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1detailmuse
Please spread the word about interesting things you find on the Internet by posting links here to articles, images, etc., that catch your attention.
I had reason recently to view this medieval helpdesk video again and thought it worthy of a fresh airing in case some haven't seen it. It also made me realize that new technologies seem to be getting less confounding (a good thing).
I had reason recently to view this medieval helpdesk video again and thought it worthy of a fresh airing in case some haven't seen it. It also made me realize that new technologies seem to be getting less confounding (a good thing).
5rebeccanyc
Yes, very funny!
6SassyLassy
fmgee posted this for the Canadian Bookworms group and I thought I would repost it here:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/09/05/the-healing-power-of-books/
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/09/05/the-healing-power-of-books/
7lilisin
It's interesting but I'm not very convinced as to its efficacy nor as to how it actually functions. I feel the article gives all hypothesis and a few sections of procedure but no results.
And more and more, I'm convinced that many people are just too dense to understand what you're even giving them.
For fun last night I decided to watch the Leonardo diCaprio version of The Man in the Iron Mask since I'm reading the book. (Terrible movie by the way.) As I always like to do (I punish myself) after I watch a movie, I go to IMDB afterwards to read reviews and comments from other viewers. There is absolutely no subtlety in this movie and yet there are still things viewers aren't understanding. One girl thought all the musketeers had died during the tramatic shooting scene and when the smoke cleared out it was either a) they were ghosts or b) they had come back to life due to the power of the legend of the musketeers.
No book is going to remedy her "situation".
And more and more, I'm convinced that many people are just too dense to understand what you're even giving them.
For fun last night I decided to watch the Leonardo diCaprio version of The Man in the Iron Mask since I'm reading the book. (Terrible movie by the way.) As I always like to do (I punish myself) after I watch a movie, I go to IMDB afterwards to read reviews and comments from other viewers. There is absolutely no subtlety in this movie and yet there are still things viewers aren't understanding. One girl thought all the musketeers had died during the tramatic shooting scene and when the smoke cleared out it was either a) they were ghosts or b) they had come back to life due to the power of the legend of the musketeers.
No book is going to remedy her "situation".
8Nickelini
Britain's landfills are filling up with Fifty Shades of Grey:
http://www.mhpbooks.com/fifty-shades-of-grey-now-officially-rubbish/
http://www.mhpbooks.com/fifty-shades-of-grey-now-officially-rubbish/
9NanaCC
I had zero interest in reading the book, so it is probably unfair of me to say that the rubbish heap is where it belongs? ... but....
A shame that recycling isn't an option.
A shame that recycling isn't an option.
10avidmom
>8 Nickelini: Hysterical!!!
11avidmom
What classic kids' books are really about: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/better-book-titles-kids-books-dan-wilbu...
12RidgewayGirl
If you think about it, for that single regrettable moment, Fifty Shades of Grey isn't a book you'd want to buy secondhand, even if you did want to read it.
Here's a review of the book, full of gifs.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
Here's a review of the book, full of gifs.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/340987215
13lilisin
I never read Fifty Shades and I never will but that was a remarkable review! And the inclusion of gifs was brilliant.
Actually, this was my first time looking at Goodreads in a long time and it has come a long way. It's almost strange to see how different it is from LT that has stayed fairly traditional.
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On a non book related note, a man creates a series of photographs inserting tourist knickknacks in the place of the actual tourist attraction. Quite whimsical and lovely. Put a big smile on my face.
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/09/13/witty-souvenirs-replace-wonders-of-the-worl...
Actually, this was my first time looking at Goodreads in a long time and it has come a long way. It's almost strange to see how different it is from LT that has stayed fairly traditional.
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On a non book related note, a man creates a series of photographs inserting tourist knickknacks in the place of the actual tourist attraction. Quite whimsical and lovely. Put a big smile on my face.
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/09/13/witty-souvenirs-replace-wonders-of-the-worl...
14rebeccanyc
I thought this was a charming article about a man who sells books outside a housing project in NYC. My favorite line was where he tells the neighborhood drug dealers:
“But when the dealers try to stand near my tables, I say, ‘Look man, I don’t bother your hustle, so don’t bother mine — you standing here is going to affect my sales,’ ” he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/nyregion/maitre-d-for-the-mind.html
“But when the dealers try to stand near my tables, I say, ‘Look man, I don’t bother your hustle, so don’t bother mine — you standing here is going to affect my sales,’ ” he said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/nyregion/maitre-d-for-the-mind.html
15rebeccanyc
This has nothing to do with books, except that it's a book review from the NY Review of Books, but I found it unbelievably scary that jellyfish are taking over the oceans; with all the things in the world to worry about, I didn't need another one.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/sep/26/jellyfish-theyre-taking-ove...
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/sep/26/jellyfish-theyre-taking-ove...
17Nickelini
#16 - thanks for that. I have love-hate feelings over Ackroyd. I keep buying his books though.
18RidgewayGirl
So the Booker Prize is expanding to allow Americans, among others, to compete. I listened to a brief discussion on the BBC. British publishers are angry.
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-global-expansio...
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-global-expansio...
19rebeccanyc
An article about the discovery of the real woman who wrote The Bondswoman's Narrative, from today's New York Times.
20RidgewayGirl
I do wonder when authors say deliberately provocative things like David Gilmour does here, whether they're trying to be all special and super-intelligent (like David Franzen or V.S. Naipaul) or whether they're just grumpy old guys.
http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/david-gilmour-building-strong-stomachs
And then there's the ranty but interesting rebuttal from an English professor.
http://www.dispositio.net/archives/1688
http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/david-gilmour-building-strong-stomachs
And then there's the ranty but interesting rebuttal from an English professor.
http://www.dispositio.net/archives/1688
21VivienneR
#20 - Great choice RidgewayGirl. At the beginning I could hardly believe that Gilmour is teaching. I hope he didn't get the job based on Film Club where he taught his son through movies. Cute but pretty basic. I thought the book was relying on his name. In this case, I have to agree with the "ranty" rebuttal.
22AnnieMod
David Bowie's favorite books - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/10347410/David-Bowie-reveals...
Some surprises in the list :)
Some surprises in the list :)
23avidmom
>22 AnnieMod: Thanks for sharing that AnnieMod!
24avidmom
The oldest Jewish prayer book in existence: http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/historians-identify-oldest-jewish-prayer-boo...
25rebeccanyc
Scientists discover that reading literary fiction makes you more empathetic, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/i-know-how-youre-feeling-i-read-chekhov.
26StevenTX
For those who read or are planning to read 419 by Will Ferguson, here is a 20-minute video news feature on the impact of oil on the Niger River delta in Nigeria.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/oct/07/niger-delta-nige...
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/oct/07/niger-delta-nige...
27RidgewayGirl
Wouldn't David Bowie fit in well here?
28wandering_star
LOVE the review of 50 Shades... thanks for posting RidgewayGirl!
30rebeccanyc
Thanks for that link, Steven. Will have to check it out when I have more time.
31Mr.Durick
From this review we can learn a lot about Isaac Newton, but do we learn whether we might want to read the book?
Robert
Robert
32RidgewayGirl
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2013/
I'm just so pleased about this. Her short stories are understated perfection.
I'm just so pleased about this. Her short stories are understated perfection.
35mkboylan
I especially love that they put a bench by it. I love these little libraries. I want one, then I want to have a tag on my LT page for books put in free library.
40mkboylan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/12/health-benefits-reading_n_4081258.html?...
Nothing you didn't know but still fun and nice references.
Nothing you didn't know but still fun and nice references.
41VivienneR
Although it stands to reason I hadn't heard before that reading improves depression. I imagine the subject matter is important. Good article to spread around. Thanks Merrikay.
#36, 38: i knew Nickelini would like that collection. Sparks must have a say in his book cover design.
#36, 38: i knew Nickelini would like that collection. Sparks must have a say in his book cover design.
42wandering_star
http://www.theguardian.com/books/interactive/2013/oct/15/booker-prize-judge-deci... - each year's Booker Prize decision explained by one of that year's judges. What I've noticed so far? Several of the judges say that the discussion process doesn't change anyone's mind about whether a book is any good or not. (Why would it, I suppose).
43RidgewayGirl
Thanks for the link, wandering_star. Of course I turned to 2011 first thing -- I found the interview with Susan Hill disingenuous. She'd given interviews before the prize was given talking about "readability", yet here she claims it was all a misunderstanding about an off-the-cuff remark. Curious.
44timjones
I recently interviewed the remarkable American poet Melissa Green (student and friend of Walcott and Brodsky) for my blog about her memoir The Linen Way and her poetry: http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/an-interview-with-melissa-green.html
45avidmom
I'm very apprehensive about the movie version of The Book Thief, one of my all-time favorite books, but getting "a huge standing ovation" at its world premiere seems promising. The casting of Geoffrey Rush as "Papa" is perfect, IMHO.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/can-20ths-under-the-radar-entry-the-book-thief-s...
http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/can-20ths-under-the-radar-entry-the-book-thief-s...
46NanaCC
>45 avidmom: I loved that book. I really hope that the movie stays true to the story.
49rebeccanyc
An article in the New York Times about an online Emily Dickinson archive and what it reveals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/books/enigmatic-dickinson-revealed-online.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/books/enigmatic-dickinson-revealed-online.html
50Nickelini
"How Amazon and Goodreads could lose their best readers" here: http://www.salon.com/2013/10/23/how_amazon_and_goodreads_could_lose_their_best_r...
51ljbwell
>45 avidmom: - the initial trailer didn't have Death in it at all, which made me even more dubious. I later read assurances that Death would most certainly be in it. Fingers crossed they do it justice.
On a bizarre note, I bring you:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/books/a-library-of-classics-edited-for-the-tee...
I thought The NYT had been the victim of picking up an article from somewhere like The Onion, but a look at amazon.com, and, well, no, it's for real. Wuthering Heights becomes a 'weather primer' in board book form? Moby Dick diluted into 'an ocean primer'? Lovely graphic design, but really??? (My sarcastic comment re: Romeo & Juliet as a counting primer - a count from 2 to 1 at the end must raise some awkward issues).
On a bizarre note, I bring you:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/books/a-library-of-classics-edited-for-the-tee...
I thought The NYT had been the victim of picking up an article from somewhere like The Onion, but a look at amazon.com, and, well, no, it's for real. Wuthering Heights becomes a 'weather primer' in board book form? Moby Dick diluted into 'an ocean primer'? Lovely graphic design, but really??? (My sarcastic comment re: Romeo & Juliet as a counting primer - a count from 2 to 1 at the end must raise some awkward issues).
52avidmom
I love what he says about books being a great invention and aesthetically pleasing :)
http://www.theartsdesk.com/books/10-questions-alexander-mccall-smith?page=0,0
http://www.theartsdesk.com/books/10-questions-alexander-mccall-smith?page=0,0