The Garden of Forking Paths and the links along the way

The Garden of Forking Paths short story here

The folks at Wikipedia have taken it upon themselves to say a few words about the man behind the story, enlighten yourself over there--what you want to know of ANOTHER biographical web page about the man? Very well, here you go.

Did you know that Borges is so popular that he has his own website AND obituary?

What a fella'.

What's that? You say you don't want to follow those links? You'd rather have me say a few words about them instead?

Well, I guess there would be no harm in talking about one or two of them; although, my Father warned me to never speak to strangers, especially on the world wide web. But I just can't help myself!

This and This are New York Times articles on Borges and The Foreseeable Future. Here are my thoughts on them:

- Borges "invented" the internet--who knew? (I did. I knew.)

- I've found a whole new way to reinterpret the term "cy-borges"

- Some food for thought from Borges' "Poem of the Gifts": “No one should read self-pity or reproach into this statement of the majesty of God, who with such splendid irony granted me books and blindness at one touch.”

-Never, ever, attempt to dicuss Borges and leave out "The Book of Sand"

-Also hide your mythical addictions where anyone can find them

Hey! Check out this article on Borges' Buenos Aires

- You can still visit Borges' home--that is, if you consider a "home", a plaque

- Don't you just hate towns that don't have ghosts? Borges was sad that Buenos Aires wasn't spookier

- Spoiler: stop looking for paradise, it's in the library

- Borges didn't have a televesion, radio, or a record player--how square

- Borges uses old timey words when he speaks english

A few more fun facts about Borges gathered from his biographies:

- The man is Argentinian but got schooled in Switzerland and died there

- He paved the way for science fiction and magic realism

- He was bad at marriage and instead lived with his Mother ditching his wife after less than three years of marriage

And finally watch me spew some random facts on some fun links:

This is TOXEL, a fun website with neat inventions and innovative designs. If you want a cutting board that is also a mirror or a sleeping bag that looks like a shark--this is the place for you. I think it's fun to poke around here; however, everything seems a little too expensive for me to actually take the plunge and buy something.

Check out this cool demo for Morphwiz--a new ipad app that works a bit like an omnichord where you can select certain notes and play around with their pitch. I'm interested in seeing what this does for those that are musically inclined but inept with instruments. If this sounds like fun and you have ten dollars and an ipad, this might just be the app for you!

SO! MANY! WORDS! Enough mindless babbling from me, you kids go do something else with your day.

See you all around on the interweb...