In this Monday’s Link roundup I recommend taking a look at Lost Cat: An Illustrated Meditation on Love, Loss, and What It Means To Be Human. I love cats and can’t wait to read this unique memoir. With the arrival of Spring on the West Coast, I’m valiantly trying to throw stuff out. That’s why I thought How to Speed Up, Clean Up, and Revive Your Windows PC seemed the perfect How to.
- Massive Volunteer Collective Proofreads 25,000 Public-Domain Books. “Give these people a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records, because they surely deserve one: As of today, 100,000 people around the world have taken part in a massive proofreading project to correct the electronic texts of 25,000 publicly available books on the Project Gutenberg site.”
- The Key to Getting Motivated: Give Up. “…trying to “get motivated” can often make matters worse. The real problem isn’t that you don’t feel like taking action. Rather, it’s the underlying assumption that you need to feel like taking action before you can act. Which explains the hidden pitfall of most “motivational” advice: it’s not about how to get things done, but about how to get in the mood for getting things done.”
- The rise of the virtual bookshelf. “Enjoy snooping at what other people are reading? Now a host of websites allow readers to explore each other’s shelves online.”
- Lost Cat: An Illustrated Meditation on Love, Loss, and What It Means To Be Human. “…a tender, imaginative memoir infused with equal parts humor and humanity… Though “about” a cat, this heartwarming and heartbreaking tale is really about what it means to be human — about the osmosis of hollowing loneliness and profound attachment, the oscillation between boundless affection and paralyzing fear of abandonment, the unfair promise of loss implicit to every possibility of love.”
- How to Speed Up, Clean Up, and Revive Your Windows PC. “Flowers are blooming and birds are chirping, which means it’s time to start your yearly spring cleaning extravaganza. While you’re emptying your closets, decluttering, and getting rid of the bloat in your life, why not do the same for your computer? Here are some simple, easy to follow tips to give your trusted Windows PC a little spring cleaning of its own.”
- I do not fear death. “Roger Ebert was always a great friend of Salon’s. We’re deeply saddened by reports of his death, and are re-printing this essay, from his book “Life Itself: A Memoir,” which we think fans will take particular comfort in reading now.”
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