So many posts in my head still not written, and as usual I pile up the list and attend to the newest arrow in my thought quiver.And I loathe writing something the first days of January that reeks of New Years vows- sure enough this is in the Already Been Blogged Department (hereto after referred […]
That’s the plan (and actually better pace than the stack of partly reads on my nightstand table). The book is “A Year in the Woods” by Norwegian writer Torbjørn Ekelund– the sad state of web search yields no author managed web site, just links to book sellers or book reviews, I link therefore to a […]
I see your pie charts and lists of almost 100 books read this year, Martin Weller. And it is impressive. My summary will not take a spreadsheet, as I just today finished one book for 2019, this one bought maybe a year ago (big review below). The list is one book long (well there is […]
cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Alan Levine My dimly remembered history of learning world history paints the age of discovery as some sort of pure pursuit of mapping the world, with captains mumbling something akin to the opening to Star Trek. Columbus knew the world was not flat! (so did […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I’m about six weeks into my round the world loop, been here in Brisbane, Australia since arriving Thursday. For the long trip and spots of free time, I practiced one of my favorite book selection techniques. I went to the Senior Center Thrift Store in Pine Arizona and […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by ice.bluess This week’s reading for Gardner Campbell’s New Media Faculty Seminar was video artist Bill Viola’s “Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?” a title that intrigued me and, even as Gardner explained it on our podcast, I’m still circling around its meaning. For whatever reason, I keep coming […]
