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Peter Guillam and his daughter have used the Claude LLM to create a tool for mapping characters’ journeys in novels, PlotLines. He writes about the process here. His other tools include a Hansard search and a map of redundant churches. “You’d see massive glacier … Continue reading
Sunday, Sundry Sunday
By the time the weekend rolls around, I always seem to have dozens of new websites and stories bookmarked. Some I manage to return to and some just get eventually deleted. Any road, here are some of this week’s survivors. … Continue reading
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Novelists opening bookshops is a thing
Joining a growing list of authors who have recently gotten into the book biz, novelist Matt Haig, whose bestselling books include The Midnight Library and Reasons to Stay Alive, will be launching the Golden Bookshop later this year in the Seven Dials neighborhood of Brighton, England, … Continue reading
Pindakaasvloer Redux
In honor of Dutch conceptual artist Wim T. Schippers, who passed away in June, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has brought back his most famous work, the peanut butter floor. Schippers was known for his silly and absurdist artworks, as well … Continue reading
Tokyo Sounds
By pure serendipity I happened to stumble upon a documentary about the catchy little melodies that the train stations in Tokyo play when a train pulls in to a platform. This lucky find happened before I visited Tokyo, so I … Continue reading
Is the Age of Reading really over
The Atlantic’s August-issue cover story by staff writer Rose Horowitch “The Age of Reading Is Over” argues that humanity is heading into a post-literate era: one where the greatest number of people are capable of deciphering text, but where a … Continue reading
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
On July 21, 356 BCE, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis in the ancient city of Ephesus (present-day Selçuk, Turkey), was destroyed by arson. This magnificent sanctuary, dedicated to Artemis, goddess of the hunt and protector of women, once stood as a … Continue reading
Everyone Loves A Diorama
When I was a wee tike back in elementary school, I always relished to opportunity to create a diorama for any class assignment. However, when I was a teacher, I discovered that my love of the process was not shared … Continue reading
How we live now
The Economist offers up its annual assessment of the world’s most livable cities and the absolute hellholes to avoid. I’m not surprised to see Copenhagen at the top of the list once again, but I have reservations about Vienna being number … Continue reading
Uncovered Gems
Uncovered, a site for judging books by their first pages. “No cover. No bestseller sticker, no celebrity book club, no BookTok trend. You read the opening of a real book, blind, and answer the only question that matters: would you … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 