Blog Trail Archive

  • A hilarious stop motion short from Carlo Vogele – who just so happens to be a Pixar animator. Need I say more? For more on Carlo, check out his blog here.

    Tango for Jansjo – Story Break

    A hilarious stop motion short from Carlo Vogele – who just so happens to be a Pixar animator. Need I say more? For more on Carlo, check out his blog here.

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2011 Locus Award Finalists – The 2011 Anthony Award nominees – The Centered Librarian has 43 literary terms we […]

    The weekly web ramble (5/13)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2011 Locus Award Finalists – The 2011 Anthony Award nominees – The Centered Librarian has 43 literary terms we […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Scott Westerfeld gives us a peek at more Goliath art – Agent Jennifer Laughran explains WTF is up with cursing […]

    The weekly web ramble (5/6)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Scott Westerfeld gives us a peek at more Goliath art – Agent Jennifer Laughran explains WTF is up with cursing […]

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  • StoryCorps has a new animated short! No More Questions! is the story of Kay Wang, a strong-willed grandmother who reluctantly doles out pieces of her life story, from disobeying her mother […]

    No More Questions! – Story Break

    StoryCorps has a new animated short! No More Questions! is the story of Kay Wang, a strong-willed grandmother who reluctantly doles out pieces of her life story, from disobeying her mother […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – GalleyCat has a put together a list of excerpts from the Hugo Award nominees – The 2011 Edgar Award winners […]

    The weekly web ramble (4/29)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – GalleyCat has a put together a list of excerpts from the Hugo Award nominees – The 2011 Edgar Award winners […]

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  • Holy smokes, there are a ridiculous number of good books coming our way this summer! Here are the genre selections we at the Yurt have scoped out as must reads. […]

    YurtScope: Genre summer preview 2011

    Holy smokes, there are a ridiculous number of good books coming our way this summer! Here are the genre selections we at the Yurt have scoped out as must reads. […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Cory Doctorow on privacy, facebook, politics and kids – The New York Times profiles Shaun Tan‘s Wild Imagination <– AUTHOR […]

    The weekly web ramble (4/22)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – Cory Doctorow on privacy, facebook, politics and kids – The New York Times profiles Shaun Tan‘s Wild Imagination <– AUTHOR […]

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  • I do love a good fight scene… Interpretation hails from Lin Oeding, an experienced stunt man, so it’s no surprise the fight is pure fun. This short also serves as […]

    Interpretation – Story Break

    I do love a good fight scene… Interpretation hails from Lin Oeding, an experienced stunt man, so it’s no surprise the fight is pure fun. This short also serves as […]

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  • Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – School Library Journal on the Harper Collins vs. libraries e-book kerfuffle – Peter Jackson shares tantalizing video from the set […]

    The weekly web ramble (4/15)

    Links from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – School Library Journal on the Harper Collins vs. libraries e-book kerfuffle – Peter Jackson shares tantalizing video from the set […]

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  • The Yurt is on the scene – downtown Los Angeles, at the 2011 Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. Now admittedly I’m not a capitol “R” Romance fan, but there is plenty […]

    The Yurt is at the 2011 RT Booklovers Convention

    The Yurt is on the scene – downtown Los Angeles, at the 2011 Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. Now admittedly I’m not a capitol “R” Romance fan, but there is plenty […]

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