February 2011
37 posts
Great Literature Translated Into Bar Codes
wondertonic:
The Books2Barcodes project is working hard to convert classic books into thousands of 2D barcodes, allowing you to read great literature with only your computer, cell phone, and plentiful attention span. Check out classics like Moby Dick, Ulysses, and A Tale Of Two Cities, all in convenient QR code format!
Yo! Jane Eyre, everybody. Oh, my heart, this is Teh Geeky. But...
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ASK ME STUFF AND TALK TO ME →
Aherm. Before I slip into bed: The past coupla days, I realize that I actually enjoy abusing the Ask [Answer] feature of Tumblr. So, please, enable me. Leave a message after the bleep.
Bleep.
Forty Something, Robert Hass
presidents:
She says to him, musing, “If you ever leave me, and marry a younger woman and have another baby, I’ll put a knife in your heart.” They are in bed, so she climbs onto his chest, and looks directly down into his eyes. “You understand? Your heart.”
I have always liked this.
Anonymous asked: how do you stay so skinny?
Anonymous asked: Good evening =]
Have you ever thought about writing a novel?
Are you currently writing one?
Ciao ^ ^
Have you ever thought about writing a novel?
Are you currently writing one?
Ciao ^ ^
Anonymous asked: Have you read Cortazar? (Hopscotch with its two ways of reading is psyching me out.)
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From Paolo Giordano’s novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers, which is so sweet and tender and yummy:
Prime numbers are divisible only by one and by themselves. They hold their place in the infinite series of natural numbers, squashes, like all numbers, between two others, but one step further than the rest. They are suspicious, solitary numbers, which is why Mattia thought they were...
seattlebooks:
“Medical history tells us of the case of a man living under the peculiar delusion that he was a fried egg. Quite how or when this idea had entered his head, no one knew, but he now refused to sit down anywhere for fear that he would “break himself” and “spill the yolk.” His doctor tried sedatives and other drugs to appease his fears, but nothing seemed to work. Finally, one of them...
floraandfaun asked: Do you take book recommendations? I noticed you do not have a little link that goes like "Suggest books!" in your blog. Maybe it's the TBR pile. Is it? Or something else? Huwaat?
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Anonymous asked: How do you save with all the book shopping? If I could, I'd spend all my money on books too but then again, I really can't do that. :(
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Anonymous asked: Hey, I really like your blog! the articles are really interesting... I also love reading but beccause of college i don't have enough time.
How do you manage to get the time that you need to read so many books.... I can't read more than 1 book a month, are you studying a major that is related to litterature?
Have a nice week! Pardon for my poor english I am from Spain.
How do you manage to get the time that you need to read so many books.... I can't read more than 1 book a month, are you studying a major that is related to litterature?
Have a nice week! Pardon for my poor english I am from Spain.
Anonymous asked: where did you take up Creative Writing?
Anonymous asked: I think it would do you good to go to UP sometimes and meet some really smart people. It's obvious you think too well of yourself. There's no way you could be smarter than "pretty much everyone else."
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From "The Lover's Dictionary"
bodywithoutorgans:
autonomy, n.
“I want my books to have their own shelves,” you said, and that’s how I knew it would be okay to live together.
:)
switchingtenses:
“I looked at other couples and wondered how they could be so calm about it. They held hands as if they weren’t even holding hands. When Steve and I held hands, I had to keep looking down to marvel at it. There was my hand, the same hand I’ve always had - oh, but look! What is it holding? It’s holding Steve’s hand! Who is Steve? My three-dimensional boyfriend. Each day I wondered...
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January 2011
19 posts
