Merriam Webster Time Traveler – “When was a word first used in print? You may be surprised! Enter a date below to see the words first recorded on that year. To learn more about First Known Use dates, click here.”
“I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.”
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself...”
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Amazon-Owned AbeBooks Is Dropping Booksellers From Certain Countries, And Booksellers Are Dropping Abe Books
Amazon suddenly dropped antiquarian booksellers from the Czech Republic, South Korea, Hungary and several other countries from AbeBooks. One bookseller from California says, “The biggest e-commerce giant in the world apparently finds it too complicated to do business in Prague. … You have to wonder who’s next. We’re all vulnerable to Amazon’s capricious actions.”
Actor Geoffrey Rush’s Defamation Lawsuit Is Banner Issue In Australia’s #MeToo Movement
In two front-page articles last year, the Sydney tabloid The Daily Telegraph published leaked complaints by an actress that Rush made inappropriately suggestive banter to her and (as King Lear) stroked her breast onstage as he lamented over her (Cordelia's) body. The Oscar-Emmy-Tony-winning Rush, who claims he has suffered physical illness from stress over the reports, insists that the allegations aren't true and sued the Telegraph for defamation. … [Read More]
In 2010, inspired by Elmore Leonard’s classic 10 Rules of Writing published nearly a decade earlier, The Guardian invitedsome of the world’s most celebrated living authors to share their own dicta of the craft. “Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied,” Zadie Smith counseled in the last of her ten. Midway through her list, Margaret Atwood grounded the psychological dimensions of the craft in the pragmatic and the physical: “Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.” Neil Gaiman thought eight rather than ten tenets would be sufficient — a meta-testament to his sixth: “Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.”
Literary Hoax, ‘The Most Underappreciated Genre In History’
Heavily-Marked Glenn Gould Score Of Bach’s “Goldbergs” Turns Up
“I would call this the equivalent of a shooting script of a movie,” said the critic Tim Page, a professor of music and journalism at the University of Southern California and the editor of “The Glenn Gould Reader.” “He keeps track of which takes he likes, and how long they are.”
New Synthetic DNA Technology Being Used To Combat Theft Of Rare Books
“Booksellers have always had to contend with warding off book thieves hungry for valuable volumes. As part of its ongoing efforts to deter book crime, Raptis Rare Books in Palm Beach, Florida, is employing a new piece of technology called synthetic DNA.” Here’s how it works.
"Back in 2005, the Cuban-American singer — sought by some of the world's most prestigious opera houses — weighed 95 kilograms (210 pounds). Now, she weighs just 56 (123 pounds). ... 'I was told, 'You need to fix the weight problem if you want to have any chance at all',' she said of an early experience at New York's Metropolitan Opera House." And she did fix it: she started running marathons. …
Barnes And Noble Countersues Fired CEO Who Sued Company For Breach And Defamation
“In a legal filing, Barnes & Noble hit back at Demos Parneros, claiming therecently fired CEO actively sabotaged a potential sale of the company earlier this year, bullied fellow executives, and sexually harassed multiple women at the company. And raising the legal stakes, lawyers for B&N have filed a counterclaim [to Parneros’s lawsuit], asking the court to order Parneros to pay damages for his alleged breach of fiduciary duties, and seeking to potentially claw back more than $1 million paid to Parneros ‘during the period of his disloyal conduct.'”
Javier Marías' Berta Isla is just out in the UK -- get your copy at Amazon.co.uk -- and at The Guardian he answers questions in the 'Books that made me'-column. Among his responses:
The book that changed my life
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne, as I translated it into Spanish when I was about 25. It took me two years.
Translation as making the writer ! (See also Gareth J. Wood's fascinating Javier Marías's Debt to Translation.)
Meanwhile, at The Paris Review's the Daily weblog Michael LaPointe also has a Q & A with Marías.
Meanwhile, at The Paris Review's the Daily weblog Michael LaPointe also has a Q & A with Marías.
Labor's voter tracking practices exposed by a simple Google search
Are Google searches becoming more left-wing
R.T.’s Commonplace Blog: Blogging Note — plans of mice and men
National cities plan needed for a growing Australia, argues major report
Australia needs a national plan to encourage better connected, more sustainable cities, argues a parliamentary committee report.
National cities plan needed for a growing Australia, argues major report
Australia needs a national plan to encourage better connected, more sustainable cities, argues a parliamentary committee report.
◾ 'The 30-minute city' & reconceptualisation of the role of agencies
ABS searches for 2021 digital Census provider
"Callout for ‘a secure, fast and simple digital service’ to support Australia’s next national survey." (iTnews)
10 management skills you need for building a growth minded team
"How do you delegate in a way that is efficient, and which also gives you an opportunity to take a bigger step back from the day-to-day to-dos? " (This is Nadya)
Close your browser tabs. You won’t miss them.
"A case in favor of browser tab minimalism, or closing the tabs you’re not using. Sometimes, information overload has its limits. " (Motherboard)
