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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Into The Sun
Check our cartoonist Peter Chiykowski’s blog Rock Paper Cynic for more like this.
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism
Tagged Bookstores, Cartoons, Comics
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And I Love The Licorice Too
OK, I admit it, I shop at IKEA. In fact, half of my house is furnished by the Swedish furniture giant. My office is lined by the famous Billy bookcases, my file cabinets are all IKEA, even the desk that … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, History, Museums, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Ikea, lingonberry, Smaland, Sweden
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What’s In A Title
Many thanks to Lucy from Jonkers Rare Books in lovely Henley-on-Thames for this wonderful infographic. If you can’t get to the UK, you can still visit the terrific bookshop via their website.
Posted in Books, Canada, Europe, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Madox Ford, Lord of the Flies, The Great Gatsby
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When The Bookstores Are Closed
Singapore bookstore BooksActually has launched the first two of a new series of book vending machines. The machines are located at the Singapore Visitors Centre and the National Museum of Singapore. The book vendors will be rotated every three months … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Bookselling, Penguin Books, Singapore
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Data Visualization Is A Beautiful Thing
These wonderful graphic representations of air travel routes were based on 600,000 flight routes from 3,200 airports around the world. Swiss programmer Martin Grandjean utilized data from OpenFlights.org to create the graphics. Check out his fascinating website to learn more.
Posted in Air Travel, Europe, Maps, Public Transport, Tech
Tagged Air Traffic, Air Travel, airports, Data Visualization
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Montreal in History
Here in the New World we tend to forget that we too have a history. Montreal, one of my all time favorite North American cities, was founded in 1642. In the run-up to next year’s 375th anniversary celebrations, Montreal tourism folks … Continue reading
Pulp Fiction
I’m a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino’s films, so naturally I’m also digging these faux vintage pulp novel book covers. The project by graphic artist David Redon (aka Ads Libitum) is called “Pulp Books”.
Posted in Art, Books, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs
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Paperback Paradise Indeed
I don’t know who is the brilliant photoshop artist behind the Paperback Paradise project, but I love the semi-NSFW manipulations of old YA and kid’s paperback novels. Here’s a sample:
Posted in Art, Books, Tech, Writing
Tagged Beverly Cleary, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, paperbacks
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Everyone Likes Street Food
The French street artist known as Lor-K has been transforming abandoned mattresses from Paris sidewalks into a variety of “street food”. The selection below covers just a sample of the pastries, sandwiches, snacks and sushi that has been turning up … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 