a tourist in the waking world

bazingasheldonpenny: itsmincy: oh my god!!!

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:51:52 -0500

itsmincy:

oh my god!!!

A new vending machine has been released which can print any...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:33:31 -0500

A new vending machine has been released which can print any book within minutes.

The Espresso Book Machine has access to 500,000 different books - the same as 23.6 miles of shelf space - and can even churn out a fresh copy of Crime and Punishment in just nine minutes.

Pages are printed at a rate of over 100 per minute and are then pressed, glued and cut to produce a pristine book.

Users simply pick the book they would like on a screen and wait for it to be printed … it certainly is a novel way of getting a new book.

-thebadguy: ‘until we get the heart of the sun-‘

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:28:07 -0500

-thebadguy:

‘until we get the heart of the sun-‘

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"When we say that we love a writer’s work, we are always stretching the truth: what we really mean is..."

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:00:03 -0500

“When we say that we love a writer’s work, we are always stretching the truth: what we really mean is that we love about half of it. Sometimes rather more than half, sometimes rather less. The vast presence of Joyce relies pretty well entirely on “Ulysses,” with a little help from “Dubliners.” You could jettison Kafka’s three attempts at full-length fiction (unfinished by him, and unfinished by us) without muffling the impact of his seismic originality. George Eliot gave us one readable book, which turned out to be the central Anglophone novel. Every page of Dickens contains a paragraph to warm to and a paragraph to veer back from. Coleridge wrote a total of two major poems (and collaborated on a third). Milton consists of “Paradise Lost.” Even my favorite writer, William Shakespeare, who usually eludes all mortal limitations, succumbs to this law. Run your eye down the contents page and feel the slackness of your urge to reread the comedies (“As You Like It” is not as we like it); and who would voluntarily curl up with “King John” or “Henry VI, Part III”?”

- Martin Amis in the New Yorker. (via breathnaigh)

soitsfiveoclockalready: Have you noticed how the 10th Doctor...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:20:15 -0500

soitsfiveoclockalready:

Have you noticed how the 10th Doctor eventually got Rose’s adorable ‘tick’ of putting the tongue up against the teeth? :)

Best shipper ever <3

"If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase..."

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:52:21 -0500

““If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one’s chances of survival increase with each book one reads.””

- Sherman Alexie (via thesearepeopleyouknow)

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teachingliteracy: by BriannaNewman

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:13:23 -0500

teachingliteracy:

by BriannaNewman

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world."

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:10:44 -0500

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world.”

- Albert Einstein (via wrists)

sardonicus69: rotschwarze: au meme → Ninth Doctor and Rose as...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:54:33 -0500

sardonicus69:

rotschwarze:

au meme → Ninth Doctor and Rose as a regular married couple
(asked by maybellepastry)

And then I met a man called The Doctor.

Seriously though. YES!

500daysofkissingmypillow: I read because one life isn’t enough,...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:53:49 -0500

500daysofkissingmypillow:

I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody;
I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life;
I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings; I’m just beginning myself, and I wouldn’t mind a map;
I read because I have friends who don’t, and young though they are, they’re beginning to run out of material;
I read because every journey begins at the library, and it’s time for me to start packing;
I read because one of these days I’m going to get out of this town, and I’m going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready.

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Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:51:12 -0500

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Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:57:11 -0500

echofades: coffeesometime: You never told him how you stood...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:00:13 -0500

echofades:

coffeesometime:

You never told him how you stood in line for an hour just to get your book signed? How his novels got you through your mother’s death?

#sometimes i can’t believe how far back they’re actually connected #his books HELPED HER THROUGH HER MOTHER’S MURDER #and now he’s helping her solve the case? #what is this gorgeous storytelling

itsinthetrees: Florence + the Machine - “Only If For A Night”...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:59:10 -0500

itsinthetrees:

Florence + the Machine - “Only If For A Night” (2011)

it was all so strange, and so surreal
that a ghost should be so practical
only if for a night

veryood: au meme | doctor who as a period romance ➤ requested...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:51:10 -0500

veryood:

au meme | doctor who as a period romance
➤ requested by awesomemccoolname & anonymous

30 days of The Ponds | 27. A song that could be their...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:02:08 -0400

30 days of The Ponds | 27. A song that could be their song

Waiting by The Devlins

And if you ever change your mind,
you know I’m not hard to find
And if you ever need someone…
I’ll still be waiting

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Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:09:11 -0400

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