Happy Birthday, Harry!

That's right, it's Harry Potter's birthday! Also J.K. Rowling's birthday! Happy birthday, J.K.!

It's also D.H.'s birthday, so happy birthday to him, too, I guess.

Links!

• Libraries, Books, & Authors
• 24 Books That Forecast The Future
• Duke Professors Looking To Make Legal Texts Affordable; Kicking Off With Intellectual Property Law 
• Net & Tech
• Utah man fired after boss complains blog post about homophones made school sound gay I don't know what's worse - the fact that this guy was fired because the word 'homophone' sounds 'gay' or that the guy running the school doesn't know what a 'homophone' is and doesn't want that sort of 'advanced stuff' taught to students. It all hurts so bad...
• 4 Ways You Can Join the #FreeZone9Bloggers Campaign "Since 2012, the Zone 9 blogging collective has worked to foster civic engagement and critical commentary about social and political issues in Ethiopia, alongside fellow journalists seeking similar results through newspaper work. Their arrest and detention constitute a violation of their universal human right to free expression, and their right not to be arbitrarily detained, as protected by Article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights."
• Web lobby chief: Young people key to stopping Internet 'fast lanes' 
• Verizon’s slowing down data for some of its heaviest users. And the FCC is calling them out on it. 
• BitTorrent unveils NSA-proof online calling and messaging software 
• Study: Amid Growing Threats, Nearly All Americans Have Online Privacy Concerns
• Science
• U.S. Peace Corps Evacuates Volunteers Amid Largest Recorded Ebola Outbreak in History 
• Malaria Vaccine Trial Yields Promising Results 
• New Mexico Teen's Invention Aims to Stop Hot-Car Deaths 
• Inventor Develops Synthetic "Leaf" That Produces Oxygen 
• Huge Waves Spotted In The Arctic Ocean This is not good...
• Other
• Cocoa farmers trying chocolate for the first time is a must watch Wow...Make sure you watch the video, and think about this next time you eat a piece of chocolate.
• Which Is the Greenest College Campus in Your State? I love Berea.
• In Push To Protect Big Coal, Alabama Officials Say New EPA Regulations Violate God's Will If you want to argue "God's will," you should probably look at it, as Christians, that we were created to take care of the Earth - not exploit and ruin it. 
• Stupidly Expensive Tables Are A Board Gamer's Fantasy