I put together a little eBusiness with my wife back in 2002. AskADate.com was supposed to be a place to order themed gift packages for a loved one. If I remember right, the only person who ever ordered from the site was my mom. (Thanks, mom!) Anyway, it was a…

“I don’t know what it will be like to have books from our libraries injected into our culture again, but I’d like to see it.” –Brewster Kahle http://www.openlibrary.org/details/openlibrary I realize this isn’t new news, but it’s new to me. Here are the parts of the 2005 Open Library/Open Content Alliance…

The Microlibraries Project at the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning is off to a great start. They are figuring out how to format, print, cut and bind Gutenberg books in an attractive and cost-effective way. It’s kind of like Brewster’s Bookmobile — except without the minivan. It turns out…

I have had this in Word format for a while — someone sent it to me via email a few years ago. So *poof* now it’s online. If I have stolen your idea, email me and I will either attribute it to you or remove it. Your choice. EDIT: The…

Have you ever noticed that some people are much more emotionally needy than others? They need to share everything with you. All the stuff you really can’t do anything about. But it’s more than a need to share. The way I think of it is that these folks take up…