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libraries should be print-on-demand centers – especially for old/unusual works

Posted on 26 September 202024 September 2020 By antipaucity

Want to reinvigorate old texts and library patronage? Turn libraries into print-on-demand book “publishers” for works in the public domain and/or which aren’t under copyright in the current country and/or some kind of library version of CCLI churches use for music! This idea came to me after reading this blog post from the Internet Archive…

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manning is doing something similar to my bucket proposal

Posted on 21 July 201820 July 2018 By antipaucity

Manning Publishers has a liveBook offering. And it allows for the type of mini transactions (through their self-hosted “token” system) that I proposed when writing about how I’d dumped Pi-hole last year. Quoting from their recent announcement email Book publishers follow a simple rule: put your content behind a solid paywall. At Manning, we believe…

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programming your home by mike riley

Posted on 5 May 201428 April 2014 By antipaucity 1 Comment on programming your home by mike riley

Mike Riley’s entry in The Pragmatic Programmers series, Programming Your Home – automating with Arduino, Android, and your computer – was a lot of fun. While I am not really in a position to do many of the mini projects given in the book (wrong type of house plus we rent), reading some of the…

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first experiment follow-up

Posted on 3 May 20149 December 2014 By antipaucity 4 Comments on first experiment follow-up

I’ve been attempting a “reactive”/”consumptive” reading experiment recently. The first book I tried it on was the Henry Petroski’s horrid To Engineer is Human (my review). That turned into a failure as I couldn’t stomach his writing, and so “reacting” to it was going to pretty much be an exercise in futility. So I’ve ditched…

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books, ideas, insights, personal, update

reading experiment

Posted on 1 April 201431 March 2014 By antipaucity 1 Comment on reading experiment

In follow-up to a recent blog post shared to me by my friend Steven, thinking about my aunt’s old practices, and comments from my wife and another friend, I’m engaging in a “consumptive”/”reactive” reading experiment wherein I am going to do something I haven’t done in a non-workbook book since my time at HVCC –…

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