# 23 !!

This is me after the 9 weeks...


Mei Lan 09050804
Originally uploaded by bearlycivilian

Alright, I admit I did take longer than the 9 weeks... but hey, it's done!

I know I'm supposed to post something a bit more lengthy about this Web 2.0 experience - but it's lovely and sunny outside, so I will come back another time and do that.

# 22: Project Gutenberg: on eBooks (aka the end is in sight...)

Project Gutenberg is an interesting concept... I guess a lot of it is about preservation. What was surprising is that it didn't take as long as I thought it would to download a book. (Thank you broadband!) Another interesting thing I found was that someone has adapted Darwin's "Origin of species" as a decorative wall hanging! It looks pretty cool as a piece of artwork.
Then we have other sites like Amazon where you get to buy eBooks.

I still would much rather buy an actual book than an eBook, I feel that eBooks are just not "real" enough for me.


En route to work - 1
Originally uploaded by [Andreas]

Every morning on my way to work I cycle through the Englischer Garten, a public park north of Munich's city centre. At seven o'clock in the morning there is still a tranquil and quiet atmosphere before the city wakes up completely. Now that the days are becoming shorter, it is also the places where I witness the sunset; and there are already traces of autumn with the ground fog floating over the streams and some of the lawns. It is such a beautiful moment that I decided to take my camera with me and leave the house early to take a few photos of this picturesque place.

This photo shows a view from the Monopteros, a small round temple-like architectural folly, toward Munich's city centre with its skyline of church towers.

# 21: Podcasts

For this exercise, I searched Podcast.com for book reviews.

"Book Recommendations, Blog and Podcast: Books on the Nightstand" sounded interesting and I duely added it to my bloglines feeds. Here's little bit about this podcast that I've copied and pasted...

"Conversations about books and reading, for anyone who loves to read or hang out in a bookstore. We're two publishing industry professionals who love to talk about the books that we love, no matter who publishes them..."

Now then, as for creating a podcast of my own... I think I'll pass on that.