tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29142952515136601632023-12-03T14:01:30.481-05:00OneironomiconPipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-59132728221722108282013-03-04T13:34:00.001-05:002013-03-04T13:34:24.963-05:00Photo: Ye Old Cat Prints<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span>Has your cat ever walked across your keyboard? Well, it’s not a new problem. Medieval book historian <a href="https://twitter.com/erik_kwakkel" target="_blank">Erik Kwakkel</a>
recently Tweeted this photo of a 15th century book with… you guessed
it… cat paw prints in ink on the pages! We’re part of a long and
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<span>Source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151738035014348&set=a.224211574347.173182.221013509347&type=1&theater" target="_blank">Dr. Marty Becker</a></span></div>
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Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-54188958056696015672013-01-25T08:00:00.000-05:002013-01-25T19:43:36.365-05:00Infographic: Timeline of the One Ring<div style="text-align: center;">
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Swedish <i>Lord of the Rings</i> fanatic Emil Johansson, who has previously <a href="http://lotrproject.com/">mapped the entire genealogy of Middle Earth</a>, visualizes the <a href="http://visual.ly/timeline-one-ring?utm_source=visually_embed">timeline of the One Ring</a>.</div>
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Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-14747395400195828132013-01-02T08:00:00.000-05:002013-01-02T08:00:07.296-05:00Book Reading: J.R.R. Tolkien<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"When Tolkien visited a friend in August of 1952 to retrieve a manuscript of The Lord of the Rings, he was shown a “tape recorder”. Having never seen one before, he asked how it worked and was then delighted to have his voice recorded and hear himself played back for the first time. His friend then asked him to read from The Hobbit, and Tolkien did so in this one incredible take."</blockquote>
Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-80953205034716490982012-12-19T08:00:00.000-05:002012-12-19T08:00:13.559-05:00Interview: Brandon Sanderson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="375" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LyhPRIokTSM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
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<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-8668311849842784212012-12-18T09:00:00.000-05:002012-12-18T09:00:03.528-05:00Trivia: Puzzlewood<div style="text-align: center;">
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In 1848 some workmen, after moving a block of stone in the
woods, found a small cavity in the rocks. In this cavity, hidden away,
were three earthenware jars containing over 3,000 Roman coins. No-one
knows why the coins were hidden away in the cliff face nor by whom.<br />
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J. R. R. Tolkien, a frequent visitor to the Forest
of Dean, may have visited Puzzlewood, and many believe Puzzlewood was
the inspiration for the fabled forests of Middle-earth, such as the Old Forest, Mirkwood, Fangorn or Lothlórien contained within <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>. J.K Rowling is also said to have visited Puzzlewood, and it may have been this that influenced her idea of The Forbidden Forest in the Harry Potter books.<br />
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Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-5602097274538788092012-12-10T08:00:00.000-05:002012-12-10T08:00:08.807-05:00Gadgets: Albatros<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lhermitte is currently <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/Albatros-bookmarks-1">raising funds on IndiGoGo</a> to manufacture these simple but clever bookmarks that automatically mark the page as a reader progresses through a book.<br />
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"The Albatros bookmark consists of a thin piece of polyester that is
inserted in the book; thanks to its structure and shape, every time you
turn a page, the bookmark follows it. Placing the bookmark in a book is
done in the blink of an eye. Its repositionable adhesive allows it to
last a long time without damaging any pages."</blockquote>
Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-12780948876650665772012-11-08T21:00:00.000-05:002012-11-08T21:00:02.428-05:00Video: A Year in Full Colour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Moleskine notebooks come to life in the company's stop-motion animated commercial by Roger Wieland. <br />
<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-69304590257606375442012-11-01T08:00:00.000-04:002012-11-01T10:40:49.484-04:00Interview: Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross at Google<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross put in an appearance at Google to plug their new book, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765329107/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0765329107&linkCode=as2&tag=thegregeeman-20">The Rapture of the Nerds</a></i>.
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Cory and Charlie intend to write a third novella in the sequence begun with "Jury Service" and "Appeals Court," and THE RAPTURE OF THE NERDS will consist of all three novellas, possibly with some small additional connective tissue if necessary.<br />
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Many distinguished SF "novels" have actually been stitched together from short-fiction serieses like this; the venerable industry term for such a book is "fix-up", which doesn't imply anything deprecatory.</blockquote>
<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-69649686267578392992012-10-11T08:00:00.000-04:002012-10-11T08:00:12.007-04:00Photo: Stuttgart Library<div style="text-align: center;">
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Nicknamed <a href="http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/projects/230bookmountain">“Book Mountain”</a> by its designers at Dutch architecture firm <a href="http://www.mvrdv.nl/">MVRDV</a>,
the new 100,000 square foot public library in Spijkenisse, Netherlands
is an 85 foot tall glass pyramid housing a spiraling arrangement of
bookcases within. Visitors to the library can peruse more than 10,000
feet of shelves and enjoy a bit of reading at a café at the
top of the pyramid.<br />
<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-9596892568178739452012-10-03T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-03T15:53:30.442-04:00Video: Literary Flash Mob at Lafayette College<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OShwz5HyM7k?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
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In honor of the 30th annual commemoration of Banned Books Week, some bookish types at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania descended on a library in a flash mob that had participants reading aloud from 30 books that had been banned throughout American history.<br/>
<br/>Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-89777697822896889312012-10-03T08:00:00.000-04:002012-10-03T15:53:56.583-04:00Humor: Ban This Book<div style="text-align: center;">
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"<a href="http://www.incidentalcomics.com/2012/10/ban-this-book.html">Ban This Book</a>" was drawn by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/grantdraws/">Grant Snider</a> to celebrate <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek">Banned Books Week</a></div>
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Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-91486202732125391272012-09-24T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-24T08:00:14.266-04:00Posters: Banned Books Week<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://bryanpatricktodd.com/work/">Quills Coffee Print</a> by <a href="http://bryanpatricktodd.com/">Bryan Patrick Todd</a></div>
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Limited Run Screen Prints for Quills Coffee, Louisville, KY</div>
Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-31588396749969028972012-09-20T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-20T08:00:16.417-04:00Photo: Stuttgart Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-61248082169085551122012-09-19T08:30:00.000-04:002012-09-19T08:30:00.016-04:00Humor: That Moment...<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://youshouldntlaughatdragons.tumblr.com/image/31516903337"><img alt="YES. Omg." src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mac668zzwA1rtzn8wo1_1280.jpg" width="500"/></a></div>
<br /> Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-73249187769394353612012-09-19T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-19T08:00:18.979-04:00Photo: Vennesla Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"The new library in Vennesla comprises a library, a café,
meeting places and administrative areas and links an existing community
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"Supporting the idea of an inviting public space, all main public
functions have been gathered into one generous space allowing the
structure combined with furniture and multiple spatial interfaces to be
visible in the interior and from the exterior. An integrated passage
brings the city life into and through the building. Furthermore, the new
building was open and easy accessible from the main city square,
knitting together the existing urban fabric. This was achieved by a
large glass facade and urban loggia providing a protected outdoor
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"In this project, we further developed a rib concept to create useable
hybrid structures that combine a timber construction with all technical
devices and the interior. The whole library consists of 27 ribs made of
prefabricated glue-laminated timber elements and CNC cut plywood boards.
These ribs inform the geometry of the roof, as well as the undulating
orientation of the generous open space, with personal study zones
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"Each rib consists of a glue laminated timber beam and column,
acoustic absorbents which contain the air conditioning ducts, bent glass
panes that serve as lighting covers and signs, and integrated reading
niches and shelves."
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"The gradually shifting shapes of the ribs are generated through adapting
to the two adjacent buildings and also through spatial quality and
functional demands for the different compartments of the library. Each
end façade has been shaped according to the specific requirements of the
site. At the main entrance, the rib forms the loggia which spans the
width of the entire square."</blockquote>
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"A main intention has also been to reduce the energy need for all three
buildings through the infill concept and the use of high standard energy
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"A symbiosis of structure, technical infrastructure, furniture and
interior in one architectonic element creates a strong spatial identity
that meets the client’s original intent to mark the city’s cultural
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Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-64135434782715172172012-09-18T15:30:00.000-04:002012-09-18T15:30:00.987-04:00Video: Troy Library Campaign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Why a proposed book-burning party was a Very Good Thing Indeed.</div>
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China Mieville asks <a href="http://youtu.be/xTb_CCukdnU">Will the novel remain writers' favourite narrative form?</a></div>
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Has the dominant literary form of the 19th and 20th centuries grown
stale? Is it no longer the best means of delivering stories in the 21st
century? Or does the classic literary novel remain the form best placed
to deliver innovative, memorable writing? Drawing on discussions about
censorship, style, politics and identity, this session, bringing
Edinburgh's 2012 Conference to a close, offers an address by multi
award-winning author, China Mieville with renowned author Janne Teller
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<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-39584647179562553992012-09-06T12:00:00.000-04:002012-09-06T12:00:07.267-04:00Humor: Better Book Titles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://betterbooktitles.com/">Better Book Titles</a> is a blog in which famous books are given “improved” and often hilarious new titles. Comedian <a href="http://danwilbur.tumblr.com/">Dan Wilbur</a>
started the site back in 2010. Wilbur creates some of the re-titles
himself, with the remainder coming from reader submissions. To see some
of the best, take a look at Wilbur’s <a href="http://betterbooktitles.com/tagged/dantop10/chrono">top 10 list of his own re-titles</a> as well as his <a href="http://betterbooktitles.com/tagged/readertop10/chrono">top 10 list of reader submissions</a>.Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-20034588777381850642012-08-29T08:00:00.000-04:002012-08-29T22:00:53.918-04:00Video: What’s Your Favorite Reading Position?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"<a href="http://youtu.be/JPIVOXJk2zA">How to Read a Book</a>" by <a href="http://cassjaytuck.tumblr.com/">CassJay Tuck</a></div>
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Wall Shelves at <a href="http://www.matsui-architects.com/en/works/tokyos-tokyo/#text" target="_blank">Tokyo’s Tokyo</a> in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo</div>
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Designed by <a href="http://www.matsui-architects.com/en/">Ryo Matsui Architects</a></div>
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Sunflower Chair is an ingenious sunflower-shaped chair that is ringed by
an integrated bookcase. The chair was created by designers He Mu and
Zhang Qian from the <a href="http://www.sues.edu.cn/englisho/">Shanghai University of Engineering Science</a>. The chair recently won the Redtory Design Award at the <a href="http://www.redtory.com.cn/english/board_content.php?id=79">Design for Sitting Gran Prix</a> competition hosted by art and design studio <a href="http://www.redtory.com.cn/">Redtory</a> in Guangzhou, China.<br />
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<br />Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-693529469640199322012-08-08T08:00:00.000-04:002012-08-08T10:19:12.363-04:00Book Trailer: Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chronicle Books will publish the official companion to the Game of Thrones television series, Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones. Unlike most book trailers, this video visited the set of a popular TV show.Pipedreamergreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881681464418664484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914295251513660163.post-90759574943000811782012-08-03T08:30:00.001-04:002012-08-03T08:30:01.011-04:00Bookshelves: Pagina Bookcase<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.cassinausa.com/storage.html">418 Pagina bookcase</a>
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