ReadBeanIceCream
ReadBeanIceCream
readbeanicecream
My collection of educational articles, personal opinions, thoughts, and/or summaries on various topics. I'm on a book/reading kick right now.
Latest Posts
Back From HiatusI am back from my holiday hiatus and plan to start writing again; however, I have made some changes to the site as well.
Gutenberg's AI BookshelfEven though AI has become a hot topic in the last few years, scifi has been warning us of it's potential threat since the 1950s. Project Gutenberg has an AI bookshelf that provides several stories, novellas, and...
The Benjamin Franklin Reading ListBenjamin Franklin, known as one of America's founding fathers, was an avid reader and mostly self-educated person. Over the course of his lifetime, he acquired a massive library of books on a wide...
Second Person Birds: The Maltese FalconWhen I heard of this month's Indie Carnival theme the first thing that popped into my mind was The Maltese Falcon.
Are You in the Mood for Some Quick Scifi Reads?Looking for some random science fiction short stories to kill an afternoon? Then, look no further than these retro pulp magazine scifi short stories!
Harvard Classics: Volumes One through TenI am updating the Clippings page to include links to the Harvard Classic's volumes one through ten. I have also added a Classics page to provide the list in it's entirety... (Well, I am working on...
Ease Back into Reading with Short StoriesLast time, I wrote about how reading is down across the globe. In this post, I talk about how you can get back into reading by reading short stories. I also link to a few of them that I find...
On ReadingI recently read a few unsettling statistics about reading in America and it has prompted me to make some changes.
Writing WanlyCall it what you will: writer's block, brain fog, lack of focus, etc. I have not been writing as much lately.
Verify You are HumanAlmost every day, I must prove to the world wide web that I am human and you probably do, too.
RTO: But It's Not What You ThinkToday, I experienced RTO and it was so nice, I plan to do it again.
Writing Glow UpThis week, I tried to update some of my outdated workflows and it did not go as planned.
Cool Tools Around the Indie WebLately, I have stumbled across some pretty cool tools focused on the indie web. So, I thought I would try out a few.
AI and a Return to RhetoricAs many schools struggle with how to handle the emergence of "AI" (actually LLMs), it may be time to look to the past to ensure our educational future.
Web WistfulnessA great post about net nostalgia really got me thinking.