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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Google Street View Trekker
Google Maps Street View feature is a versatile and helpful tool, as well as a major time-waster for anyone with an internet-enabled gadget or computer. Now Google is bringing the Street View technology to parks, recreation areas and the wilderness … Continue reading
Posted in Tech, Tourism
Tagged Google, Google Maps, Google Street View, Street View Trekker
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Our Future Airline Seats (maybe)
British aircraft seating manufacturer Contour Aerospace and Factory design consultants have created a cool, futuristic seat-pod concept that can provide airline passengers more control of their personal space, along with a comfy flat-bed, mood lighting and individual media interfaces. This … Continue reading
Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want
“Barnes Kong is on a rampage! The simian chain bookstore monster could go on stomping on independent bookstores and kidnapping dead authors forever, but the fearsome Amazilla has other plans: He wants in on the action. As the two battle … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Books, Bookstore Tourism, ebooks, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged American Booksellers Association, Bookselling, E-book, Independent bookstore
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Stephen King’s Universe
Australian artist/fabric designer Gillian James has been an avid Stephen King fan since the 5th grade when she surreptitiously read a purloined copy of Carrie. Now she has created a massive infographic tribute to Stephen King’s novels outlining the connections … Continue reading
Save a Piece of Travel History
Larger than the Titanic, faster than the Queen Mary, the luxury superliner the SS United States was launched with much hoopla sixty years ago. Unfortunately, the once proud travel superstar sits rusting away at a lonely berth on the Philadephia … Continue reading
Posted in Tourism, USA
Tagged Dick Vermeil, Ikea, RMS Queen Mary, SS United States Conservancy, Titanic, United States
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Just In Time For Bloomsday
Designed for “saunterers, idlers and tech-savvy literati”, and launched just in the nick of time for this year’s Bloomsday celebrations, JoyceWays is a new app developed by students at Boston College in conjunction with Dublin’s Joyce Centre. The app … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, Europe, Tech, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Bloomsday, Dublin, James Joyce, Leopold Bloom, Ulysses
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Which Books Should You Read
You don’t have to be a student to appreciate this well constructed flowchart from Teach.com . “Which Books Should You Read This Summer” was created to encourage students to pick-up a few good books this summer even if they don’t … Continue reading
Anne Frank’s Amsterdam
On June 12, 1942 Anne Frank celebrated her 13th birthday in Amsterdam. Her parents gave her a diary with a red and white checkered cover. “I hope I wll be able to confide everything to you, as I have never … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Europe, History, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, AnneFrank, World War II
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Rembrandt’s Facebook Timeline
Amsterdam‘s celebrated Rijksmuseum may be over 200 years-old, but it’s hip to 21st century social media marketing. The museum has cleverly “imagined” what Rembrandt’s Facebook Timeline would look like. “I made a self-portrait. Let me know what you think!”
Travel Between The Pages 