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≡ Category: Books | ≅ Leave a Comment
Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” is turning 50 this month, something we recently noted. And to commemorate the event, Viking has just published the original draft of the novel (check it out here) that Kerouac banged out in three quick weeks, in a New York apartment, on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he [...]
≡ Category: Music | ≅ 5 Comments
We’re taking you back to 1980, to the evening when John Lennon was shot in New York City. This sound file lets you listen in on what New Yorkers heard that evening — December 8 — as they switched from one radio station to another. The event was covered across the radio dial, and you [...]
≡ Category: Audio Books, English Language, History | ≅ 8 Comments
American Rhetoric has compiled its list of the top 100 American speeches, all of which can be conveniently accessed as mp3 files. Most of the speeches listed here are known for their eloquence, and many for the pivotal role they played in effecting major political and social change. The compilation lets you listen to F.D.R. [...]
≡ Category: Video - Arts & Culture | ≅ Leave a Comment
Geared toward beginners, this series of videos created by Wine Library TV offers an introduction to the basics of wine tasting. In these nine videos, you’ll learn how to taste wine and train your palate, why the temperature of wine matters, how wine glasses can affect the taste of wine, and how to decant it. [...]
≡ Category: Art | ≅ 2 Comments
The advent of digital cameras has changed photography as we know it. It has dramatically lowered the cost of photography, and we’re now snapping more photos than ever before. But we’re not necessarily taking better pictures. This is where Nikon steps in. Their cameras make casual photographers immensely better than they actually are. (Trust me, [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Science, Video - Science | ≅ 1 Comment
And now we bring you a public service announcement…. Below, you can watch Al Gore talk about tangible ways that you can be a good environmental citizen. The first 5 minutes start with some wit and banter that would have served him well in 2000; the next 10 minutes get down to some business. A [...]
≡ Category: Uncategorized | ≅ Leave a Comment
Another week, another wrap: The Digital Tipping Point: The Wild Ride from Podcast to Book Deal New Stanford Online Writing Courses William Gibson, Father of Cyberpunk, Reads New Novel in Second Life The New Grammar Podcast on the Block Google GeoMaps the Book World OnClassical Relaunches A Short History of Man, God, and Political Philosophy [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Harvard, Politics | ≅ 2 Comments
In case you missed it, The New York Times published a lengthy article — The Politics of God — last weekend which essentially traces how the thought of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and other major political philosophers gave us secular politics, and particularly the separation of Church and State. They’re innovations with many upsides, but [...]
≡ Category: Books, Google | ≅ 1 Comment
Google Earth added new functionality this week that lets you search the world by geographical location and find books that reference that location. So, for example, if you open Google Earth and type “London,” you will be presented with numerous yellow book icons. Click on any one of them, and Google will show you instances [...]
≡ Category: Online Courses | ≅ Leave a Comment
Just a quick heads up: Starting today, you can sign up for online writing courses from Stanford. Offered by Stanford Continuing Studies and the Stanford Creative Writing Program (which is one of the most distinguished writing programs in the country), these online courses give beginning and advanced writers, no matter where they live, the chance [...]
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