Fixin’ books in the Wild West
It’s been quite a while, but I’m happy to say that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying working in the new shed (flickr set). Habits die hard - I still call it the shed even though it’s more like a posh cottage. The little oil radiator heats the space well, but struggles a bit when the mercury [...]
A couple of interesting videos have crossed my laptop screen over the last few days. The first is an upcoming documentary called “Between the Folds.” Produced by Green Fuse Films, this movie features a number of artists and scientists who are exploring the bleeding edge of the origami frontier. It will be broadcast in December [...]
I’ve written about the National Library of China in Beijing before, but a coworker pointed me at this nice short video of Du Weisheng performing some paper mends in his workshop and talking about the dire need for more conservators to preserve the ancient resources of their country.
A recent article also features the Rare Book [...]
Wool is in the house! Well, at least on the property, now. This past Saturday, I went to Sugar Loaf Mill in Hall, MT to pick up the wool insulation for the shed remodel. When we arrived, they were having a Spin-in, so not only did we get a chance to watch the carding machine [...]
Here in Montana, you can still easily imagine the wildness that was the West during the 1800’s. Something about the colors of the landscape, or the vast spaces between towns. It’s intriguing to think that librarians were coming out here at that time as well - resourceful, passionate women with a love for adventure and [...]
I’m a loyal reader of the Metafilter collective blog, known affectionately as the “Best of the Web,” although vigorous debates as to the validity of that statement are as regular as the swallows of Capistrano. A recent post pointed me to the new Flickr group called “My Day, Yesterday.” Members splice snippets of video from [...]
I admit, I watch a fair piece of TV, but a recent episode of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel called “Vellum Maker” was helpfully brought to my attention. I’m still looking for a copy of the full episode, but in the meantime, these clips will have to suffice.
I came face to face with the [...]
The blogs have been a hoppin’ lately with book and conservation related goodies. Here are some gems from a few of my favorites.
MAKE magazine recently posted a fun set of links about an art installation called “Breathing Books.” It appears that the Arduino mechanism that powers the breathing action caused a bit of a stir [...]
Who isn’t talking about digitization and the projected demise of the word on paper? My reading load and podcast schedule has been full of it lately, with some surprising arguments for paper as technology. On the Media recently had a whole program dedicated to the book, and one of the featured speakers was [...]
I promised more links to interesting Archimedes stuff and while a little later than I would’ve liked, here they are.
If you don’t have time to read the book written by Netz and Noel, the movers and shakers of the Archimedes Palimpsest Project, this Google TechTalk will give you a good synopsis (although the photos get [...]
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