Comments on: Mule-based bookmobiles for remote Venezuelan communities http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jrustenhoven http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1403050 jrustenhoven Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1403050 oddly enough we read a book on the subject (from our very conventional library) just this weekend http://www.amazon.com/Biblioburro-A-True-Story-Colombia/dp/1416997784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335219112&sr=8-1  oddly enough we read a book on the subject (from our very conventional library) just this weekend
http://www.amazon.com/Biblioburro-A-True-Story-Colombia/dp/1416997784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335219112&sr=8-1 

]]> By: Gyrofrog http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1402408 Gyrofrog Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1402408 They've been doing something similar in Ethiopia: http://www.ethiopiareads.org/programs/mobile They’ve been doing something similar in Ethiopia:
http://www.ethiopiareads.org/programs/mobile

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1402402 jeligula Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1402402 Very awesome.  Very awesome. 

]]> By: juepucta http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1402003 juepucta Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1402003 You try swallowing a dozen books to be able to board a plane! Much worse, think of when time comes to get them out. You try swallowing a dozen books to be able to board a plane! Much worse, think of when time comes to get them out.

]]> By: Guido http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401744 Guido Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401744 Woot! I am really glad to see this! Universidad Valle del Momboy was a spin off from some people on my high school, not too long ago, and they have grown, and started awesome projects like this. They go to remote, isolated areas in the mountains of Truillo, high in the andes, without access to many things that children in places like Valera lack. And Valera is a backwards, small city. The world is still full of this kind of places, where the old methods are still useful, where the culture is still old and changing little by little. Soon people living in those places, with the help of mules will have access to us, and I wonder what they'll have to say to the beautiful mess we have created in the Internet. Woot!
I am really glad to see this! Universidad Valle del Momboy was a spin off from some people on my high school, not too long ago, and they have grown, and started awesome projects like this. They go to remote, isolated areas in the mountains of Truillo, high in the andes, without access to many things that children in places like Valera lack. And Valera is a backwards, small city. The world is still full of this kind of places, where the old methods are still useful, where the culture is still old and changing little by little. Soon people living in those places, with the help of mules will have access to us, and I wonder what they’ll have to say to the beautiful mess we have created in the Internet.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401633 Robert Baruch Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401633 I can't believe I'm the first comment with this. So, do they have Don Quixote? I can’t believe I’m the first comment with this. So, do they have Don Quixote?

]]> By: Invisible Man http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401567 Invisible Man Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401567 Anyway, much better a biblo-mule than a coke-mule. Anyway, much better a biblo-mule than a coke-mule.

]]> By: joeposts http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401535 joeposts Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401535 A pro-literacy mule? Now I have seen everything.  A pro-literacy mule? Now I have seen everything. 

]]> By: Ashen Victor http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401491 Ashen Victor Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401491  Porqué una mula es mucho más resistente y grande. Because a mule is way sturdier and bigger.  Porqué una mula es mucho más resistente y grande.

Because a mule is way sturdier and bigger.

]]> By: M Alovert http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401480 M Alovert Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401480 There was an amazing instance of this in the US during the Depression, as a Works Projects Administration project employing women as horseback librarians to bring books to extremely remote Kentucky communities:  http://10engines.blogspot.com/2010/04/kentucky-pack-horse-librarians.html There was an amazing instance of this in the US during the Depression, as a Works Projects Administration project employing women as horseback librarians to bring books to extremely remote Kentucky communities: 
http://10engines.blogspot.com/2010/04/kentucky-pack-horse-librarians.html

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401470 Sirkowski Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401470 In b4 PeTA. In b4 PeTA.

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401467 gwailo_joe Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401467 that mule is no fool that mule is no fool

]]> By: Michael Wendell http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401439 Michael Wendell Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401439 I swear I've seen this mule in an episode of Go Diego Go. No, wait... that was a llama. I swear I’ve seen this mule in an episode of Go Diego Go.

No, wait… that was a llama.

]]> By: Not legal advice. Don't rely. http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401425 Not legal advice. Don't rely. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401425 Ancient proverb: The donkey bears the mysteries.   Trust the Beeb to still have some classicists on staff. Ancient proverb: The donkey bears the mysteries.  

Trust the Beeb to still have some classicists on staff.

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401372 Sekino Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401372 "Bibliomu-u-u-u-las" I want a reason to yell that out loud, myself! Awesome concept all around! “Bibliomu-u-u-u-las”

I want a reason to yell that out loud, myself! Awesome concept all around!

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401370 sockdoll Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401370 ¿Por qué no biblioburros? http://elbiblioburro.blogspot.com/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsHyN9zj8_o  ¿Por qué no biblioburros?

http://elbiblioburro.blogspot.com/ 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsHyN9zj8_o 

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401366 travtastic Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401366 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epos_library_ship" rel="nofollow">Epos (library ship)</a> Epos (library ship)

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/04/20/mule-based-bookmobiles-for-rem.html#comment-1401355 semiotix Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=155747#comment-1401355 Rural illiteracy, my ass! Rural illiteracy, my ass!

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