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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.

READIN has been visited approximately 236,737 times since October, 2007.

🦋 Beautiful and endemic

The Apostropher has totally been coming through with great posts recently. Today he links to a post from Avi Abrams of Dark Roasted Blend, about the Yemeni island of Socotra, which Abrams deems "the most alien-looking place on earth."

It is weird-looking, alright, and dazzling. Approximately 230 species live on this island which are found nowhere else on earth. Take a look at the post, it features tons of pictures of bizarre flora and of the people of Socotra, plus some magnificent mainland Yemeni architecture.

More about Socotra -- the island's name derives from the Sanskrit dvipa sukhadhara, "island of bliss" -- at the American Institute for Yemeni Studies.

posted evening of Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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