MoonBooks!
January 2, 2007 6:13 pm Gaming, Miscellaneous, Nintendo DS, Various BlogsSo, I handed over some webspace to a guy on IRC who was converting books from Project Gutenberg for use with the bookreader in MoonShell for the Nintendo DS. He was trying to share a few books I recognized and they’re all legal, and his webspace was fail, so I figured I’d be goodbear and share.
Lo and behold, I take a look at the space I gave him – http://moonbooks.stonecypher.net/ – a few weeks later. He’s already got 150+ books up. Very rarely am I as happy with someone to whom I give resources as I am this time. This is a great example of shared resources being put to very good use. In particular, Brandon asked me what authors I liked, and when I name-dropped Ambrose Bierce, he went and converted what appears to be everything Bierce ever wrote, including a personal favorite called “Write it Right.”
Bravo. Makes me wonder who else I should be helping out, and I gave out another account today. We’ll see if it’s also put to good use.
January 2nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
The space is greatly appreciated!
If there are any other authors you like, feel free to name drop some more
Also, check out the !biography.txt it’s very interesting what happened to Ambrose Bierce.
Here’s one of his last quotes:
“Good-bye — if you hear of my being
stood up against a Mexican stone wall
and shot to rags please know that I
think that a pretty good way to depart
this life. It beats old age, disease, or
falling down the cellar stairs. To be a
Gringo in Mexico — ah, that is
euthanasia”.