I was massively addicted to Tetris when it came out (still have the box and 3 1/2″ floppy I originally bought it on too!) so the game “99 Bricks” caught my attention. “99” Bricks is sort of like a “reverse Tetris” except instead of trying to make the blocks that fall into full lines which […]
I found the Secret Santa site, Elfster, via MetaFilter and thought I'd give it a shot on this blog. Odds are, if you're reading this blog, you're a book lover who has a living space full of books you'll likely never get around to reading or will never read again. So here's what I'm proposing: […]
A FIMS alumni provides an intriguing glimpse into North Korea's national library. (via one of the FIMS-related groups on Facebook)
Today's link is a fun variation on the idea of an online painting program. (And speaking of painting a picture, how about a map from two short years ago showing how Barack Obama stacked up in a hypothetical race against John McCain.)
Try to guess a random book's Amazon star rating just by looking at its cover. (via MetaFilter)
Is Thanksgiving just about turkey and a quick survey of what you're personally thankful for at your household? A group of national organizations are trying to get people to look outward on this upcoming holiday. “Thanks and Giving” is a new initiative of CanadaHelps.org, Imagine Canada and MacLean's magazine. “While family and friends are gathering […]
Mine was “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce. What's yours?
“A new library in Casanera, Colombia shows us what humankind might have built with sticks and stones if they'd never discovered bricks, steel, and electricity. The Villanueva Public Library was built on a modest budget, designed by a bunch of university students in Bogota. And instead of importing fancy, expensive materials, builders used local timber […]
29 Web Apps For Students and White Collar Workers – lots of cool sites here, many of which I'd never seen before.In other news, I had a surreal moment today: I was at a branch near my house today and got talking to a clerk. When I mentioned my new position with RPL, she said […]
In undergrad, I went to a speed reading seminar put on by the Psych Students Association. Basically, the instructor said that if you just kept training yourself to read more and more “parts” at a time – words then phrases then sentences then paragraphs then pages, you'd be able to speed read books and other […]
