Comments on: go randomize() yourself

By: Himself

Himself — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:32:53 +0000

They have an excellent collection of public domain Canadiana, like Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (pioneer sisters and writers), and Stephen Leacock (check out Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, if you aren’t already familiar with it…)

There’s a huge library of folklore from around the world, much of it written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in the style of that age and with the cultural superiority attitude you can imagine - but not always.

One of my favourites is Lady Gregory’s ‘Gods and Fighting Men’ (http://www.blackmask.com/books28c/godsfightingdex.htm), Irish folklore put into English in 1904, with a foreword by Yeats.

Cool stuff.

By: inkygirl

inkygirl — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:15:07 +0000

Ooo, love the Blackmask link, thanks for this!

By: Himself

Himself — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:19:12 +0000

Thanks, aiabx!

The first entry that popped up was Radiohead which I’d heard of, then the next was JEN(NIFER) TRYNIN, unknown, then the Vibrators, again known.

To the rest of the world, http://www.trouserpress.com offers bios and discographies (curiously, not discos) for the artists and the opportunity to buy the albums through Insound, not that I could.

Keep’em coming, people!

i random() you!

By: aiabx

aiabx — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:12:14 +0000

trouserpress.com for random alternative rock bands.

By: Himself

Himself — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:50:59 +0000

Holy cow, Jeff, those are great links!

Questia seems a little pretentious, but still good.

The Wiki-etc links are just plain cool. When I click on the Random link and something comes up, and my reaction is ‘WTF is this?’ and I start googling whatever it is, well that’s just plain fun.

Thanks. But don’t stop now!

By: Jeff K

Jeff K — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:31:08 +0000

Well questia.com allows searches in books with a “lexile” setting, which will remove the “Jack & Jill” type books from the search results. Wikipedia is the best. Try wikisources & wikibooks. Also try “What links here” in wikipedia.