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≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Books, e-books | ≅ 6 Comments
From the TIMES ONLINE: More than 65,000 19th-century works of fiction from the British Library’s collection are to be made available for free downloads by the public from this spring. Owners of the Amazon Kindle, an ebook reader device, will be able to view well known works by writers such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen [...]
≡ Category: Physics | ≅ 2 Comments
A lighter piece for Super Bowl Sunday. Yes, this clip isn’t exactly heady. And, yes, it botches some facts (archers apparently shoot from 70 meters, not 20 yards). But, nonetheless, it gives you the basic physics of Drew Brees’ passing game. Brees will be playing QB for the New Orleans Saints tonight, and, as you’ll [...]
≡ Category: Language Lessons | ≅ 1 Comment
How can you learn foreign languages online? Last week, The New York Times outlined a good number of options for its readers. And, for days, the article remained one of the most widely read pieces on the NYT site. Today, the paper issued a followup post, highlighting yet more ways to learn languages digitally. And happily [...]
≡ Category: Math, Science, TED Talks | ≅ 1 Comment
Our reader Garnet sets the stage for this video: “Mathematicians have long declared that geometrical hyperbolic space could not be modeled in the real world. Now it’s been done, through crochet! Watch TED video science writer Margaret Wertheim explain how the art of crochet emulates sea slugs creating coral structures in hyperbolic space, using art [...]
≡ Category: Education | ≅ 2 Comments
Great message. Give it a minute to get going. Performed by Taylor Mali at the Bowery Poetry Club on November 12, 2005. Thanks Thomas for sharing. This clip is now added to our YouTube favorites.
≡ Category: Random | ≅ 2 Comments
Somewhere during your day, you spot a great video, an enriching audio lecture, or an excellent free ebook. And you think, that’s perfect for Open Culture. So you shoot us a quick note, and the next thing you know, your personal discovery is live on the site, being shared with thousands of like-minded readers from [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple, Books, e-books, Web/Tech | ≅ 19 Comments
Caveat: If you missed it, yesterday’s post was 10 Reasons iPad Will Not Kill Kindle. So take everything here with appropriate grains of salt. 10.) Books with graphics. Many books contain photos, graphics and diagrams that the Kindle does not handle well, if at all. When people realize that the iPad will do this flawlessly, [...]
≡ Category: Literature | ≅ Leave a Comment
Listen up. The clip above features the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf’s voice. It comes from a 1937 BBC radio broadcast. The talk, entitled “Craftsmanship,” was part of a series called “Words Fail Me.” You can find a transcript of the recorded portion here. Thanks Kirstin for helping get this nugget out there. via [...]
≡ Category: Amazon Kindle, Apple, Books, e-books | ≅ 6 Comments
Caveat: before half of you get your shorts in a bunch, tomorrow’s post will be: Top 10 Reasons Why iPad Means Kindle Is Dead. With that said, have at it! 10.) Taking reading from a simple printed page to an e-book environment such as the Kindle is a great step forward. Its ease of use, [...]
≡ Category: Philosophy, Religion | ≅ 2 Comments
Bertrand Russell, the Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, mathematician and peace activist, died 40 years ago today. And so, above, we rewind the video tape to 1959, to Russell explaining why he doesn’t believe in God. This was a viewpoint that he otherwise elaborated upon in his well-known lecture/essay, Why I Am Not a Christian. For more vintage [...]
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