[REVIEW] Programming Collective Intelligence

[Philippe Bruhat (BooK)]

On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:35:14PM +0000, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> On 7 Dec 2007, at 14:44, Greg McCarroll wrote:
>> is there any chance you could mail it to me after that? I partly want
>> to read it, but a bit of me wants to start a crazy book mailing system.
>
> That *is* pretty crazy. The problem with books (in this respect) is that 
> they're a bit heavier than DVDs. My copy of the Perl Cookbook is just under 
> 1200 grams on my kitchen scales. This costs £4.25 to send, not counting 
> the wrapping paper and effort of going to the post office (which I suspect 
> you'd have to do).
>
> How do you intend to make it worthwile? Library cards are free :)

Another option is called BookCrossing. I've never experienced it (I just
keep buying shelves), but I know some people who seem to like it.

http://www.bookcrossing.com/

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 Philippe Bruhat (BooK)

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