Eiffel Tower Patrick Girouard was assigned the task of creating the visuals for the 2013 Illinois Library Association's iREAD® Summer reading project. The theme was "Have Book Will Travel" and here is his journey around the world. Big Ben Leaning Tower of Pisa Bookhenge Easter Island What a trip! Girouard's blog post on the project
Rapper’s Delight: A Strong Vocabulary
click here for hi-res version Matthew Daniels has created a pretty nifty flow chart with Pop Chart Lab ranking the size of the vocabulary of today's leading hip-hop artists. Daniel explains the project: Literary elites love to rep Shakespeare’s vocabulary: across his entire corpus, he uses 28,829 words, suggesting he knew over 100,000 words and arguably had the largest vocabulary, ever. I decided to compare this data point against the most famous artists in hip hop. I used each artist’s first 35,000 lyrics. That way, prolific artists, such as Jay-Z, could be compared to newer artists, such as Drake. 35,000 words covers...
Tweet for a Read: Is this the bookmark of the future?
What if your bookmark could communicate with you. What if the writer of the book you put aside and haven't picked up in awhile can send you a tweet! Something like - I miss you, please pick me up again and hold me for awhile things are about to get really interesting #tweetforaread Welcome to “Tweet for a read” a campaign courtesy of Brazil’s Penguin Companhia das Letras Mood/TBWA Brazil that features a smart bookmark that helps readers keep in touch with the book’s storyline and serves as a reminder to get back to reading. [vimeo width="640" height="400"]http://vimeo.com/97274073[/vimeo] It's a brave new world. A Bookmark That Reminds You...
Bathroom Reading Habits: An infographic
"If you insist on reading on the toilet, you should put the toilet-seat cover down, and sit on that" Now I am really confused. h/t GalleyCat Source
“Weird Al” Yankovic tackles the English language
[youtube]http://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc?list=RDXsWo8apgLys[/youtube] "Weird Al" Yankovic's new album "Mandatory Fun" includes this gem for us wordy types. Pure "Weird Al" and hysterical. Enjoy!