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Sunday, 27 January 2008 15:19 |
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Update: Sorry, it looks like urbansource.org (formerly DetourPublications.com) is defunct. Have a look at the Landscape Architecture Resource Bookshelf.
Well, I haven't written in ages, as you can see. But I haven't forgotten about this blog. I am always tagging something new for my link roll down below at the bottom of this page. I've been meaning to do a series of write-ups about all the different things I've found, which is probably a more realistic goal right now considering all I have on my plate. I am still updating the custom search engine as well.
If anyone out there is interested in contributing to/collaborating on this blog drop me a line. I've just taken on too many projects this past year and have left myself with no time for this greenlid blog. In fact I have more cool projects on my list of 'things to do' than would ever be possible to tackle, and that list is always growing.
Anyway, I was cleaning out some files (the old-fashioned paper files) today and found a handout I picked up somewhere from urbansource.org. It listed a bunch of books I'm interested in reading when I can free some time. My condo is only so big, so I devised a better way to keep the book list: digitally on my Toronto Public Library website account (yes, it's a miracle, there is a place where you can find almost any book you want, and they'll just let you borrow it for free!). I think the TPL is launching an updated site soon, and I hope they add some more features such as book recommendations. Someday they'll hopefully use a virtual shelf browser something like zoomii.ca or some .org version of amazon.ca Card catalogues are just a useless anachronism at this point in history.
The book list is from urbansource.org:
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