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Free on Friday - Steamy sexual encounters?

  By lecraic | September 25, 2009 - 10:38 am | Books
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1 free eBook is great, 2 is very generous, 10 is just stupendous but the perfect 10 is exactly what Mills and Boon are giving away currently. They’re doing it to celebrate a year of the steamy romances being available in eBook format. As if the eBook giveaway wasn’t enough, there is a monthly competition with a Sony Reader up for grabs too. Lash in your email address before the end of each month up to 31st December and you too could join the eBook reading revolution sweeping the globe. I’ve taken a look through all the titles on offer and have selected Pleasure, Pregnancy and a Proposition as the book I will read from the collection. Here’s the teaser : Kidnapped and forced to take a pregnancy test! Sexy millionaire aristocrat Luke Devereaux showed up at Louisa’s office, frogmarched her to a doctor and demanded she took a pregnancy test! … There’s more →

Free on Friday - TED proves that talk isn’t cheap

  By lecraic | September 18, 2009 - 11:13 am | Featured Post, The Culch, The Internet
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TED Talks hardly need an introduction. On the offchance that you haven’t heard of them before TED is annual conference where some of the world’s brightest thinkers and doers are challenged to give the talk of the lives in about 18 minutes. The talks are all available on the TED website and there is also a handy Google spreadsheet for easy reference. Since ‘Free on Friday’ is all about free stuff, I can’t recommend these TED talks highly enough. In the best X Factor tradition, they are in no particular order. I’ve just included 5 of my own personal favourites here and suggestions from culch_ie followers on Twitter. Sir Ken Robinson - School kills creativity Hugely entertaining and thought provoking. Sir Ken Robinson believes that creativity is as important as literacy. He makes a compelling case for changing the way we educate. Our future may depend on it. About 15 minutes into the talk, … There’s more →