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Tags: ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/report_facebook_bugs Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:52:47 GMT Half price books PriceCutReview.com is now online! They're not just clearance titles either...

Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/half_price_books Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:48:21 GMT Sports related Facebook apps Facebook application I've created is a widget that lists current and upcoming events on our sister site Sportomaniac. With the African Nations Cup going on, Six Nations Rugby, SuperBowl and staple of Premiership football, there's loads going on!

Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/sports_related_facebook_apps Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:14:51 GMT CS Lewis' Mere Christianity Fans of CS Lewis' writing, such as the Narnia books, might be interested to hear footage of the man himself talking on BBC radio back in the 40's.

A related link is Librivox.org, which provides free audiobooks from the public domain.

Tags: , , , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/cs_lewis_mere_christianity Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:48:30 GMT Kindle UK release date Kindle eBook reader in US it was done with little fanfare. The product itself got a lot of criticism yet it managed to sell incredibly well. No wonder really. Users get a free subscription to newspapers like the New York Times which arrives on the device every day, and you're given access to the first chapter of each of the 80,000 ebooks in the store at no cost. For more info, there are some good videos on the product page.

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So when's this going to come to UK? It's about time... Maybe it's going to be a quiet launch here too? Or is it just a snub...

Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/kindle_uk_release_date Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:53:30 GMT Two degrees
I've made a web app that uses the Facebook API to find friends that aren't on your list but should be. It's called "Two Degrees" because of the Six Degrees of Separation idea.

Two degrees uses Ajax and has been tested on Firefox2 and IE7. If your browser has an anti-phishing filter then it will take slightly longer before you see the page update.

Give it a go! If you have any comments or come across a bug, get in touch.

Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/two_degrees Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:39:05 GMT What happens to Harry Potter? Contains spoilers! This post is for those who aren't going to read the final installment of the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows, but nevertheless want to know what happens. At this point in time I don't know much about what happens either but I'm sure kind folk who are in the know will contribute in the comments section below.

Facts so far:
  • Hardcover - 608 pages
  • The last word in the book will not be "scar."
  • Two main characters die


Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/what_happens_to_harry_potter Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:19:16 GMT The Children of Hurin UK and US)!

"Started somewhere around 1916 - 1918 by J.R.R. Tolkien, then revised several times, it has taken his son Christopher Tolkien 30 years to finally complete it and form the tale of Turin Turambar and the other offspring of Hurin of Hador for publication as an independent work. It is the first, full-length, cohesive Tolkien novel to be published since The Silmarillion of 1977."

Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/the_children_of_hurin Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:23:33 GMT Deathly Hallows The final book in the Harry Potter series has a bit of a weird title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm sure there's an anagram in there somewhere, though I'm not sure what. Anyway, it's right at the top of the preorder charts on Amazon already, even though its release date is not until July 21st. It's strange then that J K Rowling's works are up there among the books most unfinished by readers...

Tags: , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/deathly_hallows Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:43:30 GMT 12 Books That Changed The World 12 Books That Changed The WorldNotable works from history have been featured in a very watchable series on TV recently. Surprising Ashley Cole's autobiography isn't one of the twelve. This TV series is based on Melvyn Bragg's book which can be found here.

Featuring:

  • Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1859
  • Marie Stopes, Married Love, 1918
  • William Wilberforce, Speech to the House of Commons, 1789
  • Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792
  • Magna Carta, 1215
  • The King James Bible, 1611
  • Michael Faraday, Experimental Research in Electricity, 1855
  • The First Rule Book of the Football Association, 1863
  • Patent Specification for Arkwright's Spinning Machine, 1769
  • William Shakespeare, First Folio, 1623
  • Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776
  • Issac Newton, Principia Mathematica, 1687


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Hmmm... I think I'm going to give this post the tag of "hack" as I'm recommending a book about 12 books. Isn't that efficient?

Tags: , , ]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/12_books_that_changed_the_world Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:37:30 GMT