Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 23:02:48 +0700
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: vanagon reading list
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Sorry if this is a bit delayed - I'm overseas and reading the digest
version.
If you're willing to read books on your computer, you might want to check
out Project Gutenberg (easily found with google). That's a project to
digitize the text of books that are no longer copyrighted because they've
been around for a while. They have tens of thousands of books that you can
download for free. Not too much in the way of really light reading, though
there is LOTS of fiction from the early twentieth century and before. Also
lots of serious stuff - philosophy, history, literature, all kinds of stuff.
The way the project works is that volunteers scan the text with an OCR,
convert it to text files, and then proofread. It's basically up to the
volunteers what books they want to do - anything for which someone is
willing to do the data entry can volunteer and do it. So it is a somewhat
eclectic mix. But a really great resource, if you want to find books in
digital form.
Called "Project Gutenberg" for obvious reasons, and yes, the first one they
did was the bible.
Joy
...missing Matilda while she's parked in Boulder, CO and I'm off in Hanoi
being gainfully employed for a while - when not watching election returns,
that is...
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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:53:48 -0800
From: Jere Hawn <jghawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: vanagon reading list
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Zero: Biography of a dangerous concept
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Warren Lail
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: vanagon reading list
I keep 12,000 books with me on a single DVD, that's right 12,000 complete
volumes, available for about $20 at
Blackmaskonline.com Check it out.
I also carry old fashioned books including Emerson's Essays, Walden by
Thoreau, and Norton's Anthology of North American Literature, Volume 1.
Sometimes it is nice to turn pages.
Of course, Billy Bones always has a seafaring, high adventure, nautical,
pirate-oriented book tucked in here or there.
Speaking of which, Ole Billy Bones needs a small, Vanagon-friendly sea
chest. Anyone have anything of good quality like that - or know where I can
find one?
Warren
88 Westy "Billy Bones"
Single speed bicycle "Black Dog"
