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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New Contest

Instructables encourages everyone to make something glow.

http://www.instructables.com/contest/glow/

A similar site to this one,
http://makezine.com

Make something this holiday season instead of buying.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

I remember when this book came out in 2007-2008. I wasn't terribly interested in the premise except for the fact that it is a "pandora box" story. A mysterious box left on someone's porch turns out to have great import.

The book's official website has a map (supposedly drawn by Hannah) which is cool.

www.thirteenreasonswhy.com

Friday, November 4, 2011

Chaucer

For out of olde feldes, as men seyth,
Cometh al this newe corn from yer to yere,
And out of olde bokes, in good feyth,
Cometh al this newe science that men lere.
– Geoffrey Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls.

For out of old fields, as men say,
comes all this new corn from year to year,
And out of old books, in good faith,
Comes all this new science that men learn.


Here Chaucer is speaking of the legacy of the written word. His work is a product of his own imagination but its also a product of everything he's read.

I'm fascinated by this because in the digital age this fact tends to be lost. Anything older than a few years is considered passe and obsolete.

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