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Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:16:14 -0800 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:16:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73955/Literary%2DVoyeurism <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work.html">Writer's Rooms</a>, portraits of the spaces where authors create: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/23/writers.rooms.martin.amis">Martin Amis</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/mar/07/writers.rooms.simon.armitage">Simon Armitage</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/23/writers.rooms.diana.athill">Diana Athill</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/12/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview2">Jane Austen</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jan/12/writers.rooms.beryl.bainbridge">Berly Bainbridge</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/09/writers.rooms.jg.ballard">JG Ballard</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/15/writers.rooms.john.banville">John Banville</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/12/writers.rooms.nicola.barker">Nicola Barker</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jan/25/writers.rooms.ronan.bennett">Ronan Bennett</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/24/writers.rooms.alain.de.botton">Alain de Botton</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/feb/16/writers.rooms.william.boyd">William Boyd</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/14/writers.rooms.raymond.briggs">Raymond Briggs</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jul/04/writers.rooms.charlotte.bronte">Charlotte Bronte</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/03/writers.rooms.carmen.callil">Carmen Callil</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/29/writers.rooms.jung.chang">Jung Chang</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/23/writers.rooms.roald.dahl">Roald Dahl</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/20/writers.rooms.charles.darwin">Charles Darwin</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jul/06/writers.rooms.margaret.drabble">Margaret Drabble</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/may/04/writers.rooms.geoff.dyer">Geoff Dyer</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/16/writers.rooms.anne.enright">Anne Enright</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/sep/21/writers.rooms.joshua.ferris">Joshua Ferris</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/17/writers.rooms.jonathan.safran.foer">Jonathan Safran Foer</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/18/writers.rooms.margaret.forster">Margaret Forster</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/16/writers.rooms.antonia.fraser">Antonia Fraser</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jan/05/writers.rooms.michael.frayn">Michael Frayn</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/may/11/writers.rooms.esther.freud">Esther Freud</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/02/writers.rooms.simon.gray">Simon Gray</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/29/writers.rooms.mark.haddon">Mark Haddon</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jan/19/writers.rooms.david.hare">David Hare</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/mar/28/writers.rooms.david.harsent">David Harsent</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/31/writers.rooms.seamus.heaney">Seamus Heaney</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/09/writers.rooms.russell.hoban">Russell Hoban</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jan/11/writers.rooms.eric.hobsbawm">Eric Hobsbawm</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/apr/27/writers.rooms.michael.holroyd">Michael Holroyd</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/26/writers.rooms.siri.hustvedt">Siri Hustvedt</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/08/writers.rooms.al.kennedy">AL Kennedy</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jan/04/writers.rooms.judith.kerr">Judith Kerr</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/06/writers.rooms.rudyard.kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/apr/20/writers.rooms.hanif.kureishi">Hanif Kureishi</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/19/writers.rooms.penelope.lively">Penelope Lively</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/02/writers.rooms.david.lodge">David Lodge</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/sep/14/writers.rooms.michael.longley">Michael Longley</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/feb/02/writers.rooms.hilary.mantel">Hilary Mantel</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jan/27/sarahwaters">Eamonn McCabe</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/mar/14/writers.rooms.charlotte.mendelson">Charlotte Mendelson</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/22/writers.rooms.john.mortimer">John Mortimer</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/07/writers.rooms.kate.mosse">Kate Mosse</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/oct/05/writers.rooms.andrew.motion">Andrew Motion</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/30/writers.rooms.julie.myerson">Julie Myerson</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/may/25/writers.rooms.edna.obrien">Edna O'Brien</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/30/writers.rooms.andrew.ohagan">Andrew O'Hagan</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/mar/21/writers.rooms.adam.phillips">Adam Phillips</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/02/writers.rooms.caryl.phillips">Caryl Phillips</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/15/writers.rooms.craig.raine">Craig Raine</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/may/18/writers.rooms.ian.rankin">Ian Rankin</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/aug/10/writers.rooms.john.richardson">John Richardson</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/11/writers.rooms.michael.rosen">Michael Rosen</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/apr/06/writers.rooms.will.self">Will Self</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/may/30/writers.rooms.george.bernard.shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/sep/28/writers.rooms.alan.sillitoe">Alan Sillitow</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/22/featuresreviews.guardianreview2">Posy Simmonds</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/16/writers.rooms.helen.simpson">Helen Simpson</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/feb/23/writers.rooms.ahdaf.soueif">Ahdaf Soueif</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jul/27/writers.rooms.graham.swift">Graham Swift</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/08/writers.rooms.adam.thirlwell">Adam Thirlwell</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jul/13/writers.rooms.colm.toibin">Colm Toibin</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/apr/13/writers.rooms.claire.tomalin">Claire Tomalin</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/sep/07/writers.rooms.sue.townsend">Sue Townsend</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/28/writers.rooms.barbara.trapido">Barbara Trapido</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/01/writers.rooms.rose.tremain">Rose Tremain</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jan/26/writers.rooms.sarah.waters">Sarah Waters</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jul/20/writers.rooms.jacqueline.wilson">Jacqueline Wilson</a>. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/13/writers.rooms.virginia.woolf">Virginia Woolf</a>. (Step into the reading room for a wee bit more...) ...or perhaps you're more interested in <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work.html">how they write</a>: <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_jg_.html">JG Ballard</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_wal.html">Walter Benjamin</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_ray.html">Ray Bradbury</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/02/how_we_work_ant.html">Anthony Burgess</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2007/05/how_we_work_tru.html">Truman Capote</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/03/how_we_work_eth.html">Ethan Canan</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_dav.html">David Chase</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_bru.html">Bruce Chatwin</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/11/how_we_work_tra.html">Tracy Chevalier</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/03/how_we_work_don.html">Don DeLillo</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_wil.html">Cory Doctorow</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_art.html">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_umb.html">Umberto Eco</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2007/02/how_we_work_war.html">Warren Ellis</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_ral.html">Ralph Ellison</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_jam.html">James Ellroy</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_jef.html">Jeffrey Eugenides</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/03/how_we_work_mic.html">Michel Faber</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/03/how_we_work_jon.html">Jonathan Safran Foer</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_gus.html">Gustave Flaubert</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_ste.html">Stephen Fry</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_nei.html">Neil Gaiman</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/04/how_we_work_mal.html">Malcolm Gladwell</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_wil.html">William Gibson</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_das.html">Dashiell Hammett</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/02/how_we_work_gus.html">Gustav Hasford</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/02/john_irving_aut.html">John Irving</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/09/how_we_work_hen.html">Henry James</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/05/how_we_work_elm.html">Elmore Leonard</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/10/how_we_work_sve.html">Sven Lindqvist</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/04/how_we_work_dav_1.html">David Mitchell</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_jos.html">Joseph Mitchell</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/11/how_we_work_gra.html">Grant Morrison</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_har.html">Haruki Murakami</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2007/12/how-we-work-phi.html">Philip Pullman</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/04/how_we_work_ian.html">Ian Rankin</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_art_1.html">Arthur Rimbaud</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_phi.html">Philip Roth</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_ray_1.html">Raymond Roussel</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/06/how_we_work_wil.html">Will Self</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/04/how_we_work_rob.html">Robert Louis Stevenson</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2006/11/how_we_work_dav.html">David Thomson</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_ant_1.html">Anthony Trollope</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_pau_2.html">Paul valery</a>. <a href="http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2004/12/how_we_work_vir.html">Virginia Woolf</a>. ...or maybe you just were wondering, "<a href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/iseedeadpeoplesbooks">What books sat on the bookshelves of famous people?</a>" <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/JohnAdams">John Adams</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SusanBAnthony">Susan B. Anthony</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/MarieAntoinette">Marie Antoinette</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/W.H.Auden">W.H. Auden</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/KarenBlixenLibrary">Karen Blixen*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/DanielGBrinton">Daniel Garrison Brinton*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WillaCatherLibrary">Willa Cather*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WilliamCongreve">William Congreve*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/e.e.cummingslibrary">e.e. cummings*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/LeonardodaVinci">Leonardo da Vinci*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/CharlesDarwin">Charles Darwin*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/AlfredDeakin">Alfrer Deakin</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/JohnDee">John Dee*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/theodoredreiser">Theodore Dreiser*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/TempWmFExperiment">William Faulkner*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/FScottFitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/BenjaminFranklin">Benjamin Franklin*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/BelleStewartGardner">Isabella Stewart Gardner</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/geraldgardner">Gerald Gardner*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ErnestHemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/RobertEHoward">Robert E. Howard*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ThomasJefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile.php?view=SamuelJohnsonLibrary">Samuel Johnson</a>. <a href="">James Joyce*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Franz_Kafka">Franz Kafka*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/JohnFKennedy">John F. Kennedy*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile.php?view=Danilo_Kis">Danilo Kis</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/CharlesLamb">Charles Lamb*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/rosewilderlane">Rose Wilder Lane*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/TELawrence">T.E. Lawrence*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/basilhenryliddellhar">Basil Henry Liddell-Hart*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/machadodeassis">Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Eeva-Liisa_Manner">Eeva-Liisa Manner*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/MaryQueenofScots">Mary, Queen of Scots*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/MatherFamilyLibrary">Mather Family</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WolfgangAMozart">Wolfgang Mozart</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/johnmuirlibrary">John Muir</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/FlanneryOConnor">Flannery O'Connor*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WalkerPercy">Walker Percy</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SylviaPlathLibrary">Sylvia Plath</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ezrapoundslibrary">Ezra Pound</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/JosephPriestley">Joseph Priestley*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rembrandt">Rembrandt*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SamuelRoth">Samuel Roth</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/CarlSandburgLibrary">Carl Sandburg*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WalterScottLibrary">Sir Walter Scott*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/2pac">Tupac Shakur</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Joseph_Smith">Joseph Smith</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/AdamSmith">Adam Smith*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/JamesSmithson">James Smithson</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WilliamWilberforce">William Wilberforce*</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/WilliamButlerYeats">W.B. Yeats*</a>. (* denotes a library in progress) A nice post on the early days of "I See Dead People('s Books)" can be found <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/69892">here</a>. <a href="">Same</a> for the very early days of "How We Work." tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73955 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:16:14 -0800 books libraries rooms Writers writing NotMyselfRightNow http://www.metafilter.com/21518/ <a href="http://server5.h07.org/~phantom/geekroompics/">Geekroom contest 2002.</a> [this is a mirror, the site was recently slashdotted] They say these are the <i>best</i> geekrooms; to me they seem to fall somewhere between somewhere between quintessential, and epitome-of. Does your computing take over a significant chunk of your space? A room? A nook? What do Mefites' geek lairs look like? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.21518 Sun, 10 Nov 2002 02:16:39 -0800 brokenlink decor geeks rooms technology condour75