Un superbe livre entièrement conçu en technique pop-up (des livres animés grâce au pliage du papier). L’idée principale est de montrer les différentes formes de phobies chez les humains. La vidéo…
NPR report on Japan’s herbivore men -
“It’s not so much that men are becoming more like women. It’s that the concept of…
I stared at myself in the mirror yesterday, observing the wear and tear of time – the newly sprouted grey hairs, the fine lines creeping out from the creases of my eyes, the once-supple…
Click, an Immaterial Lamp by Blank Bubble -
Click, an Immaterial lamp created by the New York based product design company Blank Bubble. This mood lamp uses the computer screen as a light source to diffuse colour sequences at…
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Map of Translated Place Names -
Cartography blog Strange Maps has a map of the British Isles showing current place names translated into modern English. It’s one from a collection known as The Atlas of…
“Usually there is, on the pillow, a very elderly teddy bear called Mr. Wobble. Traditionally, in the lexicon of pathos, such a bear should have only one eye, but as the result of a childhood error in Glenda’s sewing, he has three, and is more enlightened than the average bear. ” -Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett”
Internet Vices - Patrick Moberg
“We can draw some simple conclusions looking at these numbers. Ebooks priced at $4 sell an average of 1100 ebooks per year. Ebooks priced at $8 sell an average of 342 ebooks per year. Ebooks priced at $2 sell an average of 4900 ebooks per year. It doesn’t take a math whiz to see that the biggest profit is with low priced ebooks.” — A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: Kindle Numbers: Traditional Publishing Vs. Self Publishing
For those of us who like Writeroom, but don’t want to feel like writing is punishment.