DIY history digitizes ethnomedical recipe books

DIY History crowdsources the transcription of 17th century cookbooks By Carren Jao, wired.co.uk Culture “We are what we eat,” the old say­ing goes. If so, there’s no bet­ter way to digest cul­ture than to comb through painstak­ing­ly hand­writ­ten cook­books. Now, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Iowa Libraries has made the task expo­nen­tial­ly eas­i… RT @WiredUK: DIY History … Continue reading DIY history digitizes ethnomedical recipe books

Jeteye: bookmarks capture

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Books That Make You Dumb

Books That Make You Dumb - Brainiac. Hilarious. For the first time we can analyze which books correlate with a lack of cognitive performance by combining Facebook + SAT scores mashups. Related articles Music vs Smarts: Can music make you dumb? (NoiseMadeMeDoIt.com) Multitasking Is Making You Dumb [Infographic] (businessinsider.com) Yahoo! iQ Can Turn You Into an … Continue reading Books That Make You Dumb