Thoughts Made WordsTodd Hoff's Weblog.Pleasing Things - How am I like a lady-in-waiting from ancienct Japan- February 11, 2007 Pleasing Things - How am I like a lady-in-waiting from ancient JapanIt's exciting to think about what people were like in different cultures in the past. Are they like me Did they have goals and motivations and dreams that I would understand If some rift in time tossed us together how would we get a long In a way, books our are rift in time. I recently traveled back in time when reading The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Sei Shonagon was a lady-in-waiting for a 11th century Japanese empress and..http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/2007/02/11.html#a236 Rich Buddha, Poor Buddha- February 5, 2007 Rich Buddha, Poor BuddhaHow-to books on managing finances always top the best seller lists. Some popular books in the past have been Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Think and Grow Rich, The Millionaire Next Door and a million others. It turns out this book genre is a lot older than you might think. How would you like some sage financial advice from 2,500 years ago In Karen Armstrong's excellent book Buddha, she tells us the Buddha was a fount of wisdom not only spiritual matters, but he also knew a thing...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/2007/02/05.html#a234 Smackdown 2: Scrolling Crushes Paging After 2000 Years of Dominance- February 3, 2007 Smackdown 2: Scrolling Crushes Paging After 2000 Years of DominanceScrolling is now enjoying a historical renaissance over 2000 years in the making. Once upon a time all books were lovingly drawn on papyrus scrolls. Jewish Rabbis would have read the Old Testament from a scroll. Early Christians, perhaps as way to differentiate themselves from Jews, preferred a different book form, the codex. The codex is the same book style we use today: two sided pages held together with a binding. As...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/2007/02/03.html#a233 |