Now Reading: Don Quixote
Now reading: El ingenioso Hildago Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. I think it is one of those books that the world knows well, but I never really read. You know… Read More »Now Reading: Don Quixote
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Now Reading: How to Speak Machine
Now Reading: How to Speak Machine by John Maeda. I was drawn to the book by the appeal of combining computation with design. With computers ever becoming more powerful, it is important not only to… Read More »Now Reading: How to Speak Machine
Now Reading: Tears of the Anaren
Now Reading: Tears of the Anaren by C. W. Longbottom or so it says… Following the adventures of the Mythic Quest gang, it seemed only natural to take a look. Note that it should be… Read More »Now Reading: Tears of the Anaren
Now Reading: Severance – The Lexington Letter
Having watched the great Severance AppleTV show once and loving the retro chic look-and-feel and the surreal storylines as well as the fantastic credits I decided to read Severance The Lexington Letter. So far so… Read More »Now Reading: Severance – The Lexington Letter
Now Reading: Fahrenheit 451
I must admit that I have never read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I am correcting that omission now and this has been prompted by a few paragraphs in the excellent essay by Irene Vajello… Read More »Now Reading: Fahrenheit 451
Now Reading: El Infinito en un Junco
Very appropriately for a book relating the audacious story/history of the invention of books, I am reading this fantastic volume in physical book format. I got this as a gift and I can’t wait to… Read More »Now Reading: El Infinito en un Junco
Now Reading: The Fabric of Civilization
Now Reading: The Fabric of Civilization by Virgina Postrel From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, this book covers a global history of textiles and the world they made driving technology, business, politics, and culture. The… Read More »Now Reading: The Fabric of Civilization
Now Reading: “Ikigai”
Now reading “Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life” by Héctor García and Frances Miralles. According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—what a French philosopher might call a raison d’être. Some… Read More »Now Reading: “Ikigai”
Now Reading: Rabid
Now reading: Rabid, A cultural history of the World’s most diabolical virus , by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy