The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life
Title:Â Â The Unofficial Tourists’ Guide to Second Life Author: Paul Carr and Graham Pond Paperback: 222 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (April 17, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312376480 ISBN-13: 978-0312376482 I’ve “walked around” in Second Life once – Second Life is a simulated place on the internet. The book was somewhat useful, but I skimmed some […]
September 16th, 2007 by alephnaught
Tea: The Drink That Changed the World
Title: Tea: The Drink That Changed the World Author: Laura C. Martin Hardcover: 247 pages Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co (May 15, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0804837244 ISBN-13: 978-0804837248 This was a fun book in the style of Coal and Cod: a nice blend of history, anecdotes and suggestions for usage. Tea comes in three […]
August 29th, 2007 by alephnaught
Netherlands Sets Plan on Extremism (NY Times)
Interesting article from the NY Times. This article reminded me of the day after Theo van Gogh was killed. I was in Amsterdam working at the time, and I remember the night he died, there was loud noise coming from Dam Square – pots banging and people shouting and protesting. I learned the next day […]
August 24th, 2007 by alephnaught
Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats
Title:Â Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats Author: Steve Ettlinger Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Hudson Street Press; 1 edition (March 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594630186 ISBN-13: 978-1594630187 This was a fun book to read – many of […]
August 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
Walked by the point where the Chicago fire started
I had lunch last week with a friend of mine, a former peer at LaSalle Bank. As we walked by a building for the Chicago Fire Department, he asked me if I’d been to the starting point of the Chicago fire – I said no, and he said were were there now! There is a […]
August 15th, 2007 by alephnaught
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Author: Patrick Suskind Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Vintage (November 7, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307277763 ISBN-13: 978-0307277763 Aviva and I rented the DVD of the movie based on this book. I loved it, so I grabbed a copy (with my 15% off birthday coupon) from Borders. This is the story […]
August 15th, 2007 by alephnaught
Visit with my son for my mom’s 82nd birthday
Nathan and I both traveled to Columbus to visit my mom. Nathan and Terry drove down from Monroe, MI, and I caught a flight to Columbus. My mom has her 82nd birthday coming up and we celebrated it on the Saturday before. We had a nice dinner together. From front clockwise – Terry, Nathan, Joe, […]
August 9th, 2007 by alephnaught
Paper model of Chartres Cathedral – IT’S DONE!
I bought a model to assemble of the famous Chartres Cathedral in the Cathedral gift shop, and this entry will track how I put it together. The model is large, at least 2 1/2 feed long and a foot or so wide. Its pretty complex with a lot of little parts (mostly the flying buttresses), […]
August 8th, 2007 by alephnaught
Brochure from Chartres Cathedral paper model – Cathédrale De Chartre
(The following text and pictures are from the paper model kit (you can see the kit as it was assembled at my blog here) I assembled of Chartres Cathedral) Chartres is more than just a place: first and foremost it is the cathedral. If the name of Chartres echoes so strongly in the heart and […]
July 24th, 2007 by alephnaught
Anansi Boys
Title: Anansi Boys Author: Neil Gaiman Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: HarperTorch (September 26, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0060515198 ISBN-13: 978-0060515195 Neil Gaiman is a story teller in the old tradition of story tellers. Gaiman writes in the acknowledgement, “…. was the person who persuaded me that the story I told her over lunch […]
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September 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
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