Archives for September, 2005
copying harry potter…
Saturday, September 24th, 2005
Potter fan copies out whole book
A 15-year old girl in Moldova borrowed a copy of the book, read it in two days, and spent a month writing it down word for word in her notebook - because her parents couldn’t afford a copy.
Scrabble babble…
Saturday, September 24th, 2005
I love Scrabble. Once of the few things I pride myself on in life is my ability to play a mean game of Scrabble. I’m really pretty good.
Well, I thought was good.
I finally managed to watch Word Wars on DVD. Word Wars: Tiles and Tribulation is a documentary following four Scrabble players on their way […]
not again…
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
Danielle Steel’s newest novel, Toxic Bachelor, is coming out next month - making it her 66th novel. Great, just 600 more to go before we all figure out why people are ordering her books like crazy.
what should i read next?
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
what should I read next?
Enter a title and author, and get some recommendations…
for your consideration…
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
My new, favorite Jet Li movie - and dare I say, martial arts movie - of all time may be Unleashed, or Danny the Dog depending on what side of the ocean you’re from.
This is definetely my favorite Jet Li movie in a modern-day setting, and it didn’t rely too heavily on computer graphics (a […]
he-man does 4 non blondes
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
Fabulous Secret Power
You haven’t lived ’til you hear He-Man sing 4 Non-Blondes.
Bahamas…
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
Aaargh. According to angryasianman.com, they were apparently auditioning young, Asian men in Orlando for the Pirates of the Carribean sequels. You’d get to work with Chow Yun Fat - in the Bahamas. With the trip paid for.
And you’d probably get to see Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp every now and then too.
dewey love…
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
“oh, i’m a 500, 510, 515, 534, 575 (this is fun) 641 703 793 794 796 797 001 070 118 403 410 160…what are you?” (via ask.metafilter)
Online dating for librarians?
librarything
Sunday, September 11th, 2005
I’m trying out LibraryThing to catalog my little book collection.
The most impressive thing, however, is checking out the author cloud, a collection of author tags sized according to their frequency. Meaning, the more users who catalog a particular author’s books, the larger his or her name is on the list. Off the bat you’ll […]
state of NOLA libraries and historic documents…
Saturday, September 10th, 2005
Via boinboing: the state of libraries, museums, and other historical artifacts after the wake of Katrina.
