Tag: book

Slow Reading: The Book

I was very happy to hear that my FIMS classmate, John Miedema, will be having a book coming out later this year.  I'm also proud to say I

Friday Fun Link – Read at Work (and an unrelated story of why Shea is a computer genius) (June 6, 2008)

Read at Work is a site from the New Zealand Book Council that allows you to read classic books, poetry, samples from selected New Zealand authors and more,

100 Must-Read Books For Men

Whenever one of those “100 Books You Must Read” lists come out, I'm always a bit ashamed that, even as a former English major, I find that I've

Wikipedia Goes To…Print?

Seems counter-intuitive but apparently a Slice of the German Wikipedia is to Be Captured on Paper. (via Sandra M.)

Orson Scott Card Rips JK Rowling A New One

I'm sure you've heard that JK Rowling is suing an encylopedic fan site dedicated to her novels for daring to publish a 10 000 print run book based

Friday Fun Link – Book-Beer Pairings (April 25, 2008)

Book beer pairings sees authors suggesting brews that are best enjoyed with their work.  What brews go with your favourite books – a very important question for the

Read A Book For Your Health

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

LibraryThing Local

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

"Waffle House" – Bill Hicks

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

Link Dump (and Blog Survey Reminder)

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

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