|
Minna Sundberg, author of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent, has created a wonderful linguistic tree chart.
It’s a comprehensive overlook of the Nordic languages, letting us find the origins of our mother tongue, in a visually pleasing way.
Click on the image to see it in full resolution.
Via Mental Floss.
More to explore:
[ef-archive number=5 tag=”geek-stuff”]
Planning to study overseas means navigating a maze of academic rules and cultural habits. What works for getting into a college in the USA will probably fail in Europe. Here is what you need to understand about the two systems.
The Booker Prize longlist for 2026 was announced. Thirteen books made the cut from 163 submissions. Are we supposed to be surprised by the selection? Not really.
Due to upcoming European Union regulations, every new Kindle will soon sport a user-replaceable battery. Rather than making separate versions, Amazon is updating its global range to avoid losing European buyers.
With 67,000 public libraries across Europe, a modest workforce of 170,000 professionals now serves 75 million registered patrons. As libraries transform into tech hubs and social shelters, is it realistic to expect workers to do it all on basic budgets?
Everyone talks about the hot literari trend as if it was only about fashion. But isn’t carrying a real book simply the ultimate flex that you can afford to go offline?
Ebooks.com is testing a simple one-click mode that adjusts page layouts for dyslexic readers. Instead of forcing you to tweak a dozen confusing typography settings, it gives you a solid, research-backed starting point with just one tap.
by CAL NEWPORT
I remember when I first encountered Facebook: It was the spring of 2004; I was a senior in college and began to notice an increasing number of my friends talk about a website called thefacebook.com. The first person to show me an actual Facebook profile was Julie, who was then my girlfriend, and now my wife.
“My memory of it was that it was a novelty,” she told me recently. “It had been sold to us as a virtual version of our printed freshman directory, something we could use to look up the boyfriends or girlfriends of people we knew.”
The key word in this memory is novelty. Facebook didn’t arrive in our world with a promise to radically transform the rhythms of our social and civic lives; it was just one diversion among many. In the spring of 2004, the people I knew who signed up for thefacebook.com were almost certainly spending significantly more time playing Snood (a Tetris-style puzzle game that was inexplicably popular) than they were tweaking their profiles or poking their virtual friends.
178 words read...
Geek Updated is our sister sister blog, where we share distraction-free tips, lists, and news for mindful geeks.
In this updated overview, you’ll see gorgeous iPhone covers that will remind you of the joy of reading books anywhere, anytime.
These library-themed gifts are extremely easy to personalize. All you have to do is add your own text!
Just like a year ago, we are presenting the list of ebooks that were most downloaded from Project Gutenberg in the last 30 days.
Let's connect on Facebook, Pinterest, and Tumblr.
Add us to your WordPress Reader and RSS feed.
Leave a Reply