See the Colourful Streets of 1900s Paris

Check out this link to see some astounding real colour photographs taken in early 1900s Paris. http://curiouseggs.com/extremely-rare-color-photography-of-early-1900s-paris/ Apparently the images have not been altered, touched up or Photoshopped in any way. They are the original images taken using Autochrome Lumiere technology. A technique invented...

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Organized Reading: A classic, An alternative, A mind-expander, An industry book and A guilty pleasure

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in my post about killing the post-holiday blues, I’m more than a bit of a bookworm. But I’ve decided to put this book-devouring nature of mine to good use. To do this, I devised a simple plan to become more well-rounded in my book selections. My system is simple. I will alternate between reading :  ...

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What They're Really Saying on the Field

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Is there a future for public libraries?

How will they evolve as E-books eclipse the paper book? In the battle between traditional books and E-books, many would say traditional books are on the path to retreat. While Kindles and Kobos provide a simple, compact, technological alternative to the burden and clutter of weighty paper tomes, it may be hard to argue in favour of the traditional book....

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Killing the Post-Holiday Blues

Your pocketbook is empty and your Visa bill high, the shops and bars are ghost towns, you’ve packed on a few extra pounds and it’s freezing out. The cheerfulness of the holiday season is over and the rest of the bleak winter is before us. Here come the post-holiday blues. For as long as I can remember the weeks following New Year’s Day have been filled with a devastating holiday hangover. The weeks-long build-up of holiday cheer, shopping, eating, drinking, socializing, spending, reaches a crescendo...

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