by The Puget News Tumblr on October 14, 2011
““There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunt…
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by The Puget News Tumblr on October 8, 2011
(via Phrases We Owe to Shakespeare – English Muse)
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by The Puget News Tumblr on October 2, 2011
(via Streetsy: Notorious Banksy strikes again. We’ve al…)
by Eric Franklin on October 13, 2010
Over on Moby, there’s a bunch of speculation related to some off-topic, pro-Kindle commentary that has been coming in as blog post commentary through their queues. Given that a whole string of these appear to have listed the same exact URL, despite coming from various IP addresses, I have little doubt that they were indeed [...]
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by Eric Franklin on June 4, 2010
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by Eric Franklin on January 9, 2010
I’m quite excited to see all of the advances in ebook technology being shown off at CES this week, especially since they stand to move us a lot further down the path of a paperless society. Personally, I wouldn’t mind never using paper again. I get bummed evry time I shop and am handed a [...]
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by Mark Albonizio on December 16, 2009
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on this day in 1760. After you read this post, go here to learn the life and times of the man. The one excerpt of the Wikipedia article that I wish to call out tells about the constant ringing in his ears and eventual hearing loss: As early as 1801, [...]
by Mark Albonizio on December 2, 2009
“The Blue Fey” by Seb Barnett was done using water color, water color pencil, and ink on paper. I would like to introduce you to Seb Barnett. She is a multi-talented artist who you can meet this Friday during the Center on Contemporary Arts (CoCA) 2009 Art Marathon at the Fremont Abbey. Seb uses her art to [...]
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by Mark Albonizio on November 27, 2009
The Fremont Abbey is going to be abuzz with energy! It’s not that big of a place and it’s gonna be fun. Support the artists by bringing them food and non-alcoholic beverages. Once the wee hours of the night come around, they’ll be thankful that you left them some goodies. Take a bus or carpool [...]
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by Eric Franklin on November 4, 2009
I paid Logo Design Guru to develop a logo for this site. I told them that the site was for “Passionate discussion about the art, literature, technology and culture from the Pacific Northwest.” Knowing that the goal is to build a site that we can all communicate our appreciation for all aspects of artistic endeavor, [...]
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