Category: Books
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A gentle bedtime story from Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner reads a new bedtime classic in a gentle, but firm style that many parents will appreciate. It’s a wonderful book for 21st century parents, not prudes.
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If you enjoyed The Expanse on TV, read the books
I’ve been reading The Expanse book series by James S.A. Corey and enjoying them. I thought I’d share my reviews here as I go.
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Marvel’s kickass women superheroes
The MorphSuits blog also has a cool infographic featuring Marvel’s kickass women superheroes!
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All the superheroes’ and villains’ weaknesses in a handy infographic
I am a huge comic superhero fan and I came across this awesome infographic that documents all the superheroes’ and villains’ weaknesses on MorphSuits site.
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A great guide to GPL for WordPress developers
Richard Best has a terrific guide to GPL for WordPress developers along the lines of the famously simple “human readable” Creative Commons license explanations on his site, WP and Legal Stuff, in his post titled “A human readable summary of the GPL“. He actually has two versions, both of which are worth taking a look…
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Will these libraries appeal to our kids in a digital future?
I noticed this post on Facebook about 6 buildings that are helping to redefine libraries. I wonder: will these libraries appeal to our kids as much as the more traditional libraries in our cities appealed to us when we were young and lacked the digital devices our kids have? In an age when Google can replace…
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Bookless libraries
I just read an article titled “Texas library offers glimpse of bookless future” about a library that has no paper-based books. Instead, it has rows of iMacs and tablets which lenders can take out with books loaded on to them. This may horrify book lovers who love the feel of paper and all the other…
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This book is why I much prefer ebooks
I took this book with me to the 2008 iCommons iSummit in Sapporo, Japan. This book is one of the reasons I am such a huge fan of ebooks. This book runs to about 1 000 pages and it is heavy. I wouldn’t want to have a home without paper books, they add substance to…
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