Archive for October, 2010

Princeton Club Library

October 29, 2010

He was early. The library looked foreign, unfamiliar editions of unusual books. He wondered how often someone took them off the shelf. The collection of foreign names disoriented him until he found a couple of familiar titles, like spotting an old friend at an out of town bar. The place become recognizable. More familiar titles [...]

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Piracy can help ebook sales

October 26, 2010

Granted the source may be a little biased, but TorrentFreak has a post on how piracy can help ebook sales:
This week comic book writer Steve Lieber has shared his experiences with book piracy, proving that it also has its benefits. Lieber noticed that scanned copies of his graphic novel Underground were posted on 4Chan, but [...]

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Beware of writers

October 18, 2010

A humourous post on being around writers. Funny because it is true. Found here:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/10/12/beware-of-writer/
BEWARE OF WRITER. (an excerpt)
Conflict And Misery Make For A Much Better Story!
In life, we avoid conflict. In fiction, we strive for it. Except, remember how I said something about the lines blurring? Mmm. Yeah. We get to a state where escalation [...]

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Resampling

October 12, 2010

A little piece of recorded ambient noise resampled and resampled.

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Surviving NYC 101

October 1, 2010

Over the past week I have talked with many people who live outside New York who have asked how do people survive a city like New York. Here’s my answer:
You have an inside face and an outside face. The inside face is for cocktail parties and meetings. The outside face is for walking dow nthe [...]

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