Some Links of Interest to Rodents
Following upon the spectacular ignominy of the previous blog posting (one of the least-viewed ever), here is a little link round-up from the blushing-under-their-fur-ry folk at SROP... A list of recent interesting blog postings (well, I like them) to comment upon. Your mileage may vary widely, and you shouldn’t trust your manufacturer’s emission reports. ;-)
Subway tickets embedded in books... Go, Brazil!
And Sweden steps up to the plate by giving out copies of We Should All Be Feminists to 16-year-old boys. Get the Youtube version here.
Get the whole text of a book on a T-shirt!
How to bind a book yourself.
Nice posting about weeding your library, responsibly.
An odd copyright-related story from the UK about ripping CDs that you own to MP3. (Hint: it’s now illegal and I wanna roll my eyeballs about that.)
Audio book question. Hmm, why don’t they always get female readers to read the quoted speech of the female characters? Knowing nothing whatever about audio books, by the way, I’m just throwing that out there. Speaking of women reading womens’ roles: Did you know there’s a secret underground audio recording of poetry by Shenanigan Cheesefield which you could get for free if you know how to secretly handshake the Rodent at the SROP Speakeasy?
And if you’re in the mood for seasonal giving, here is a Kickstarter campaign to fund paper copies of some children’s books, including the fab Aunty Arty book by Rowena Wiseman.
Someone asked, “Are women better writers than men?” The answer (from a poll) didn’t surprise me at all. (And if you ponder the entire posting top to bottom, you’ll actually see the secret key distinguishing the Sanguinity Hematode style.)
And some people at Smashwords apparently think giving away freebies works. The Head Rodent disagrees, but obviously he’s empty headed anyway or he would have sold out to The Man decades ago. (And I'll take this opportunity to remind you that you can get any SROP book for free; all you have to do is follow the bread-crumbs.)
Meanwhile here in the morbidly cozy space beneath our comfortable boulder, the furry-faced rodents at SROP are hoarding books in large stacks to use as winter fuel. It’s getting very cold here in Santa Banana, and nobody likes to read anymore, even when the books are free...
OK. I'm out of energy for the day, so I'm going to a concert. ¡Hasta la vista!
Subway tickets embedded in books... Go, Brazil!
And Sweden steps up to the plate by giving out copies of We Should All Be Feminists to 16-year-old boys. Get the Youtube version here.
Get the whole text of a book on a T-shirt!
How to bind a book yourself.
Nice posting about weeding your library, responsibly.
An odd copyright-related story from the UK about ripping CDs that you own to MP3. (Hint: it’s now illegal and I wanna roll my eyeballs about that.)
Audio book question. Hmm, why don’t they always get female readers to read the quoted speech of the female characters? Knowing nothing whatever about audio books, by the way, I’m just throwing that out there. Speaking of women reading womens’ roles: Did you know there’s a secret underground audio recording of poetry by Shenanigan Cheesefield which you could get for free if you know how to secretly handshake the Rodent at the SROP Speakeasy?
And if you’re in the mood for seasonal giving, here is a Kickstarter campaign to fund paper copies of some children’s books, including the fab Aunty Arty book by Rowena Wiseman.
Someone asked, “Are women better writers than men?” The answer (from a poll) didn’t surprise me at all. (And if you ponder the entire posting top to bottom, you’ll actually see the secret key distinguishing the Sanguinity Hematode style.)
And some people at Smashwords apparently think giving away freebies works. The Head Rodent disagrees, but obviously he’s empty headed anyway or he would have sold out to The Man decades ago. (And I'll take this opportunity to remind you that you can get any SROP book for free; all you have to do is follow the bread-crumbs.)
Meanwhile here in the morbidly cozy space beneath our comfortable boulder, the furry-faced rodents at SROP are hoarding books in large stacks to use as winter fuel. It’s getting very cold here in Santa Banana, and nobody likes to read anymore, even when the books are free...
OK. I'm out of energy for the day, so I'm going to a concert. ¡Hasta la vista!
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Dec 06, 2015 05:03AM
Nice links, thanks! I've just come back from a work trip where online access wasn't always available, so I have some catching up to do (though I probably should unpack, pay bills or do other responsible things first). I was particularly looking forward to what I thought was a link entitled "How to bind a book to yourself". I conjured up all sorts of scifi/fantasy imaginings while I pored coffee before settling down to read it. But after some caffeine-clarification, I realized what it really said. Still interesting, but....
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@PJ: When binding a book to yourself, it's most important for the longevity of the work to not use dissolving suture on the quires, or your pages will begin to fall out long before they ought to...
Richard wrote: "@PJ: When binding a book to yourself, it's most important for the longevity of the work to not use dissolving suture on the quires, or your pages will begin to fall out long before they ought to..."Excellent tip! It would be terribly embarrassing to be at a party or walking around at work and suddenly realize that you've been dropping your pages here and there. :-)
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