I heard “Sliver” by Nirvana on the Regina community radio station this morning and it made me think of Pace's current trick. He now understands that Shea sometimes leaves the room or isn't in his line of sight. He still doesn't understand that she always come back. So as soon as it happens, he FREAKS […]
[Edit: Here's a post I did on an Ask MetaFilter thread on the same subject.] Talking about some of the most useful sites online during the past three months mixed with my ongoing interest in online broadcasting inspired me come up with the following list:Five Things The Internet Is Killing1. The Music Industry– I saw […]
The Globe and Mail recently had an article on the benefits of reading and good literacy to your health (PDF). This is probably not a huge surprise but lines like “While we obsess about our weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, the single best predictor of good health and longevity is probably literacy.” are pretty […]
LibraryThing is already a wicked cool service but it's getting better all the time. One of their latest features is LibraryThing Local which is “a new [LibraryThing] sub-site devoted to finding, mapping and describing the world's bookstore, library, book fair and festival—as well as all the readings, signings, lectures and other events they host.” Here […]
That MetaFilter (which I inevitably type as “MetaFitler” everytime I type it) thread on libraries led to this piece of Bill Hicks gold. I also found a blog post about embarrassing/humiliating encounters while reading alone in a public (which I inevitably look over twice to make sure I don't type “pubic”) place.
Just clearing up some things I've come across recently. I sometimes forget to make a note of where I found stuff so if I got this from you or your site, apologies in advance – feel free to post a comment or drop me a line to let me know (although admittedly 90% of my […]
Skip forward to 3:20 on this video to see what I'm talking about…
DOTHETESTI got the count right but missed the point of the thing – watch it and you'll see what I mean.(via Reddit)
God, I loved these books as a kid!
Ross Dawson, a business consultant who tracks different customs, devices, and institutions on what he calls an Extinction Timeline, predicts that libraries will disappear in 2019. He's probably right as far as the function of the library as a civic monument, or as a public repository for books, is concerned. On the other hand, in […]
