Category: Books
Weird Tales
Weird Tales was a forerunner pulp magazine. Download issues at the Pulp Magazine Project.
Sneak Peak at the 21c Library
In Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak Library District has repurposed a former office building (Digital Equipment Company) into a library that they are calling 21c. On the ground floor are the stacks and amenities of a traditional library, but the second floor is far different. Here one can find a 3-D printer, sewing machines, a video production studio including a green screen setup, high end workstations, a conference room with a touch interactive whiteboard / video conferencing setup, and several different gaming rooms.
Jack and I attending a Sneak Peak reception on Friday night. The library has its grand opening on June 21. While we were at the Sneak Peak, we had our photo taken using the green screen in the video studio. We picked the background that we wanted to use, then stood in front of the green screen for the photo.
xkcd: Collections
Diana Wynne Jones
Wikipedia has an article on Diana Wynne Jones, one of my favorite authors, who died last night. My favorite book by her is probably The Homeward Bounders.
xkcd: Stingray Nebula
Forgotten Bookmarks
At the web log Forgotten Bookmarks a used book store worker documents the bookmarks found in old books.
Free Audio Books
Open Culture allows you to download Free Audio Books of Classic Literature.
Book Meme
| What Kind of Reader Are You?
Your Result: Dedicated Reader
You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more. |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm |
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| Literate Good Citizen |
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| Book Snob |
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| Fad Reader |
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| Non-Reader |
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| What Kind of Reader Are You? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
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Book Burro
I haven’t shilled for the Book Burro Firefox extension recently. Once you install Book Burro, it pops up a little window in the upper left hand side of your window when it detects that you are looking at a book on the web. (I notice it most often when I am looking at Amazon Books. After you tell Book Burro your zip code in the preferences, it will use World Cat to find the closest copy of that book in a public library. If the closest library happens to be your library, you can click on the link and it will allow you to place a hold on the book. (Of course, this assumes that your library is using SIRSI, or some other system World Cat understands.) For bibliophiles who are trying not to spend all their money on books, this is very useful.