booky things of the day
Booky thing number one is from LibraryThing’s Thingology blog, and is just a quote:
“Feed readers are still a cool fringe activity–a step above drinking absinth.”
Hmm. They think Christmas pudding is called ‘figgy pudding’ too.
Booky thing number two is a question. Namely, why is The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) by J. Arthur Thomson number 1 in Project Gutenberg’s list of most frequently downloaded books?
The rest of the Top 100 makes thought-provoking if slightly baffling reading too.
