Saturday, August 28, 2010

Of Interest (Geek): 08.28.2010

+ Nifty gift for your (baking) chemistry geek: Science Lab Cookie Cutters! Includes a beaker, Erlenmeyer flask, atom, and test tube. Also check out the Periodic Table done in cookie form!

+ If I lived near Brooklyn, I would be scanning the materials at the Reanimation Library for my zines. This private library collects outdated and discarded books from thrift stores, libraries, trash piles and makes them available for makers, crafters, designers, writers, etc. The collection includes old technical manuals (Home Appliance Servicing), religious tracts (Life - How Did it Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? by the Watchtower Foundation), textbooks (Engineering Drawing), pamphlets, repair guides, and much more. This is a much needed archive - public libraries don’t have the need or the room for outdated materials such as these - but they still have value.

+ Recently stumbled upon GROK, a free PDF zine produced by the writers of the Alert Nerd blog. I’ve read three of the six available issues, and they are full of solid writing and geek humor. Worth a download.

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