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Can you hold 70,000 books in one hand?

October 1, 2024 Reading time: 3 minutes

If you are reading this blog, you are a certifiable smart person and probably know about Project Gutenberg (PG). They have been collecting digital editions of public domain books since Michael S. Hart first typed in the Declaration of Independence and posted it online in 1971. Since then, the project has added free books at an increasing rate, passing the 70,000 mark this year. If they're online, why make these books available on a thumb drive?

With about 70,000 local copies of books, it's pretty darned cool to know that, as long as you have this drive, you will be able to access all those books, even in a nuclear Armageddon. The fact that you can search and read the books, and highlight and take notes on them, on any computer with the drive just makes it better.

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Book Review: The Designed World of Information. Unveiling the Incredible Realm Beyond

June 23, 2024 Reading time: 3 minutes

This world is not what it seems? And the Universe - is not your true home? Surely, you've experienced coincidences that can't be logically explained? Do you not understand the meaning of life? A new book called "The Designed World of Information: Unveiling the Incredible Realm Beyond" [book link] is something special.

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