Week 9, Exercise 22

My exploration of ebooks was not quite as satisfying as the podcasts. Most of the items answering to my search interests turned out to be for SJSU only. The Gutenberg titles looked pretty dry, for the most part. What I anticipate finding most useful will be the Pimsleur language titles. I've always enjoyed the challenge of learning languages. It doesn't stay with you long if you have no opportunity to practice it, but while you're trying it out, it's still fun. Was going to download and revisit French today, but since I don't have a cable hook-up or dial-up and no time estimates were provided for DSL, I decided to leave it for another day. Safari Tech also looks promising. When I have the time, I'll download "Graphic Design Portfolio-Builder: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Projects" for starters.

Week 5, Exercise 12

Here are my observations from my explorations using Rollyo.

Public Domain e-books Search (http://rollyo.com/onfire4jc/public_domain_ebooks/)
I found the title of this to be just a bit misleading, unless I'm missing something altogether. I went there expecting to find resources in e-book format. What I found, chiefly through a link that took me to the Internet Public Library, is a lot of websites. My search term was "graphic design." It brought up a few related sites, but many more that were not. Searching "graphic design" in quotes and with a boolean "and" included did not alter the results. It was not altogether disappointing though, for like a visit to a physical library, I "bumpted into" s a lot of stuff that I might not otherwise have thought to look for. Here's a sample of what I'll be coming back to later and exploring on my own:

Architecture:
Design-Build Magazine
http://www.designbuildmag.com/

Art Competitions:
Art Deadlines List
http://artdeadlineslist.com/

Garden:
Garden Gate Magazine
http://www.gardengatemagazine.com/

Graphic Design:
Design, Typography and Graphics
http://www.graphic-design.com/DTG/

Online Marketing:
Website Success Monthly
http://www.lrsmarketing.com/newsletter_home.htm

Popular Culture:
Mastermind Magazine
http://www.lrsmarketing.com/newsletter_home.htm

Photography:
PIN: the business journal for the imaging market
http://www.quiltmag.com/

Quilting:
Quilt: America’s Favorite Quilting Magazine
http://www.quiltmag.com/

Writing:
WriterOnLine: the professional ezine for writers
http://www.writer-on-line.com/index.html

Rare Book Library Search (http://rollyo.com/byblos/rare_book_library_search/)
A search for the "Gutenberg Bible" brought up a German text and English text link to the same source, the British Library. Here's the detail on their holding:
Title: Biblia latina
Place: Mainz
Publisher: Johann Gutenberg, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer
Date: 1454-55
Library: The British Library
Shelfnumber: C.9.d.3
Provenance: From the Library of King George III, presented to the British Museum in 1823
Document type: Incunable or postincunable
Subject: Bible

Free Photos Search
I thought it could be useful to look for images of "Reading." The results were all hosted by Flickr:
Reading in the Flowers (http://www.flickr.com/photos/norby/152723505/)
Annabel's toes help her read El Rinoceronte Rojo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-pride/106479115/)
In the Library (http://www.flickr.com/photos/murn/6469712/)
Inside the Words (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elettra/367951791/)
Wisdom (http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_oracle/341250159/)
No (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68245328@N00/335695871/)
I Want to Live (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbird/36362014/)
Two Friends Reading (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaroslavd/74106006/)
Look at Me (http://www.flickr.com/photos/onlystardust/17259167/)
Though by no means a 70's baby, I can otherwise identify with this one:
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain 44/365 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peskymac/293347771/)

I thought I'd try searching the same word using the link to "royalty-free," but didn't have the chance. Clicking on that link told me "Sorry, we couldn't find any searchrolls matching your criteria."

So I moved on to check for "reading" in Quick Quotes Search, and found the following to be most useful:
Quoteland.com (http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=122P)
WorldofQuotes.com: http://www.worldofquotes.com/topic/Reading/1/index.html)
The Quotations Page (http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/books/) where I found these contrasting bits of advice:

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969

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