Book-Related Diversions and Professional Development

Here is an assortment of things people have sent me recently, or just random items from the internet (so I can clear out my "to blog" folder):

• The fourth International m-libraries Conference - 24-26 September 2012, held at The Open University in Milton Keynes (if you're lucky enough to live in the UK
• The Dead Words lettering project is a collection of artistic renderings of omitted words (sort of a typographical onomatopoeia):
  
• Blog of Author Birthdays (by the way, July 29th is coming up!)
• Carved Book Landscape Sculptures by Guy Laramee - even if you don't like altered book art, these are pretty impressive:
  
• 20 Essential Twitter Chats for the Library Crowd - I haven't participated in any of these, but I like the idea
• Book Fountain WIN - I think this is in Budapest, Hungary:
  
• Create "Privacy Computer Glasses" from an old LCD monitor using the properties of polarization:
  
• Summer Reading Flowchart: What Should You Read On Your Break? - most of the choices are well-known titles, but I still like the flowchart format:
  

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