bookporn #12: gonville & caius library, cambridge

seriously. the hottest library in cambridge.
bit of history: Caius (pronounced “keys”) library has, at various points in the past, been the original University Library, the University Law Library and even the Seeley Historical Library before all three moved to their new premises, and Gonville & Caius College took it over in the early 1990s (on [...]

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links for 2007-06-24

History revisited – Times Online
this is a wonderful history of history. (via calebmcd–thanks!)
(tags: history)

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links for 2007-06-21

AskOxford: FAQ: Words
strange facets of the english language! some of these are questions I wouldn’t even think to ask, let alone attempt to find the answer–such is the entwined process of q&a
(tags: reference language english)

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bookporn #11: Seeley Historical Library, Cambridge

From the pictures, you might suppose the library swept around in a large circle, with the shelves fanning out radially from the atrium-like center. Alas not. The only circular library I know of is the reading room at the British Museum, which I discovered, much to my chagrin, is currently closed until c. September (FYI, [...]

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links for 2007-06-18

PHIL 205: Supplemental Notes on Utilitarianism
well-structured thoughts on utilitarianism
(tags: interesting ethics philosophy)

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links for 2007-06-17

Threadless T-Shirts – Designer Clothing Submissions – Tees, Tshirts and T shirts!
must….buy…..t-shirts…..
(tags: t-shirts awesome fashion cool community art consumersocietyargh)

The Book Inscriptions Project
love this–but it’s sad finding wonderful personal inscriptions in books from secondhand stores. discarding books is bad enough, but discarding the memories that wrap themselves around books (wedding proposals in the margins, coming-of-age wishes)…
(tags: [...]

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links for 2007-06-16

Tim Knowles – Tree Drawings – Circular Weeping Willow Drawing
this. is. awesome. 100 pens dangling from the branches of a willow tree & allowed to brush out the patterns of the wind onto paper. the art of motion! via robin.
(tags: art awesome ideas)

The Gutenberg Bible: Primary Source Education Modules
history & picture sources of Gutenberg’s Bible [...]

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bookporn #10: thai strip-style books

known as strip books, in common usage in China and Southeast Asia from the 5th century onwards. they consist of thin sheets of palm leaves or birch bark cut into slats, bound together by silk, leather or cord, and pressed between two pieces of wood or bark covers. these covers keep the slats in place [...]

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bookporn #9: King’s College Library

there is no sense at all from these pictures how amazingly labyrinthine & eclectic King’s College Library is, but assuredly it is marvellous — pretty much the Platonic Ideal of college libraries, I think.

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links for 2007-06-11

weirdconverter.com
unit converter with somewhat unorthodox units of conversion. forget 350 degrees Fahrenheit = 176.67 degrees Celcius — instead, 1 Great wall of China = 67191601.06667 flaccid penises. you heard it here first. (via kyle)
(tags: funny converter internet tools)

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