Judgey is a fun site that lets you rate a book's cover, then see if your rating matches up with its Goodreads rating. Great way to remind yourself of all the bad design in the world!
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6:09 am Thu
Aug 27, 2015
Judgey: Web game that lets you judge a book by its cover
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The future will be feminist and pedal-powered: kickstarting a fifth "Bikes Not Rockets" sf anthology
Elly Blue (previously) writes, "Will toilet paper be a valuable commodity after society collapses? Who will help you with your reproductive rights in the coming patriarchal dystopia? Why are humans so obsessed with gender? Are bots human? These questions and many more are answered with bicycles (and feminism!) in the eleven stories found in Bikes […]
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The magical book art of fore-edge painting
For centuries, many fine books have held a magical secret not within their pages but on the edges. Stunning fore-edge paintings are only visible when the book’s pages are slightly fanned. Great Big Story introduces us to Martin Frost, one of the world’s last fore-edge painters.
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When to stop reading a bad book?
It wasn’t until she became an adult and a librarian, Nancy Pearl writes, that she “began to question my commitment to finishing each and every book that I began.” Now she has a simple method for dropping a bad one, one obvious and plain and yet fair enough: the Rule of 50. Give a book […]
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5 important skills to learn this summer
Summer’s here, which brings not only warmer weather but also the unsettling realization that the year is more than halfway over. So, for those who weren’t as productive as they would have liked during the first half of 2018, we’ve rounded up 5 skill course bundles you can start learning today to help you finish […]
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These indestructible flashlights are designed to smash through obstacles
It’s good to be proactive, but when it comes to preparing for an emergency situation, one of the most important items you can pack is a flashlight. After all, whatever else you include in your kit won’t be of much use if you can’t see what you’re doing. The Viper 1000-Lumen Tactical Flashlights not only […]
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How Mondly's language-learning AI helps you speak like a true native
Chances are you took a handful of language classes in high school, and aside from a smattering of conjugations and vocabulary words, the only things you likely remember are the dry, rehearsed sentences that did little to make you speak like a true native. If you’re still hoping to learn a new language but want […]
