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Alan Bennett has written a charming, albeit short and self-congratulatory (and reader flagellating) little story in “The Uncommon Reader.” While I’d highly recommend the little book if you can find it free or cheap, it’s rough to think that people will pay $12.00 for this, something so slight that it can be read in 1-2 [...]
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An interesting piece from Public TV that resurfaced from people digging through the Channel 13 beta site. It appears to be from a show called “USA Arts: USA The Novel.” don’t you just love new freebies of your favorite artists. Thank you internets! Chapter 1: History: Chapter 2: Switzerland & Writing: Chapter 3: In the [...]
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Once upon a time there was a man named Thomas Bowdler. Bowdler, a physician, published in 1807 an altered versions of Shakespeare that removed “offensive” passages in an attempt to make Shakespeare more suitable for women and children. According to wikipedia: His expurgation was the subject of some criticism and ridicule and, through the eponym [...]
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I was reading the FT Weekend Magazine on a flight back from Frankfurt this weekend and came upon a fascinating closing piece about German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, and his use of index cards to map out complex series of thought. I have heard repeatedly of Vladimir Nabokov’s system of using index cards to plot his [...]
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A blogger and fan summarizes a recent appearance of Haruki Murakami at Zellerbach Auditorium on the Berkeley Campus. “Writing a story for me is just like playing a video game. I start with a word or idea, then I stick out my hand to catch what’s coming next. I’m a player, and at the same [...]
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The book at Amazon: The movies referenced in the book:
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This video shows the process of getting Feedbooks up and running on your Kindle. With Feedbooks, your Kindle can use its wireless connection to download any of thousands of public domain books, for FREE! I just downloaded “War and Peace” in about 10 seconds. Awesome. Kindle Guide FB from zeta on Vimeo.
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Long on promise, short on delivery. Kluger’s subtitle “Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can be Made Simple)” indicates that the reader is going to explore ways that complexity can be dialed up or dialed down. Instead, what a reader gets is 11 formulaic chapters expressing a question in the form “Confused [...]
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I really love the idea behind this book, surfaced on design sponge, and can hardly believe that it’s over 100 years old. The concept goes something like this: get your friends to sign their name on a page of the book with a thick, inky pen fold the paper down the middle of the signature [...]
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Music and corresponding video made entirely from Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Amazing and actually catchy. I want to hear a remix of “Apocalypse Now.” Reznor? And while we’re on the subject…
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