We didn't really know that there was a good criticism of Google Books, but apparently there is. Is it anywhere as good as what Google's doing to promote open knowledge? Not so much, no.

* Did you know that Google has a YouTube channel with almost 200 videos of authors, politicians, and innovators that have given talks on their campus? The most viewed video is that of a vulgar anti-Semitic populist, but the rest are pretty money. E.g. Steven Pinker:

* Robert B. Townsend at the American Historical Association blog unloads on Google Books for a lot of reasons that seem nit-picky to us. But he's writing on the AHA blog and we're not, so what do we know?

* The online International Literary Quarterly has published their first issue. It appears to have some sort of Scottish theme, if you're into that sort of thing.

* We've been remiss in not posting Lifehack's list of their favorite TED presentations earlier. We're probably going to have to post something about that Chris Anderson long tail talk the next time we do a "structure of the blogosphere" post. But in the meantime, there's nothing on this page that is not filled with pure awesomeness.

Previously:
* Open Knowledge Roundup - Cal And MIT Have How Many Lectures Up Now?
* Engineer Builds Self-Aware Robots That Learn And Self-Replicate. Umm... What? [Video]
* Rhetoric Not So Much With the Revolution Thing