Posts Filed Under — Books

[ October 20th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Barnes & Noble’s nook, a Silly Name for a Kindle Killer

Much of what separates the Barnes & Noble nook from the Kindle 2 is sheer novelty. I can take or leave the color multi-touch screen, and the size and weight differences are elementary. It is the nook’s subtle additions that set it apart. It is like the folks at Barnes & Noble made a [...]

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[ April 16th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Culinary Nerdification: Star Wars Cookbooks

While part of me suspects that recipes like Wookie Cookies, Jedi Juice Bars, Dark Side Salsa, Boba Fett-Uccine are just geeky names attached to familiar eats, I must admit that I am somewhat tempted to pick up two new additions to my respectably sized cookbook collection.
Price: $10.99 and $14.99 [Think Geek via Slippery Brick]

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[ March 26th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Personal Library Kit Protects Your Books From Light Fingered Friends

Why is it that there are people that we can entrust our lives or our secrets to that cannot be trusted to return a book? My guess is that they have been doing it all of their lives, growing up they used to forget to return our action figures, or our box of 5 1/4″ [...]

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[ February 16th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Burn Through Books With a Burning Bookmark

The burning bookmark adds a little bit of hotrod flame to whichever book you happen to be reading at the time. It looks pretty cool, it serves a purpose and at the same time shows that the printed word still lives, for now anyway.
Price: $6
via Technabob]

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[ January 14th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Guinness Book of Records Second Annual Gamer’s Edition to Be Released

It would seem that the first Guinness Book of Records Gamer’s Edition achieved some success, so much so in fact that they are doing it all again this year. I am just dying to find out how my high score at phone Tetris stacks up against the best. [Gear Log]

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