
Tim from The Patriot Brewery delivered his much awaited ales on Friday and Longbow – his 4.2% straw coloured ale – in on the pumps now. If you drank the Hooky Gold dry recently, then you’ll like this. Patriot Missile 3.8% is in the cellar too and will … [...]
Before a couple days ago I had never heard of this brewery, but here sits a can of this 8.25% “Strong American Stout” as it’s called by the brewers. This would be my second craft beer ever from my least favorite of our 50 united states (Texas, if you h… [...]
My wife and I have a blog – notvfor365days.blogspot.com. It is our family endeavor for the next year and we are fiercely proud of it. However, I have been sampling a shit load of beer lately and have been supremely neglecting these hallowed pages. … [...]
If it were my last meal, steamed mussels served with a glass of sour beer or Gueuze would no doubt be my first course. I love the the way the savory, earthy flavors of the broth contrast the briny freshness of plump fleshy mussels. A dry farmhouse ale … [...]
ORIGEN: Argentina – Rio Negro – El BolsonALCOHOL: 4,5% TAMAÑO: 355 cc. ESTILO: -WEB: www.cervezaselbolson.com/ .Comprada en Febrero de 2010 en un sepermercado de Villa la Angostura. Estas son las nuevas etiquetas de El Bolson. . [...]
Old Humperdink Several weeks ago, Malin and I did a side-by-side tasting of my recent home-made Old Humperdink Barley Wine against Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot (2010). Both beers are very similar in color and clarity. In this photo, Bigfoot is the one on the right – with the bigger foam. Both beers are remarkably smooth and drinkable considering [...] [...]
Okay. So this is a review where the beer is good and my judgement was poor. The beer that we’re looking at is a Stone 13th Anniversary that was supposed to be enjoyed in 2009 but wasn’t until March of 2010. Now, I was ignorant that this bee… [...]
Failed plans is the theme of this blog. One idea I had for 2010 was to write about a Seattle bar (that I’ve never visited) each week. It’s already week nine and you may’ve noticed that I haven’t written a word. I have been to some bars, though–here are some thoughts on three: Al’s Tavern [...] [...]
XX Bitter (De Ranke) – Kid A (Radiohead, 2000) Innovazione e coraggio. L’abbinamento di oggi e’ in questi due termini. Coraggio che i Radiohead ebbero dopo il successo planetario dell’art-rock alienato di OK Computer, album che a posteriori fu solo il primo gradino verso la visione di Thom Yorke e soci. Anno 2000: dopo 2 [...] [...]
The Tuscaloosa Chapter of Free The Hops has put together a great little Southern Beer Festival set for next Saturday, March 13, in T-Town. If you’re up for the drive, it looks like a great event, featuring the best beer in the South. From the event’s Web site: This event will highlight the fine craft [...] [...]
If you haven’t bought your tickets to Hopsfest, the March 20 beer festival slated for Cathedral Square, there’s still plenty of time, and you don’t even have to be online to do it. Tickets to the event are now available at Gourmet Gal… [...]
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In addition, we're linking the stacks, in which books are shelved by subject area, to online resource guides, also using QR codes, and we're going to do something similar for individual books, at least the more popular ones, based on how often they circulate. For these and reserve books, we're going to link to online resource guides and our federated search, via QR code stickers in the books. All of this is trackable, so we'll see how it goes. Just as important, all of this is free. All it costs is time. And so when I see QR codes under attack, I'm a bit confused; healthy skepticism is always a good lens to view technology, but nobody is forcing anyone to use them. Here are some of the (increasingly) popular critiques.
[<a href="http://storify.com/jacobsberg/qr-codes" target="_blank">View the story "QR Codes" on Storify</a>]
I'll expand on these below, and add two others.
- The first two tweets, which come to us via the Handheld Librarian conference and American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting, Tech Trends, respectively, state that QR codes are a fad.
- The third, also from ALA Mid-Winter, refers to QR codes as a prime example of the "garbage can" model of decision-making.
- QR codes are hideously ugly.
- The neo-Marxist and/or (post)structuralist critique.
I will tackle these arguments in order.
Calling QR codes a fad is a bit like calling VHS tapes or compact discs a fad. These codes have been employed in Japan for over 15 years. Yes, they probably won't last, but what technology does? Fifteen years is quite a bit of time for a "transitional technology." Moreover, by any metric one chooses, QR code scans are increasing, not decreasing. If this is a fad, it's still on the upswing. The second critique is paradoxically both more powerful and less so. Is it the former because I can't disagree with it. It is the latter, because, well, who cares? Yes, QR codes may be a solution in search of a problem, but if one's aims, one's goals, are limited, they are a powerful and elegant solution to a problem. There is a proverb that goes something like, "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." And yet, we, as librarians, have many tools in our tool belts. QR codes are one of them. They are not a panacea, nor should they be. Have modest goals and expectations in mind, and they may serve you well.  The third misses the point completely. If one thinks QR codes are ugly, then make them more attractive. All one needs to do to manipulate a code, turning it into something approximating art, is have a computer, an internet connection, and an imagination. Furthermore, the author of this article, also referenced above at number 3, fails to understand that QR codes differ from writing down a URL (and why not do both, if this is the concern?) because scanning a code is participatory and interactive in ways that writing something down are not. And that brings us to the fourth critique.  QR codes, according to neo-Marxists and/or (post)structuralists, offer the illusion of participation, of interactivity, but nothing more. It is no accident, according to this criticism, that QR codes began as advertisements, and that the barcode itself was popularized to sell Wrigley's gum is another piece of evidence cited in this school(s) of thought. Libraries should be spaces free of the trappings of late 20th- and early-21st century capitalism, a refuse from ads, from otherwise-omnipresent corporate activities. In this critique, scanning a code is not a form of play, it is something more insidious because the codes themselves are inextricably linked to their origins. Thus, the codes function as advertisements, but are cloaked in play, in interactivity. QR codes, to paraphrase Joseph Schumpeter, prepare souls for capitalism. I admit that this final critique appeals to the academic in me, and as always, discussion is welcomed. I do think it is possible to divorce QR codes from their origins, to make them emancipatory. Again, they are a tool, no more evil than a hammer or a screwdriver. What QR codes serve, what role they play, determine their worth. A counter-argument that takes the neo-Marxists and/or (post)structuralists head on would state that QR codes are a symbol of modernity, a sign and signifier of technological prowess, that the library "gets it," whatever it is, though such an argument would still be structured within a capitalist hegemony.
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