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Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books : NPR
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10 weeks ago by jimray

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Hemingway's favorite books
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10 weeks ago by jimray

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Selvage Denim Jeans, Leather Flight Jackets and USAAF Uniforms

Buzz Rickson!

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october 2009 by jimray

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Infinite Summer

Some of my favorite writers (Matthew Baldwin and Avery Edison amongst them) are reading Infinite Jest this summer. This is a swell idea, one I'll happily try to participate in.

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may 2009 by jimray

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Ask MetaFilter’s best introductory books

Really fantastic breakdown of the best introductory books in a given field. Surprised there's nothing for web design/development, though.

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may 2009 by jimray

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The Kindle's text-to-speech features is illegal according to the Authors Guild

Just when you thought asinine applications of stupid copyright laws couldn't get any dumber.

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february 2009 by jimray

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Holovaty's Django book has shipped

Just in time for Christmas! Hope you've got a big, square shaped stocking...

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december 2007 by jimray

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Amazon launches Kindle, a wireless reading device and electronic book platform

Initial impressions: I like the non-wifi wireless, non-backlit screen and long battery life. I don't like the high cost and that you can't seem to sync with your computer.

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november 2007 by jimray

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The Open Library

A new, incredibly ambitious project from Aaron Swartz and Brewster Kahle, to catalog every book in existence.

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july 2007 by jimray

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Cloning: A Beginner's Guide

My buddy Aaron wrote a book about cloning! You should buy a copy, and one for all your friends!

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june 2007 by jimray

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New Harry Potter drops July 21

My plan is to reread the previous six before, I guess I'd better start soon. And we wonder why he's single...

books fantasy
february 2007 by jimray

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Google Book Search now integrates maps

See places mentioned in the book on a map.

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january 2007 by jimray

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The Best 20 Food Books of 2006

Via Rexy, of course

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december 2006 by jimray

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REST Web Services

This should be required reading for anyone who plans on being a web developer

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november 2006 by jimray

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Getting Real

The 37 signals guys put "Getting Real" online for free

37signals books productivity
october 2006 by jimray

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Book sales get a lift from Google scan plan

Hey, waddaya know, Google's book scanning actually increases book sales. Who would've predicted that, besides everyone on the goddamn planet.

via:mathowie google books copyright
october 2006 by jimray

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The Best American Comics 2006: Edited by Harvey Pekar and Anne Elizabeth Moore

Is it time for my Christmas wishlist yet?

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october 2006 by jimray

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Download the classics

Google makes out of copyright books available. How is this different from Project Gutenburg?

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august 2006 by jimray

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WSJ offers a pretty damning critique of The Long Tail
via:werty business books stats longtail wired
august 2006 by jimray

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New program allows online book browsing

Dear Harper Collins. Instead of suing Google and spending money on this project, why not work together?

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august 2006 by jimray

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The 25 Sexiest Novels Ever Written

According to Playboy anyway

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may 2006 by jimray

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Blurb

Really beautiful looking personal publishing

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may 2006 by jimray

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What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? - New York Times
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may 2006 by jimray

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CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
2read books css design webdev
january 2006 by jimray

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Safari starts beta testing their books

A la the Pragmatic Bookshelf - wonder if these will be free via my Seattle Public Library account

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january 2006 by jimray

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A Million Little Lies

The Smoking Gun thinks James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' was fabricated

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january 2006 by jimray

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"Dog Days" no good?

""Dog Days" manages to be doubly conventional: it follows both an old-fashioned love-betrayal-redemption arc and the newer, bitchier nanny-Prada chick-lit motif."

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january 2006 by jimray

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Rails Recipes

Coming in February

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december 2005 by jimray

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The point of Google Print

"Imagine sitting at your computer and, in less than a second, searching the full text of every book ever written."

google search books copyright
october 2005 by jimray

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Bill Watterson answers questions from fans

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is probably the only thing I really want for Christmas