big numbers

Oh wow, someone’s found a 13 million digit prime number. Way cool.

reaching

Via lifehacker, I came across an interesting approach for reaching high shelves in a book case, or rather designing a bookcase whereby the bottom portion works as a step stool. Personally I’m a bit of a traditionalist and have a hankering for a proper library ladder on wheels…admittedly I’d also like my own private library that’s big enough for several levels (and ladders), not to mention a spiral staircase and a decent sized globe.

cheap dictionary

Hmmm…catching up my blog reading and noticed that Abbey’s, courtesy of Oxford, is offering the full OED for AUD$1,300. That’s actually a pretty good price at the moment, as the OED via Amazon is back up to US$895. Alas I never got round to buying it when when it was around the US$660 mark, kicking myself forever more. Now the US price has gone up and the AUD is worth 80 US cents instead of 90 odd. Swings and roundabouts.

been a while

…been a travellin’. Home now. Need more sleep. US, Canada, Finland, UK. Saw some stuff, did some stuff, bought (and brought) too many books. May buy more books. Film at 11.