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Howdy all - just thought of the Forum today and thought I'd poke my head in. I'm really surprised and happy to see so many old names; Monkeycatcher, Still, ABC, Moto... even Stewart! Is Jenn still around? According to my status, I last visited on 4 May 2007, but I haven't been really active...

Check this out!! Do you agree with the geographic proximity of your favourite authors? http://www.literature-map.com/

This was a fun read! New York writer and reviewer, Sara Nelson, sets herself the task of reading a book per week for a year. This book is a synopsis of her journey and how her books and life mix and how books 'choose' to be read. I really liked the concept of this, and it made me think of my...

I want to know more about Rwanda and the basis for the conflict in the 90's. I know far less than I'd like, and the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' was eye opening for me. I'm unlikely to sit down with a nonfiction account, however. Does anyone have any recommendations for a narrative account of the...

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to check in with y'all and let you know that I'm still alive! I haven't really had Internet access since I got back to Oz, and while we've now got it connected, I'm still waiting for my computer to arrive from Canada. Things are slowly coming together, though, and...

Check out this new eBook reader from Sony. Could this possibly take off like the iPod? If you go to the link (which should be available for the next week or so, I think) you can see a picture of the eBook Reader. Despite the enthusiasm of Dan Brown this certainly seems to have a lot of potential...

Given that the original Four Word Story has now ended (thank you Stewart for your initiative... I think the flatulent mongoose wandered off half way through the tale), does any one want to try and summarise that tripe... I mean, quality literature? It shouldn't take too long and you can bung it...

I have a friend from Maine who tells me that she can't purchase Christmas crackers/bonbons down in the US. Is this true?!? I never realised this was a predominantly British tradition. Can you southerners please confirm this?

Isobelle Carmody is an Australian author, and perhaps not too well known beyond the Australia/NZ shores. She began writing the Obernewtyn series in 1987, and is still yet to finish the series almost 20 years later. This series was primarily aimed at teenagers, however it was very popular among...

This is inspired by abecedarian's post about her cat sitting on her books. One of my favourite things to do when I visit my parents for a weekend is to get up on the Sunday morning and sit in a sunbeam or on the central heating, depending upon the season, with the broadsheet newspaper spread out...

I went into my local Chapters (Canadian book chain) the other day and was helping a friend look for some christmas presents for her niece. I asked if her niece had read The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton. My friend had never heard of Blyton! I stared at her and then went to the 'Classic...

I found this site, 'Stump the Bookseller' while Googling for Sarge's book. It is basically a book searching site which might amuse bibliophiles to assist in finding books for people. I'm not sure I like the fact that people are charged for the service, though... Why not just put some advertising...

For the last few months I've been using OSX for Mac, and this software doesn't seem to properly support the tags available - image, url, bold, italics, etc. If I highlight text and click the link button all it does is put the friggin' tag text at the very end of my message. For example, if I...

Question - How come some members do not have a record in their user profile of 'Last Activity'? That is, the last time they logged into TBF. Is this something they can choose to turn off? Or do they PM a mod to turn this off? I'm just wondering if this is a sign that they do not intend to...

So I was doing a search and stumbled upon this old thread and it got me thinking. Particularly after reading Darren's post (see below). I felt it was better to start a new thread as this is not consistent with the subject of the original thread. 'Multizone' DVD players are very common in...

I just found this really neat website link regarding trolls and the best things to do about them. It's pretty self explanatory if you are a regular internet user and post on many forums or chat sites, but I thought it might be handy for people unfamiliar with this sort of thing. Would this be...

Why is it that reading is considered to be a geeky/dorky pursuit, particularly for teenagers? Does this come from the compulsory nature of reading books in school? Is it because reading is seen as antisocial? Is it because those who read are seen as intelligent and villified by those who...

Who would win if an alligator took on a python? The results are in, it seems - it's a draw: Battle of the Giants "A four-metre python exploded when it tried to swallow a two-metre alligator whole in Florida." Be warned that the picture is a little gross to view. That's the reason I...

Earlier today I posted a message on a photography forum to which I belong. After I pushed the 'post' button, however, it told me that there was inappropriate language in the message text and could not be posted. I scanned the message looking for my spelling error that must have been a freudian...

Are you a morning lark (go to bed early, get up early) or a night owl (stay up late, get up late)? Which do you *want* to be? I'm, unfortunately, a night owl. My job (grad student and researcher) allows me to keep my own hours and while I'd like these to be mornings, that would require me to...