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The picture definition on Japanese camera-phones is now so high that people can stand in a shop, surreptitiously photograph the pages of a magazine and then later read their ill-gotten literature from the screens of their mobile phones. The Times, June 5, 2004, p.2W, no link available

As seen on Marginal Revolution. Kind of makes you wonder about Brad’s thoughts on separating content from delivery, and how books aren’t facing this problem yet.

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  • I’ll now check out [[ansible playbooks]]

audiobooks§

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  • One of the most [[beautiful books]] I know

C.S. Lewis On The Reading of Old Books§

Metadata§

• Author: [[C.S. Lewis]]
• Full Title: C.S. Lewis On The Reading of Old Books
• Category: #articles
• URL: https://reasonabletheology.org/cs-lewis-on-reading-old-books/

Highlights§

• It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old one to every three new ones.
• Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And that means the old books.
  • Tags: [[favorite]] [[perspective]]
• All contemporary writers share to some extent the contemporary outlook—even those, like myself, who seem most opposed to it. Nothing strikes me more when I read the controversies of past ages than the fact that both sides were usually assuming without question a good deal which we should now absolutely deny. They thought that they were as completely opposed as two sides could be, but in fact they were all the time secretly united—united with each other and against earlier and later ages—by a great mass of common assumptions.
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Commonplace books§

Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books. […] Such books are essentially scrapbooks filled with items of every kind: recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, proverbs, prayers, legal formulas.

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• #pull [[Flancia book]]

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  • In one of [[Greg Egan’s books]], [[Permutation City]], there’s a faction (meaning just a group of people who go their own way) called the [[Solipsist Nation]].

Interactive e-books are a type of digital publication that allow for a more engaging and dynamic reading experience than traditional e-books. They often include multimedia elements such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games. These features can help to illustrate concepts and keep readers engaged in the material. Interactive e-books can be found on a variety of platforms, including websites, apps, and e-bookstores. Some examples of interactive e-books include textbooks that include interactive simulations, children’s books that include animations and games, and cookbooks that include video demonstrations.

[[Multimedia elements]] such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games [[Textbooks]], [[children’s books]], [[cookbooks]] [[Websites]], [[apps]], [[e-bookstores]] [[Simulations]], [[animations]], [[video demonstrations]] Interactive e-books can be created using a variety of tools and platforms, such as Apple’s iBooks Author, which allows users to create interactive e-books for the iPad and Mac. Other tools include Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle Textbook Creator and Kotobee.

It’s worth noting that, Interactive e-books can be more resource-intensive than traditional e-books, and may require a stable internet connection to access all the features. Also, they may not be as widely supported as traditional e-books, so it’s important to check the compatibility of the e-book with the device or app you plan to use before purchasing.

Interactive e-books are a type of digital publication that allow for a more engaging and dynamic reading experience than traditional e-books. They often include multimedia elements such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games. These features can help to illustrate concepts and keep readers engaged in the material. Interactive e-books can be found on a variety of platforms, including websites, apps, and e-bookstores. Some examples of interactive e-books include textbooks that include interactive simulations, children’s books that include animations and games, and cookbooks that include video demonstrations.

[[Multimedia elements]] such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games [[Textbooks]], [[children’s books]], [[cookbooks]] [[Websites]], [[apps]], [[e-bookstores]] [[Simulations]], [[animations]], [[video demonstrations]] Interactive e-books can be created using a variety of tools and platforms, such as Apple’s iBooks Author, which allows users to create interactive e-books for the iPad and Mac. Other tools include Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle Textbook Creator and Kotobee.

It’s worth noting that, Interactive e-books can be more resource-intensive than traditional e-books, and may require a stable internet connection to access all the features. Also, they may not be as widely supported as traditional e-books, so it’s important to check the compatibility of the e-book with the device or app you plan to use before purchasing.

Interactive e-books are a type of digital publication that allow for a more engaging and dynamic reading experience than traditional e-books. They often include multimedia elements such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games. These features can help to illustrate concepts and keep readers engaged in the material. Interactive e-books can be found on a variety of platforms, including websites, apps, and e-bookstores. Some examples of interactive e-books include textbooks that include interactive simulations, children’s books that include animations and games, and cookbooks that include video demonstrations.

[[Multimedia elements]] such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games [[Textbooks]], [[children’s books]], [[cookbooks]] [[Websites]], [[apps]], [[e-bookstores]] [[Simulations]], [[animations]], [[video demonstrations]] Interactive e-books can be created using a variety of tools and platforms, such as Apple’s iBooks Author, which allows users to create interactive e-books for the iPad and Mac. Other tools include Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle Textbook Creator and Kotobee.

It’s worth noting that, Interactive e-books can be more resource-intensive than traditional e-books, and may require a stable internet connection to access all the features. Also, they may not be as widely supported as traditional e-books, so it’s important to check the compatibility of the e-book with the device or app you plan to use before purchasing.

Interactive e-books are a type of digital publication that allow for a more engaging and dynamic reading experience than traditional e-books. They often include multimedia elements such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games. These features can help to illustrate concepts and keep readers engaged in the material. Interactive e-books can be found on a variety of platforms, including websites, apps, and e-bookstores. Some examples of interactive e-books include textbooks that include interactive simulations, children’s books that include animations and games, and cookbooks that include video demonstrations.

[[Multimedia elements]] such as videos, audio, animations, and interactive quizzes or games [[Textbooks]], [[children’s books]], [[cookbooks]] [[Websites]], [[apps]], [[e-bookstores]] [[Simulations]], [[animations]], [[video demonstrations]] Interactive e-books can be created using a variety of tools and platforms, such as Apple’s iBooks Author, which allows users to create interactive e-books for the iPad and Mac. Other tools include Adobe Digital Editions, Kindle Textbook Creator and Kotobee.

It’s worth noting that, Interactive e-books can be more resource-intensive than traditional e-books, and may require a stable internet connection to access all the features. Also, they may not be as widely supported as traditional e-books, so it’s important to check the compatibility of the e-book with the device or app you plan to use before purchasing.

• I keep track of todos mostly in the shape of a series of notebooks I leave laying around the house on work surfaces :)
  • I currently am actually using [[7]].

notebooks§

please stop buying moleskines……. if you want something Italian, fabriano is nice….. if you really like the moleskines, piccadilly does the same thing but better… if you want a recognizable name for a gift or something, leuchtturm is well known now…

– [[Maya]] https://occult.institute/@maya/107597154763772355

[[speculative outline]] I’m making

[[english as she is spoke]]

Personal textbooks§

I would like my wiki / knowledge base to facilitate the reinforcement of my knowledge about the things I’m interested in. So for example, it could be used as a base for making flashcards in Anki that I use to improve recall about specifically the things I’m interested in. - more on this from Andy https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4bR1HVvDUhMXDm5SJB4Tiw4xGbrm9AfXWgbc

• https://www.remnote.io/homepage

Adding in little sketches and putting it in to a text adventure format, also helps this. Turning it into a personal [[memory palace]].

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Smalltalk and commonplace books§

I’m starting to understand the attraction of a VM image a la [[Smalltalk]] as the platform for a [[commonplace book]], a digital workbench, a prototype fit to the person who lived it into its current state. A Time Lord as your companion, since you can call on its past generations.

– Jeff Miller, https://matrix.to/#/!ORfrUEFeWFcHAMLFLr:matrix.org/$1645305348236000pXAwI:matrix.org

Solarpunk books§

• Mars trilogy
• Pacific edge
• [[The Dispossessed]]
• [[Parable of the Sower]]
• [[News from Nowhere]]
• [[Looking Backward]]

STATEMENT: Google announces 10 years of tech support for Chromebooks§

URL : https://pirg.org/media-center/statement-google-announces-10-years-of-tech-support-for-chromebooks/

Good news! Longer support for [[Chromebook]]s. [[Google]].

Google announced on Thursday that it would extend the automatic update “expiration date” to 10 years for all Chromebook models released since 2021.

Good for the environment as reduces the number of new devices needed. Good for schools as they don’t have to pay out for new devices.

U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s Chromebook Churn report found that doubling the life of Chromebooks sold in just 2020 could cut emissions equivalent to taking 900,000 cars off the road for a year, and could result in $1.8 billion dollars in savings for schools, assuming no additional maintenance costs.

• a [[book store]]
  • reasonable [[international shipping]] for [[used books]] only
  • also sells new in the US
  • [[go]] https://thriftbooks.com
  • [[not owned by amazon]]
    • [[amazing]]
  • [[pull]] [[thrift books]]

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