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Book convention ‘08

Posted in Food & Drink, Humanities, Tech, books, typography, writing, tagged book, con, gothenburg, bokmässa, göteborg, conference, convention, stars, death piglet, taschen, bok- och biblioteksmässa on September 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »

As previously stated, I attended the Book- & Library con in Gothenburg this Thursday. I thought I’d recount some of that experience here for the benefit of the ‘scryers’ of the TwilightShadows.
Staying the night with two girls…
The trip was paid for by the department I attend, the Department for Culture Studies, but of course we [...]

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September Update

Posted in Humanities, New media, Personal, author, books, update, writing, tagged "bishops arm", "culture night", bokmässa, book, con, flickr, göteborg, gothenburg, irish, kulturnatten, library, litteralund, mushroom, session, updatem "jonathan coulton" on September 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

So, I thought maybe it was time for a general update of things. As you might have seen I recently went pro on Flickr and updated for the entire summer. Sorry about that, but my internet connection over the summer was really sucky…
In other news: I am attending the Book and Library con in Gothenburg [...]

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Why are Smileys not in the history books?

Posted in Humanities, New media, books, writing, tagged writing, typography, books, history, communication, smiley, parchment, cuniform, hieroglyph, blog, dilemma on September 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I recently began a course in the history of handwritten texts, and I must say it has made me think a lot about communication.
Throughout history we are inclined to think that we as a race have evolved into more and more advanced creatures, which in turn has led to more and more advanced communication. We [...]

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Books for Twits

Posted in Humanities, New media, Philosophy, Podcast, Tech, author, books, web 2.0, tagged europe, Tech, TWiT, archive.org, TWiL, Dvorak, Laporte, Howell, Kahle, books, google books, yahoo, scanning, microsoft, history, literature, open library, european, denmark, norway, sweden, iceland, finland, scandinavia, digitise, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »

In listening to the latest episode of This Week in Tech, I was at first horrified that I would not get my normal weekly dose of half-arsed, funny but still very informative insights into the world of tech and Web 2.0. The tone was serious! Well, I still clung on, and in many ways this [...]

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A room to your self

Posted in Humanities, Philosophy, Tech, apps, author, books, mac, writing, tagged distraction free, merlin mann, neil gaiman, text editing, word processing, write room, writer, writing on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »

Do you ever find that the world is closing in on you and you are not focusing quite as well on the task at hand as you should? As a student and aspiring writer I find this a lot, and I’ve been looking around for a solution to this problem. Well there is one which [...]

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Liberalism

Posted in author, books, tagged colbert, liberal, liberalism, report on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »

Being a proud liberal, albeit in a European sense, I had a good laugh at this Colbert video. That guy is amazing.
Till next time,
Thobias
from www.comedycentral.co posted with vodpod

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Hats off!

Posted in Humanities, Legends, Philosophy, Tech, author, books, tagged 2001, a space odyssey, arthur c clarke, death, died on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The venerable Arthur C. Clarke has died, age 90, and a world of geeks cries out. Maybe I should watch 2001: A Space Odyssey tonight? You know, as a beautiful but slightly confusing tribute.
Thobias

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