My penchant for Christopher Alexander is on the rise again after spending the weekend at an inspiringly-comfortable bed and breakfast in Green County. Here's an excerpt from A Pattern Language that cuts to the heart of what Getting Real is
The British buy books by television personalities, Americans are obsessed with self-improvement, French choices are more highbrow, the Germans like holidays while the Japanese have more eclectic tastes. If it were not for Harry Potter, the survey by Amazon of
Octopus Books, the Hachette-owned European publisher of illustrated books which had previously sold co-editions of its titles to North American publishers, has formed its own North American group. Octopus Books USA will begin publishing in North America in January 2009.
After seven months of hard work, setbacks and dogged determination, two entrepreneurs will finally open their own independent bookshop in Wood Green this weekend
The free publicity it receives saves it a fortune. At this rate it won't be long before publishers will have to pay just to submit a novel for consideration by a panel of know-nothing celebrities.
President George W. Bush endorsed John McCain on Wednesday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, capping a comeback just months after his campaign had been declared all but dead.
It's been quite some time since I wrote a bookmarklet, but I just had a little inspiration for a useful tool. This one is Firefox only, because it was written quickly to be useful, just for me. Select some text,
Can anyone help? I'm writing a GCF (pickup.html); and there is a hidden form filed that is generated on page load that I need to gather then send when I do my post. Thanks!!!
My nearest neighbor was 20 minutes away down a dirt road," Bria Schurke '08 told the Star Tribune recently about growing up in Ely, Minn., on her parents' dogsled lodge. "But we had the world coming through our door."
I don't think anyone would expect a nice Ole to [look] for a sport that requires smashing into other people, but that is exactly what I ended up doing," says Lindsy Halleckson '02 on her new role with the Minnesota
Retired St. Olaf Public Safety Officer Bill Morson died recently in Northfield. The funeral will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Church of St. Dominic in Northfield.
Unveiled at MIX08, new releases of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Silverlight for mobile devices and Microsoft Expression Studio provide Web developers and designers with benefits and business opportunities.
