Monthly Archives: April 2008

Book Hooker

Posted on April 15, 2008 by

In a bizarre twist on mangling the meaning of writing a book — “author” Philip Parker now claims “writing” over 200,000 books — using computers as a co-author and Amazon’s BookSurge.com Vanity Press as his publisher.

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Join Me at RelationShaping

Posted on April 10, 2008 by

I’m pleased to announce a brand new blog that I think you’ll enjoy reading: David W. Boles’ RelationShaping ->(.  Here is our new, semiotic, logo that suggests the intention of the site:  How technology Re-Forms and Re-Shapes our Mind-Body memes … Continue reading →

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To Publish and then Perish

Posted on April 4, 2008 by

My friend, Gordon Davidescu, sent me this interesting link from O’Reilly publishing where you buy a book that is bound in a school-like binder and then you can either download updated chapters and cut them up and place them in … Continue reading →

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The Black and Blind Piano Player

Posted on April 2, 2008 by

When I was a wee lad — perhaps 8 or 9-years-old — I acted in a lot of community theatre plays and musicals. Acting was an opportunity to escape an ordinary life for one of imagination and history and it … Continue reading →

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