Here’s a new mashup for Google Earth called “Google Literature Trips“. Its a cool way to see all the places and take road trips mentioned in a book.
So if you’ve read Kite Runner and want to follow the path taken by Amir,download the kmz (Keyhole Markup Language) file and open it in Google Earth. There [...]
Considering that Shelfari has started prominently displaying ads(flashing ads of matrimonial sites & flat stomachs in 5 days) on its site,I have decided to move to GoodReads for cataloguing my books.
Though UI of GoodReads is simple,it repeatedly failed to import my list of books from my shelfari profile.I wonder whether this is for a reason….
Bugs [...]
I read Business & Mgmt books mainly to learn from other’s experiences and also the interesting trivia’s these books sometimes mention.I am reading the book “Hitler and Churchill” by Andrew Roberts.
In this book the famed author compares the leadership styles of Hitler and Churchill,one being charismatic and the other inspirational.I would post a brief soon [...]
Here’s a simple yet insightful quote by Yoshida Kenko in his book,Essays in Idleness.
“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known.”
If you want to read some more of his essays,click here.
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