http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:46:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-79007 Alternative Energy Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:25:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-79007 Thanks for the info on the Jest... Looks like interesting reading. Thanks for the info on the Jest… Looks like interesting reading.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-78888 amy Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:06:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-78888 Just finished Infinite Jest. Yes, it is quite the project, but completely brilliant, seriously disturbing, and hilarious, provided you have a deep appreciation for the dark and the absurd. Just finished Infinite Jest. Yes, it is quite the project, but completely brilliant, seriously disturbing, and hilarious, provided you have a deep appreciation for the dark and the absurd.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-78214 Sean Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:35:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-78214 I don't know for sure if there will be a Kindle edition, but I suspect there will be, as other Dutton books have them. I don’t know for sure if there will be a Kindle edition, but I suspect there will be, as other Dutton books have them.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-78174 Josh Smith Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:23:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-78174 Sean, I was asking about your book, so thanks for the link. Is Dutton planning on making it available in a Kindle edition? If not, I'm sure I can scrape up the funds, somewhere, to buy the real deal. Sean, I was asking about your book, so thanks for the link. Is Dutton planning on making it available in a Kindle edition? If not, I’m sure I can scrape up the funds, somewhere, to buy the real deal.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-77928 Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » The Community Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:53:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-77928 [...] of Discover Magazine’s “Cosmic Variance” blog wrote “I once read through Gravity’s Rainbow with a real-world reading group, and it added a [...] [...] of Discover Magazine’s “Cosmic Variance” blog wrote “I once read through Gravity’s Rainbow with a real-world reading group, and it added a [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-77845 JHM Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:03:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-77845 I'm slightly over 1/3 of the way through, and I swear it keeps getting better. Way to go. I’m slightly over 1/3 of the way through, and I swear it keeps getting better. Way to go.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-77786 John Farrell Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:35:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-77786 I wish I had thought of this when my book came out! I wish I had thought of this when my book came out!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-77754 RD Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:24:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-77754 Sean, have a look at the way CommentPress do it. It is the first good way of commenting on text that I have seen: http://www.futureofthebook.org/mitchellstephens/holyofholies/1-empty-an-introduction/ The link above is an example of it in use (I am sure you will also agree with the sentiments it expresses :)) Sean, have a look at the way CommentPress do it. It is the first good way of commenting on text that I have seen:
http://www.futureofthebook.org/mitchellstephens/holyofholies/1-empty-an-introduction/
The link above is an example of it in use (I am sure you will also agree with the sentiments it expresses )

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-77743 Jim Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:11:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-77743 I found it really slow going between pages ~30 ~ 200, but it really takes flight after the chronology is clear and all the story lines are established. I found it really slow going between pages ~30 ~ 200, but it really takes flight after the chronology is clear and all the story lines are established.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/comment-page-1/#comment-77741 Sean Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:50:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/03/putting-the-internet-to-infinitely-good-use/#comment-77741 Are you asking about my book? Oct 15 is the target, but a may be a couple of weeks late. And it's probably going to be more expensive than currently advertised -- so <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eternity-Here-Quest-Ultimate-Theory/dp/0525951334/lecturenotesonge" rel="nofollow">buy now</a>! Are you asking about my book? Oct 15 is the target, but a may be a couple of weeks late. And it’s probably going to be more expensive than currently advertised — so buy now!

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