Friday, September 21, 2007
I’ve been looking again at the iLiad11. When I thought the name was “Iliad” I could almost take it seriously, but the lowercase i is just a joke. [↪] ebook reader, and it just keeps looking better and better.
You can get shell access. You can make notes onscreen. There are LaTeX users using it, posting [...]
I’ve been telling people lately about a new instrument I’ve fallen in love with: the baglamas (Gr. μπαγλαμάς). It’s a tiny version of a bouzouki11. Not the same as a Turkish baglama, which is roughly the same size as the bouzouki although I’ve no idea how it’s tuned. [↪], intended to complement my mandola Marama22. [...]
The super-cool architecture blog BLDGBLOG will be publishing a book! (The bad news is, not until spring 2009.) Congratulations to Geoff, and everyone else should use the time to wander over and check out his archives — by the time the book appears, you’ll know you need it.
Some favourites of mine: 1, 2, 3,
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Ooh ooh wow oh wow.
November 21st can’t come soon enough. Think I might have to buy this one in plastic — a 94-page booklet?! I don’t see myself downloading that, somehow…