I popped into Borders yesterday and almost (after an hours browsing of  half a dozen candidates) bought two books on Linux for just under $90. But I didn't. Good sense prevailed and I will read the Linux Bible book have on loan from the library (and pages on the web) for free.

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Will attempting to get back into the swing of doing my Tales of the Galli strip (which I like to have some authenticity in, even if it's only a little), I've been reading and investigating different sorts of connections.

You might remember I was reading lots of ancient Roman detective stories.


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As infected by stephen_dedman's post

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favourite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech:

Anyway, here's the "good parts" version. S. Morgenstern wrote it. And my father read it to me. And now I give it to you. What you do with it will be of more than passing ( Read more... )

I was watching an episode of NORTHERN EXPOSURE where Holling Vincoeur and Phil Capra started quoting poetry. It sounded vaguely familiar and then they gave it a source - Robert W. Service. I still couldn't place the name and looked it up on the Wikipedia. A poet of the Yukon and the West. And what did I find, but Project Gutenberg has seven of his ( Read more... )

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I've been reading a couple of interesting library books: The Atlas of Atlantis and other lost civilizations, and Our Gods wear Spandex.

Atlantis


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