Ireland a literary atlas [Infographic] by the team at BuyBooks
The Daily Life of Some Really Creative People
Info We Trust has come up with this handy visual that tracks the daily routines of some A-list creatives. The challenge was: How do creatives – composers, painters, writers, scientists, philosophers – find the time to produce their opus? Mason Currey investigated the rigid Daily Rituals that hundreds of creatives practiced in order to carve out time, every day, to work their craft. Some kept to the same disciplined regimen for decades while others locked in patterns only while working on specific works. Now we can see how some of the greatest minds spend their days and nights. Here are some of the literary...
Gay Fairy Tale Book in Public Libraries Irks the American Family Association
The book is called The Princes and the Treasure and features two handsome princes who go on a quest to save a princess, but ultimately fall in love with each other. The book is written by Jeffrey A. Miles, a professor at the University of the Pacific, who has been married to his husband for 5 years. The book may be available in a public library near you and that has got the American Family Association in a tizzy. Yes, the same group that claims "a drag queen was behind the USPS Harvey Milk stamp" has come out against the book. Bryan Fischer,...
Braigo: A Braille Printer Made From Legos
BraigoShubham Banerjee is 12 years old and lives in Santa Clara, California. When someone left a flyer on his doorstep asking for donations for the visually impaired he began thinking of ways he could help. Once he found out that a Braille printer cost about $2000 and that about 90% of the visually impaired live in developing counties he went to work. He went straight to his Lego's and began building. After lots of experimenting and 7 failed models Banerjee unleashed his new invention, Braigo (a mash up of Braille and Lego), at a science fair. How does it work? Push up pins act...
Yosemite in the 1880’s
This month marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Yosemite Grant Act of 1864. The grant was one of the early seeds of our national park system. One of the pioneering photographers of the region was George Fiske who moved to Yosemite with his wife in 1879 and began shooting. On seeing Fiske's images a young Ansel Adams campaigned to have his parents take him to Yosemite! The images featured here are part of an album of 71 original photographic prints taken by Fiske in the 188o's and currently being offered by the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop. Enjoy! Full...