I love YouTube videos that show how stuff is made.
Got this one via Kottke.org.
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Books, old and new
I like books. I like old books. I like book titles. You can judge a book by its cover. Normally.
Kottke linked to this great little discussion thread featuring old books retitled for today’s market.
It started off with these – and got more fun in the comments:
“Then: The Wealth of Nations
Now: Invisible Hands: The Mysterious Market Forces That Control Our Lives and How to Profit from ThemThen: Walden
Now: Camping with Myself: Two Years in American TuscanyThen: The Theory of the Leisure Class
Now: Buying Out Loud: The Unbelievable Truth About What We Consume and What It Says About UsThen: The Gospel of Matthew
Now: 40 Days and a Mule: How One Man Quit His Job and Became the BossThen: The Prince
Now: The Prince (Foreword by Oprah Winfrey)”
Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box
Kottke.org is a mostly terrific blog on the “liberal arts 2.0”. It’s where I found that Abbey Road timelapse. And many other interesting things. Including this. Perhaps an iconic image depicting the current economic climate…
Huh? It’s a bunch of shipping containers you say. What has that got to do with the economic times you ask. Well, they’re stockpiling containers in Hong Kong because China’s exports have slowed dramatically. So there you go.
The Hotel Noorla in Ingham has a couple of shipping containers converted into almost quaint hotel rooms. Maybe some entrepreneur should get in and buy the lot of them.