Book - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:15:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 Quiz: Which Dewey Decimal System Category are YOU? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/03/quiz-which-dewey-decimal-system-category-are-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quiz-which-dewey-decimal-system-category-are-you Sat, 22 Mar 2014 23:00:56 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7450 The library card catalog is an ancient system. Remember back when you had to flip through drawer after drawer of cards, sorted by category, author, or title to figure out where on the shelf stacks the book you wanted might be, and then you had to run off to the stacks to find it? Oh, […]

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]]> How about some old-timey erotic literature? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/03/how-about-some-old-timey-erotic-literature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-about-some-old-timey-erotic-literature Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:00:04 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7447 Today’s world is full of nostalgia. Everywhere you look, people are yearning for “the good old days”, such as when kids could play in the woods all day without supervision. When you could eat undercooked meat or seafood without a care in the world. And when writers were writers.  When books were, well, real BOOKS […]

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]]> The Most Popular Books of All Time https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/11/the-most-popular-books-of-all-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-most-popular-books-of-all-time Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:19 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7048 Reading books will never be the same in today’s Internet age. Everybody wants things fast, fast and new, new. But sometimes a book captures the world’s imagination, and everybody upon everybody feels the need to go out and buy it (or borrow it from the local library), curl up in a cozy sofa, and escape […]

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]]> Life in the air: Funny Airplane Pilot Stories https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/11/life-in-the-air-funny-airplane-pilot-stories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-in-the-air-funny-airplane-pilot-stories Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:19 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6999 Not every office is as entertaining as others, but a job is only a job if you aren’t able to find some humor in it. Some jobs lend themselves to storytelling more than others, and this is one story-filled website (and book!) that we’ve stumbled upon for your amusement. 4-Day Follies: A year in the […]

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]]> 100 Inspirational Quotes https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/08/100-inspirational-quotes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-inspirational-quotes Thu, 22 Aug 2013 23:00:30 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6690 Inspirational quotes can be very motivating, self-empowering. They can serve to drive you further in your career, help reset your personal vision, put you on the path to being better overall. That’s why our friends over at FORBES have compiled THIS LIST OF TOP 100 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES that Web Watch wanted to share with you.  […]

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]]> Be Unique: Give Your Child an Elvish Name https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/01/be-unique-give-your-child-an-elvish-name/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-unique-give-your-child-an-elvish-name Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:28 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5800 You’re a new parent. You want to give your child an advantage in life by ensuring that they have a unique name.  You want them to stand out from the masses a bit, no “Tom”, “Dick”, or “Harry” here for you. But with every other enterprising parent also figuring out that they want the same […]

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]]> The 1800’s were a vulgar, obscene time in history https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/11/the-1800s-were-a-vulgar-obscene-time-in-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-1800s-were-a-vulgar-obscene-time-in-history Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:34 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5613 If you’ve never had the opportunity to visit the Old Country (Germany, Italy, France, etc), you’ll be amazed at how history surrounds you at every turn when you do finally make it over there. Everywhere you look will be some ancient building or piece of art, forever preserved for the never-ending crowds of ooh-ing and […]

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