Rosetta Project

There is this great site called The Rosetta Project. Similar to Project Gutenberg‘s text scans of vintage novels, The Rosetta Project scans vintage (expired copyright) childrens’ books as images. They even go through the trouble of translating them to other languages (though some are multi-lingual to begin with.) Although I don’t have kids and don’t … Continue reading Rosetta Project

Books

Months and months ago, not too long after dmax wrote a favorable review, I picked up Only Revolutions. This was the latest novel by the same guy who wrote House of Leaves. I was happy to score an autographed copy at Powell’s, but was a little worried about the book itself. I had high expectations … Continue reading Books

Destroy the whore-crux!

One of those things that was never really a blip on my radar is the “Mr. and Mrs. {guy’s first name} {guy’s last name}” nomenclature. Kim keeping her name/business-name made me acutely aware of it. I do not know if it is traditionalism and/or implied sexism/girl-as-property-of-guy, but it is still a (fairly new) pet peeve … Continue reading Destroy the whore-crux!

Sudoku Theory

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/01/There is a surplus of sudoku books available at most bookstores. They all have one thing in common: they have a … Continue reading Sudoku Theory

<s>Alchemy</s> Chemistry

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Flesh is Grass

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Lost

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/10/The opening scene of the Lost premier: hoe-lee kay-rap I had an odd dream last night where I either stumbled across … Continue reading Lost

Library of Google

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/08/Yesterday, I picked up “Labyrinths,” a book of short stories and essays by Jorge Luis Borges and started reading “The Library … Continue reading Library of Google

The Areas of my Expertise

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