http://elizabethkennedybayer.com composer/blogger Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:38:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I have read about this before- and thank goodness it has popped up again. Jay Walker- who is the brains behind priceline.com- has built a library that focuses on human imagination, innovation and creativity. Paradise. Read more about it here, on Brain Pickings. I would also suggest that you ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/652-the-library-of-human-imagination/ Arcana by John Zorn. (Go to the books tab) Granted, I haven't read this yet, but I will be ordering it soon. Until then, I will be checking out the second volume located in the ASU Library. Happy browsing! http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/428-book-recommendation/ I have read two books about Darwinian thought recently; What Darwin Really Said: An Introduction to His Life and Theory of Evolution by Benjamin Farrington and Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution by Michael J. Behe. (They are both scanned in to my Delicious Library, thanks for asking.) ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/357-evolution-of-evolution/ I really think finding this is one of the many highlights of the summer. I went downstairs earlier excitedly showing my family the Delicious Library 2.0. This downloadable program automatically sorts all of your iTunes CDs, movies, audiobooks, video games and software. The next few steps involve you scanning (yes, scanning) the barcodes ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/318-libraries-are-delicious/ I presented a short and rather vague note about arranging personal libraries on Facebook earlier this summer. Some of it read: With such a small library, how in the world do you categorize everything? Alpha by title? Alpha by author? By genre? By height? Simply by where they fit on the old, wobbly book shelf? I've ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/313-keeping-the-books/ Contact Sterling Lord to obtain the rights (to use the text in a musical setting) to Jack Kerouac's work. For anything else, go to the Penguin Group Permissions page. They handle granting rights in the following territories: WORLD. As my friend James stated, "You should not search for Kerouac's estate. ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/297-dont-know-jack/ I have been on an internet chase today looking for the person or persons who might currently be in charge of the Kerouac Estate. For those of you who do not know Jack Kerouac (I've only read On the Road) I suggest that you flip over to Amazon.com right now ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/213-in-search-of-the-kerouac-estate/ I'm not on top of all the crazy and amazing architectural movements that are happening today... but I do know something cool when I see it. If you like books and you like libraries, check this out: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/6556/mvrdv-book-mountain-project.html This reminds me of Bart's Books here in Ojai. http://www.bartsbooksojai.com/ Bart's is a wonderful experience. Really! I've never ... http://elizabethkennedybayer.com/39-hill-o-books/