The beginning of another death toll for an entire genre of book: the travel/foreign language phrasebook.See also:RIP Encyclopedias.RIP Textbooks.RIP Travel Guides (and another).RIP OED.
Vacations and The Kindle
Several pressing work projects and two vacations (of sorts, one was a family event) have kept me from posting here as much as I would have liked. Both the time away and the traveling, however, have allowed me some time to further evaluate my Kindle (for earlier discussions, see here, here, and here). Some thoughts:1) Traveling with the Kindle solves one of the great challenges I always face while away: What books to bring and how many can I pack without overloading my luggage? If you're like me (and if you're reading this you probably are), you read several (if...
The Museum of Notebooks
"An ongoing project to collect the best and brightest notebooks in the world." So much more interesting than I was expecting. I especially liked the above "Cultural Revolution Notebook" from China.
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Another online book…
...I like a lot, this time a children's picture book. Christoph Niemann's The Boy's and the Subway is his charming account of his sons' love affair with NYC transit. Nicely captured.