Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Daily Links 1-15-14

In today's roundup: a place where it's okay to draw on the walls, new vending machines, some bookish baby gear, and more.

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Moore's Deli in Burbank, CA is known as a place where animators love to go to eat. That's because the walls of their back room is decorated with drawings done by their clientele. It's the only restaurant I've heard of where they encourage customers to draw on the walls.

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The implications of applying Ephesians 4:12 to congregational mobilization and the role of the pastor. Some great insights on what pastoral ministry should look like. Unfortunately, too many churches do not follow this model.

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The University of California Press has made over 700 of its e-book titles available for public use. While they tend to skew towards academic interests there are a wide range of titles available. The only drawback is that you can't load them to an e-reader or tablet. But it is an interesting place to go especially if you are doing research for a school-related project. (Hat tip: Open Culture)

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Speaking of e-books, this may be the future of libraries. The first all-digital library has opened in Texas.  The problem with this is that it takes away from the primary reason to visit the library which is a chance to walk through and pick up and browse through books.

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Cute alert: a collection of bookish baby onesies.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 onesies inspired by The Cat in the Hat.
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Not satisfied with selling Kindles on their website, Amazon is starting to put Kindle vending machines in airports. 

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Popular Science has decided to no longer allow comments on their website. I typically don't read comments on articles because the discussions can become rather uncivil very fast. I expect we will see more of this i n the future.

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This is helpful: a cheat sheet on how to stay gluten free when you are eating out. (Hat tip: Food Riot)

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