Educating Lavonardo
Been reading an interesting book, a page a day for the last fifteen weeks or so. Know-it-all Book tackles various fields of study with a cliff’s notes version of a topic for each day. I’m pretty sure that in a year (the book has 365 pages) I can namedrop philosophers and discuss rococo art on surface level, but as to actual knowledge, this book shares the wealth with a small spoon.
Wired’s Geekipedia, on the other hand, is just a semi-random collection of topics that are of some interest to the magazine’s readers. Topics vary from the origin of LOLcats to a debate on string theory. The articles are not long in this booklet either, but a tad more entertaining than in the slightly dry Know-it-all book.
The former might come in useful in Trivial Pursuit, the latter will be useful in coffee table discussions at work.
Tina Russell:
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.
Tina Russell
April 3, 2008, 21:31