Tag: books
All the articles with the tag "books".
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(DAY 1249) Sunday and Reading Up
A Sunday spent reading Orienting: An Indian in Japan for an upcoming Japan trip felt refreshing and quietly useful.
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(DAY 1232) The Lindy Effect and Things That Last
The Lindy Effect explains why durable ideas and tools like books, chess, and email keep outlasting predictions of their demise.
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(DAY 1191) What Is Your Harness Over Time?
Thinking in longer stretches keeps bringing me back to the question of what really holds a life together over time, and to the core premise of The Midnight Library.
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(DAY 1179) Weekly Visits to the Coforge Library
My weekly visits to the Coforge library have become a nice rhythm, and this time I picked up a reference book on the human body and biology.
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(DAY 1150) The Gap Between Page and Screen: Project Hail Mary at 7/10
Project Hail Mary is an emotional, entertaining film. It is also a film that seems more interested in making you feel than making you think. That is fine, but it is not the book.
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(DAY 1123) Finishing 'Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives'—A Book That Makes You Think
Completing an intellectually stimulating read with David Eagleman's masterful use of twists and turns to explore profound questions about life, death, and meaning.
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(DAY 1081) Reading in the Sun: Brave New Words Finished
A short note about reading in the sun and finishing Salman Khan's Brave New Words from the Coforge library.
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(DAY 1078) Kids and Books: Libraries, Comics, and Curious Minds
A short note on how children today are reading more — in libraries and through visually engaging books.
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(DAY 1075) A quick stop at the Coforge library (Sohna Road, Gurgaon)
Visited the Coforge library, picked up Salman Khan's Brave New Words, and realised I hadn't been to a library in 10+ years.
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(DAY 1029) Reading the divine comedy
Reading The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri feels less like engaging with a single book and more li...