Where would I be this weekend if I lived in Los Angeles? The LA Book Fair. Held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in LA, it features over 200 booths full of all kinds of things, from first edition Ray Bradbury books for sale, to seminars on bookbinding and calligraphy. There are also talks […]
Entries Tagged as 'literature'
41st CA International Antiquarian Book Fair
February 15th, 2008 2 Comments
11 Terrific Design Elements: From Books, For Web
January 26th, 2008 2 Comments
Truly classic design elements transcend specific media. Casting an eye over old books can inspire imaginative solutions for web design. And why shouldn’t those books be French? The Frogs are renowned for their appreciation for the finer things: food, wine, art, deodorant… So without further ado, here are 11 terrific elements of design from old […]
My Top 5 For 2007
December 22nd, 2007 5 Comments
After seeing numerous end-of-year lists around the web, I thought it fitting to sum up my Top 5 in each category of The Cookblog. And so, without further ado, here they are:
Art
These are the best web sites and artists that I discovered during the past year.
Edward Gorey - I’ve posted about him before, but the […]
Today John Bonetti Turns 26
October 3rd, 2007 1 Comment
Happy Birthday John, you magnificent bastard.
John Mayer - Kid A (Radiohead cover)
John Hartford - Indian War Whoop
Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight
Book Review: Moneyball
August 22nd, 2007 No Comments
Baseball is a game wrapped in denser layers of statistics than any other. Home runs, RBIs, batting average and others are quoted back and forth between scouts, managers and talking heads in the baseball community. Moneyball picks apart in great detail why those statistics are flawed, why those baseball people are wrong and why such […]
Introduction to Edward Gorey
June 1st, 2007 1 Comment
Edward Gorey came to my attention through the Stumble button, which is a little web browser extension that works something like a TV remote for the internet. You choose your favorite topics, click the button, and are whisked to random web sites that the system believes you will like. Fortunately, it’s right almost all the […]
Book Review: Morbo
May 10th, 2007 1 Comment
I don’t have as much time as I’d like to read books. Otherwise, I would have finished Phil Ball’s Morbo in a day. Fortunately, I started doing a bit of cycling on the stationary bike, and so I was able to consume the history of Spanish football while getting a workout at the same time.
The […]
