Links of the day
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jadesfireSome cross-posted from my library blog:
For my friends in Japan: What Tokyo libraries are doing in the recession. And the Boston folks too.
Libraries with views. I thought this was such a lovely idea, but it did make me think about the line from Ladies of Letters: "I was sorry to hear about your picture window. The best thing about your living room was being able to see out."
And so it begins. Yup, they're studying Twitter already.
Other things:
Some Roman historical fiction recommendations. The blog's author is looking out for books about Catalina at the moment, and since that's a pet subject of mine, I'd heartily recommend these as well!
Actually, while we're talking about all things Roman, it probably says something about my brain that I saw the following link and thought "Well, if Nightdog ever wants to take James and Gregorius to Rome, they'd arrive here." *ahem*
A wonderfully photographed blog about Ostia Antica
Still in that general area (historically speaking): Is this the origin of Scylla and Charybdis; The trials and tribulations of Roman publishing; celebrating Rome's 2762nd birthday
Coming back to our own time, the latest Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, so have some links of a more literary nature:
And The Pulitzer For Forgotten Fiction Goes To...
Bookswim. Netflix for books. It's easy to mock this by saying "isn't that what libraries do", but not everyone can get to a well-stocked library easily, quickly and frequently.
Long and interesting article about the enduring appeal of the Harlequin romances
Reviewing a review or "reviews should not be needlessly bitchy." Considering the golden-rule of fanfic concrit communities is "criticise the story, not the author", I thought this might be of interest to people.
Judging a book (bag) by its cover. WANT! (Creator's website)
Slightly more randomly:
Still Tasty gives you an idea of how long the food in your fridge will stay edible for. It's actually pretty realistic, rather than telling you to just chuck things past their sell-by date. Of course, I tend to follow the rule: if it's furry and/or moving, it's probably not good to eat. Before anyone asks, no, I don't eat peaches *shudders* FRUIT SHOULD NOT BE FUZZY!
*ahem* Moving swiftly on.
The Mistake Bank is an interesting concept for a website, collecting together both what people did wrong and what they learnt from it. Embarrassing in places, but also constructive.
Toorcamp. Hitting new highs on the geekometer. Not only is it a camp for hackers, it's a camp for hackers being held in a Titan-1 missile silo. Oh yes.
And even more randomly:
Bohemian Rhapsody as you've never heard it before.
[cross-posted from DW to LJ to try that out... ETA:it works, but I like to use different icons, so I think I'll stick with ctrl+c for now...]
For my friends in Japan: What Tokyo libraries are doing in the recession. And the Boston folks too.
Libraries with views. I thought this was such a lovely idea, but it did make me think about the line from Ladies of Letters: "I was sorry to hear about your picture window. The best thing about your living room was being able to see out."
And so it begins. Yup, they're studying Twitter already.
Other things:
Some Roman historical fiction recommendations. The blog's author is looking out for books about Catalina at the moment, and since that's a pet subject of mine, I'd heartily recommend these as well!
Actually, while we're talking about all things Roman, it probably says something about my brain that I saw the following link and thought "Well, if Nightdog ever wants to take James and Gregorius to Rome, they'd arrive here." *ahem*
A wonderfully photographed blog about Ostia Antica
Still in that general area (historically speaking): Is this the origin of Scylla and Charybdis; The trials and tribulations of Roman publishing; celebrating Rome's 2762nd birthday
Coming back to our own time, the latest Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, so have some links of a more literary nature:
And The Pulitzer For Forgotten Fiction Goes To...
Bookswim. Netflix for books. It's easy to mock this by saying "isn't that what libraries do", but not everyone can get to a well-stocked library easily, quickly and frequently.
Long and interesting article about the enduring appeal of the Harlequin romances
Reviewing a review or "reviews should not be needlessly bitchy." Considering the golden-rule of fanfic concrit communities is "criticise the story, not the author", I thought this might be of interest to people.
Judging a book (bag) by its cover. WANT! (Creator's website)
Slightly more randomly:
Still Tasty gives you an idea of how long the food in your fridge will stay edible for. It's actually pretty realistic, rather than telling you to just chuck things past their sell-by date. Of course, I tend to follow the rule: if it's furry and/or moving, it's probably not good to eat. Before anyone asks, no, I don't eat peaches *shudders* FRUIT SHOULD NOT BE FUZZY!
*ahem* Moving swiftly on.
The Mistake Bank is an interesting concept for a website, collecting together both what people did wrong and what they learnt from it. Embarrassing in places, but also constructive.
Toorcamp. Hitting new highs on the geekometer. Not only is it a camp for hackers, it's a camp for hackers being held in a Titan-1 missile silo. Oh yes.
And even more randomly:
Bohemian Rhapsody as you've never heard it before.
[cross-posted from DW to LJ to try that out... ETA:it works, but I like to use different icons, so I think I'll stick with ctrl+c for now...]
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Date: 2009-04-22 03:44 pm (UTC)I suppose I would say that seeing as I have a house full of old computer bits (and I mean *old*) and one of my fave German bands uses Commodore 64s even when they're playing live!
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Date: 2009-04-22 04:23 pm (UTC)...I was so distressed I stopped reading :-(
I shall have to go cheer myself up by burying my head in the Concise Etymology Dictionary I've brought home from my grandad's. What a hardship!
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Date: 2009-04-22 06:03 pm (UTC)These days I get enough fantasy and wish fulfillment by reading fanfic. Er.
FRUIT SHOULD NOT BE FUZZY!
No one should ever, ever describe eating the skin of a kiwifruit as like eating a mouse. :-|
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Date: 2009-04-22 06:14 pm (UTC)I couldn't help laughing at that.
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Date: 2009-04-23 12:45 pm (UTC)Writing in books? Now that's a whole other thing...
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Date: 2009-04-23 12:47 pm (UTC)One of my friend's mothers at school used to write Mills&Boon, actually. She named her characters after all her daughter's friends o.O
Re:kiwifruit - oh, that is just wrong *shudder*
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