Journal

Monday Link List

Last week of school! And we start the week off with a bunch of random things.

Coetzee Cover

Here’s the cover to J.M. Coetzee’s upcoming book, Summertime. [via The Elegant Variation]

Neuroscience!

The neuroscience behind Yorick’s Ghost and related optical illusions. [via Scientific American]

Weepy Doctor

An interview with David Tennant as he prepares to hand over the steering wheel to Matt Smith. [via BBC]

Geeky Ideas To Save The Book

I watched this rather intriguing presentation on Friday. [via The New Yorker]

There are some really great points that he raises. In particular, I think the last idea he raises is something I’d really like to see.

It also reminded me that I have a half-ambition to have my own tiny bookstore far in the future…

Small Updates

Brr, last week of school! This week, I have a test on Friday with too much material to realistically cover. I also have a test on Monday. Then it’s off and away for the exams.

Not been writing, though I have a fairly good idea of what I want to do.

I did get my hands on the video for Series 4 of Doctor Who (too many spoilers on the interwebs), and I got started on it yesterday. I thought the opening was not bad, though not exactly fantastic. I really didn’t like the idea, but the characters managed to sustain it for me. The curveball right at the end certainly helped too. I’ll probably comment a little on it as I make my way through Series 4.

Starting on my final book before school ends today, and it’s Roberto Bolaño’s By Night In Chile. It’ll be the last book I’ll be reading purely for entertainment for a while, I think, because I’m diving into a new run through Ulysses during the break.

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