Todayβs newsletter was about my shelves of diaries in the studio and my practice of keeping a stack of βon this dayβ diaries I can re-read when I have a spare minute: βSame but different.β
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- Gaming Alexandria
- Banpresto Character Prize Catalogue 1998-1999 (γγ³γγ¬γΉγγγ£γ©γγ©γ€γΊγγ€ε€§ιοΌοΌεΉ΄ο½οΌοΌεΉ΄)
Shelves of diaries
The notebook is where you figure out whatβs going on
I saw a trackback to my blog with this quote:
βThe notebook is the place where you figure out whatβs going on inside you or whatβs rattling around. And then, the keyboard is the place that you go to tell people about it.β
Who said that? I thought. Thatβs pretty good.
It was me. Many years ago!
Still pretty true, although, I also figure out a lot of stuff at the keyboard, too.
(Iβm a little less binary than I used to be, which I count as progress.)
Visual Works To Heart Anthology Ξ±
- Gaming Alexandria
- Parappa the Rapper Official Guide Book (γγ©γγγ©γγγΌε ¬εΌγ¬γ€γγγγ―)
- Gaming Alexandria
- Final Fantasy VIII Papercraft Book (γγ‘γ€γγ«γγ‘γ³γΏγΈγΌVIII γγΌγγΌγ―γ©γγ)
Bouncyβs Ready to Learn Resilience Program from Ripple Effects
Bouncyβs Ready to Learn Resilience Program is anchored by Breathing Bouncy(TM), a bilingual animatronic service dog. The program uses a multi-sensory approach to help children in grades preK-1, develop positive, secure relationships and build essential social emotional competencies needed for school success.
In addition to being used as part of whole class instruction, Bouncy the Service Dog provides a just-in-time, evidence-based response to support students when they are dysregulated. Unique, proprietary technology differentiates Breathing Bouncy from other edtech solutions in that he breathes at a slowed pediatric rate, allowing children to soothe and self-regulate when they hold him belly-to-belly and feel his chest move in sync with his breathing. While the physical Breathing Bouncy anchors the research-based learning system, the program features both physical and digital elements.
Used across settings, the program includes character-driven apps, music videos, games, interactive books and more to reinforce the relationship and provide differentiated, play-based skill practice and reinforcement.
Many of the elements are available in Spanish and English. In several pilots studies conducted with children identified as chronically disruptive, the program resulted in an increased ability [of children] to slow breathing on demand. Furthermore, those same children were able, in real-time, to transfer self-regulation skills during meltdown situations, which led to a reduction in problem behaviors, freeing up substantially more instruction time for the teacher.
For these reasons and more, Bouncyβs Ready to Learn Resilience Program from Ripple Effects was named βBest Early Childhood Learning Solutionβ as part of The EdTech Awards from EdTech Digest. Learn more.
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Book clubbing
Weβre going to start a book club back up in the newsletter and Iβm taking suggestions for what we should read.
Now, of course, is an excellent time to join the club and become a paid subscriber.
Ganbare Goemon Karakuri Douchuu Toukaidou Gojuusan (Futabasha Adventure Book)
English Title β Ganbare Goemon Karakuri Douchuu Toukaidou Gojuusan
Published by β Futabasha
Year β 1987
PDF Scan of Book (Hosted on Internet Archive)
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Waste books
Here is the reading shelf in our bathroom. For the past month or two, Iβve been reading a few pages of G.C. Lichtenbergβs The Waste Books in there every day.
Hereβs how Lichtenberg himself described a βwaste bookβ:
Merchants and traders have a waste book⦠in which they enter daily everything they purchase and sell, messily, without order. From this, it is transferred to their journal, where everything appears more systematic, and finally to a ledger, in double entry after the Italian manner of bookkeeping, where one settles accounts with each man, once as debtor and then as creditor. This deserves to be imitated by scholars. First it should be entered in a book in which I record everything as I see it or as it is given to me in my thoughts; then it may be entered in another book in which the material is more separated and ordered, and the ledger might then contain, in an ordered expression, the connections and explanations of the material that flow from it.
Read more in todayβs newsletter about always having a book with you.
Signed books
Hereβs a photo of me at Bookpeople yesterday. A quick reminder that you can get all of my books signed and personalized and shipped anywhere from here in Austin, Texas. You can also order them and have them waiting for you if you plan on visiting soon. I usually go in on the first Friday of the month to do a big batch. Order here.
BuddyBooks from ObjectiveEd
BuddyBooks, funded through a National Science Foundation grant, helps struggling readers, such as students with dyslexia, ADHD or other reading disabilities, improve their reading skills. It works by students and a computer take turns reading passages from a book together. Since the student is reading every other sentence, itβs a lower cognitive load. That means students can read at their interest level, not their reading skill level, that they might think are βkiddieβ books.
For students with dyslexia or other reading disabilities, BuddyBooks comes with over 1 million fiction and non-fiction books.
Using Natural Language Processing, the computer verifies the student has read each sentence correctly. BuddyBooks uses this assessment information to provide feedback to the student and to provide to teachers an oral reading assessment, so the teacher can quickly target their reading instruction based on the studentβs individual needs. Teachers are seeing a 24% improvement in fluency when students use BuddyBooks.
For these reasons and more, BuddyBooks from ObjectiveEd is a Cool Tool Awards Winner for βBest Special Needs / Assistive Technology Solutionβ as part of The EdTech Awards 2024 from EdTech Digest. Learn more.Β
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Alice Soft Bishoujo Album (γ’γͺγΉγ½γγηΎε°ε₯³γ’γ«γγ )
Scanned by Joey Wawzonek
Warning β This book contains Adult Content, 18+ Only!
600DPI PDF and RAW Scans [External Link to Internet Archive]
Kingβs Knight β A Legend Of Kingβs Knight β Manga Strategy Book
English Title β Kingβs Knight β A Legend Of Kingβs Knight β Manga Strategy Book
Published by β Micro Design
Year β 1986
PDF Scan of Book (Hosted on Internet Archive)
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21st century books with pictures
Todayβs newsletter begins:
Like many book nerds, I got sucked into the NYTimes list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. I am with Paul Ford that βWhy Wasnβt I Consulted?β is the fundamental question of the internet, and so a list like this one is bound to get big clicksβ¦
One thing that struck me is that only two (great) comics made the list β Alison BechdelβsΒ Fun Home (2006) and Marjane Satrapiβs Persepolis(2004).
I thought it might be fun for me to list a few more books from this century that have pictures and words that have made a big impact on me in the past 24 yearsβ¦
No paywall today so you can read the whole thing here.
Bishoujo Game Maniax (ηΎε°ε₯³γ²γΌγ γγγ’γγ―γΉ)
Scanned by Joey Wawzonek
Warning β This book contains Adult Content, 18+ Only!
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Super Erotic Games (θΆ γ¨γγ²γΌ)
Scanned by Joey Wawzonek
Warning β This book contains Adult Content, 18+ Only!
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Saru Getchu 3 Official Guide Book (γ΅γ«γ²γγγ₯οΌε ¬εΌγ¬γ€γγγγ―)
Scanned by Joey Wawzonek
Please note the dustcover for this book is missing.
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