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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Catch the Holiday Train
Since 1999, the Canadian Pacific Railway has celebrated the holidays with a special decorated train that visits communities around Canada and the United States. The 1,000 foot long, 14 car train is decorated with hundreds of thousands of multicolor LED … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Public Transport, USA
Tagged Canadian Pacific, Holidays, railways, Trains and Railroads
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Noteworthy ?
Adolf Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto has been freely available in most countries for decades, but for the first time since World War II Mein Kampf will be legally published in Germany. The book, which will include 3,500 scholarly annotations, will be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History, Writing
Tagged Germany, Hitler, Nazis, World War II
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Walking Paris
We have recently seen the clever annotation of maps for the London Underground and the New York City subway system that indicate walking times between transit stations. Now, Paris transit planner Guillaume Martinetti has created a similar map using information from … Continue reading
A Book Is A Ticket To Ride
In an effort to encourage more people to read, Brazilian publisher L & PM Pocket gave away a collection of paperback books that doubled as subway tickets for the São Paolo transit system. The ten different titles, ranging from Sherlock … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Maps, Public Transport, South America, Tech, Writing
Tagged Brazil, paperbacks, Sao Paolo, Subways
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What to take to a bookstore
Back in 2010, New Jersey author Jenny Milchman started the Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day. Over the years, the project has grown from just 80 U.S. bookstores to more than 700 participating in the event worldwide. So on … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Canada, Europe, USA, Writing
Tagged Bookstore Day, Children's literature
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Hero Librarian
The Street Librarian is a documentary about Edward Fungo, the Regional Librarian for Morogoro, Tanzania. Fungo is committed to bringing information technology and literacy to the people of his nation. he tirelessly travels around his region teaching about computer technology … Continue reading
Paris : Live the Climate Experience
The international street art collective Brandalism has taken over more than 600 billboards and advertisements in Paris to mark the UN’s COP21 conference on climate change.At least 80 artists from 19 nations have replaced ads around Paris with subversive messages … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Freedom of Speech
Tagged Climate Change, COP21, global warming, Paris, UN
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Grammar Rules
Those of us who are grammatically challenged can always use a helpful guide to keep our punctuation copacetic. The very witty new book titled Fucking Apostrophes by British copywriter Simon Griffin may be just the ticket. The clever little grammar … Continue reading
Forget the NY subway, take a hike
Healthcare company Treated.com calculated how many calories that you could burn by avoiding the subway in New York City. The handy map and chart show how to get some exercise in while saving the time that you’d waste waiting for … Continue reading
Banned In Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s celebrated Rijksmuseum has recently banned cameras and phone photography. Instead, the world famous art museum is encouraging visitors to draw or sketch the artworks. The institution has even created a project called StartDrawing that offers free sketchbooks, pencils, easels, and … Continue reading
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