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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Visit the Library Planet
Library Planet is a new crowdsourced online travel guide for libraries around the world. Created by Danish librarians Marie Engberg Eiriksson and Christian Lauersen, who proclaim their mission to make library tourism easier and to share enthusiasm for visiting libraries. The … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Denmark, librarians, library tourism
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In the vast abyss before time
HOW IT SEEMS TO ME by Ursula K. Le Guin In the vast abyss before time, self is not, and soul commingles with mist, and rock, and light. In time, soul brings the misty self to be. Then slow time … Continue reading
Does anybody really know what time it is
Artist, writer, and data scientist Ross Goodwin created this brilliant website that tells the current time in your own time zone using passages from public domain digital books available at Project Guttenberg. When you visit Text Clock, you will find paragraphs with … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Books, ebooks, Tech, Writing
Tagged Clocks, digital books, Project Guttenberg
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Britain In Pictures
The books in the 1940s Britain in Pictures series were designed to boost morale during World War II, but perhaps also record the British way of life in case the Germans completed their European campaign by successfully crossing the English Channel. The … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Britain, England, George Orwell, World War II
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There and back again (again)
Last year I posted a story about the Oxford Bodleian Library once-in-a-lifetime exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth, which was the most extensive public display of original Tolkien materials ever gathered in one place. This week I was dead chuffed to discover … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Libraries, Maps, movies, Museums, Photography, USA, Writing
Tagged Frodo, Gandalf, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, the Hobbit
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Paris Remembers
Four years ago this week, Paris was shocked by the terror attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. French street artist Christian Guémy, aka C215, has paid tribute to the eleven victims of the horrific attack with a mural . At the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History
Tagged France, Paris, Satire, Street Art, terrorism
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Isn’t all of Britain fictional
Fake Britain is a marvelous map to more than 400 fictional locations in England, Scotland and Wales featuring made-up towns, villages, castles, islands, and more. Created by Matt Brown and Rhys B. Davis, the map draws from films, television and books. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Film, Maps, movies, Uncategorized
Tagged George Orwell, Harry Potter, Terry Pratchett
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