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Happy Birthday, Michael Hart

March 8, 2012
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Books prices plummet. Literacy rates soar. Education rates soar. Old structures crumble, as did the Church. Scientific Revolution. Industrial Revolution. Humanitarian Revolution. Inventor of the electronic book and my dear friend Michael S. Hart would have been 65 today. Each time I say or think that – “he would have been 65 today” – the [...]

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In Protest Of SOPA And PIPA

January 17, 2012

This blog will go dark tomorrow to protest crimes perpetrated by people who know all about the internet aided by their toadies in government who know nothing of it. From SOPAStrike.com: On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need [...]

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Sharing eBooks

September 26, 2011

Today’s xkcd: I’ve lost grey matter beating my head on the walls of this blog and elsewhere on the internet that the advent of eBooks does not signal or signify the death of paper books, nor should it. Anyone who wants paper books to go away is in the business of reading for the sake [...]

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My Eulogy For Michael Stern Hart

September 14, 2011

I promised I’d see him through to the end. He wasn’t there any more, but being a pallbearer was my way of keeping that promise. In case I tripped and fell while carrying the substantial coffin, I asked our friend Ben Stone to be on standby. Ben, “Surprisingly, they’re not that heavy. The important part [...]

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Michael Hart Remembered Online – UPDATED

September 8, 2011

This post serves as a roundup of good online articles on and tributes to Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg and close friend, who passed away two days ago. If you come across any that are not here, please link to them in the comments. So much love ad respect out there for Michael; [...]

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Michael Stern Hart, 1947-2011

September 7, 2011

Founder of Project Gutenberg, Michael Hart, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Urbana, Illinois yesterday. The world has lost a true renaissance man, the one who first gave us the gift of electronic books (eBooks). I have lost my oldest friend and confidant in these United States. Read Michael’s obituary, wonderfully written by Greg [...]

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Your Chance To Help Project Gutenberg Get Books Out

July 9, 2011

Today’s Philanthroper deal hosts Project Gutenberg: $1 shares 36,000 free books with the world. Paper books may not need batteries and you can curl up with one on a rainy day, but this is an attitude of first-world luxury. Paper books can burn, flood and not be replicated for millions of people all over the [...]

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May Flowers In Texas

May 6, 2011

Next year. The (cold) drought here is so bad this desert rat craves rain, heat and its accompanying humidity. Shorts, tank tops, barbequed ribs and cold beer now! How else is a former Kuwaiti resident to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden? Screw that, I’m more worried about the impact of the Mississippi River [...]

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Nice Article About Project Gutenberg

August 17, 2009

AltSearch Engines | Project Gutenberg – The Digitized Printing Press … So no, you can’t exactly go to the Gutenberg project and pick up J.K. Rowling’s 8th installment “Harry Potter Finally Sees a Shrink After Suffering PTSD From Way Too Many Near-Death Experiences,” or any of the other seven, but what you can do is [...]

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Origin Of Species Drinking Game

July 15, 2009

A very apt response to yesterday’s post: Julie alerts us to a new party game, which indulges our … um … scientific curiosity: The Origin Of Species Drinking Game Each player has to read out a whole sentence from the book without stopping for breath. If they can’t do it, they take a swig and [...]

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