The digital designers at Google have come up with a new way to browse Google Books. The challenge - designing a 21st century virtual bookcase to display e-books. They "imagined something that looks like the shelves in your living room, but is also capable of showcasing the huge number of titles available online—many more than fit on a traditional shelf." And what they came up with is a bookcase that's an infinite 3D helix. That you can spin side-to-side and up and down with your mouse. The shelf holds 3D models of more than 10,000 titles from Google Books.The books...
Bill O’Reilly gets burned
At a remote location in Afghanistan a Commander ordered a soldier to burn 20 copies of Bill O'Reilly's book Pinheads and Patriots.As one of the soldiers involved summed it up:Some jerk sent us two boxes of this awful book (SPOILER ALERT: George Washington — Patriot; George Soros — Pinhead) instead of anything soldiers at a remote outpost in Afghanistan might need, like, say, food or soap. Just burned the whole lot of them on my Commander's orders. Acknowledging "people’s squeamishness about setting books ablaze." the soldier went on to reiterate that they were stationed in an "extraordinarily remote location" and...
Bookish signs of the OWS movement
One of the highlights of the Occupy Wall Street movement has been the amazing signage at the events around the country. Above is one of my favorites.and here is one with some literary-leaning.We would love to hear about other bookish signs that have graced the protests around the country. If you have seen any worthy of inclusion please let us know. and even G.K. Chesterton gets in the mix Also of note, The Arts and Culture Working Group of OWS is turning many of the signs of the movement into artists books.
The Birth of the Occubraian
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The Needs of the Occupy Wall Street Library
******************************************************************************** UPDATE The Occupy Wall Street Library has started a blog. All information regarding donations and where to send them, volunteering etc. will be contained therein. ********************************************************************************Welcome to the newest branch in the New York City public library system; The Liberty Square Library. The library serves the Occupy Wall Street community and is open 24hrs a day.And like most libraries these days it is in serious need of support.In an update to BP's previous post on the library I added mention of the piece on The Book Bench, the book blog of The New Yorker, in which Alexia Nadar paid a visit...