The world is about to face one of the strangest and most unforeseen tragedies in history, and no one is paying attention: What happens to libraries with the rise of the eBook? In high school, I would wander over to the Library once or twice a week, grabbing random books that struck my fancy and [...] Read more »
Matt rests after chowing down during a stop in the port town of Champorn. For more gluttonous pictures from Thailand, click here. What a difference a few days make. I’m currently in the midst of 36 hours straight of travel from the Southern island of Koh Samui to the Northern jungle city of Chiang Mai. [...] Read more »
The following books were started and (for the most part) completed while circumnavigating the globe May-November 2008. Plato and a Platapus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klien (Philippine Islands) I’ve always had a soft spot for philosophy. I’ve always had an even softer spot for bad humor and [...] Read more »
I was a wizard in training. Not at Hogwarts, but somewhere in the US. And it was my summer vacation. A friend of mine and I were playing on a computer in the attic of the house we were staying. Suddenly, we felt odd, as if the dark lord himself were looking over our shoulder. [...] Read more »