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7:25 am Sat
May 16, 2009
Rebinding a 1518 copy of Ovid. (Thanks, Jim!)
I love Jonathan Carroll’s stories. Teaching the Dog to Read is a fantastic tale of magical realism! Tony Areal is living a pretty mundane life, when suddenly his greatest wishes start to come true. Offered the chance to live out his dreams, Tony switches places with his dream-land alternate self and then things get really […]
In University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist Jody Foster’s new book The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively with Difficult People at Work, she shares sound advice on dealing with narcissistic co-workers. From an excerpt at Quartz: On a day-to-day basis, appealing to this person’s egocentricity can be very effective. The occasional recognition of the […]
Kory Stamper, author of the new book Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries describes three criteria Merriam-Webster uses for inclusion of words like truther, binge-watch, photobomb and the 1,000 other words that make the cut in a typical year.
If you are a UI designer, creating custom icons is often more trouble than it’s worth since you probably already spent an inordinate amount of time dealing with a range of application states, device sizes, and UX guidelines. Instead of reinventing the wheel for every project, consider using assets from Icons8.Icons8 is a massive online […]
Python is one of the most robust programming languages around, but that doesn’t mean it’s strictly for experts. Thanks to its versatility and elegant, human-readable syntax, Python is a great starter language for novices, and has significant applications for data scientists and web developers alike. To get up to speed with this powerful language, or […]
Although the iPhone 7 and rugged Android devices like the Samsung Galaxy S8 can survive a dunk in the pool, their ergonomics make it difficult to bring them into the shower without risking a shattered screen. That’s why the Bluetooth Shower Speaker continues to be awesome.This water-resistant wireless speaker is designed to fit anywhere in […]
