Basically, people record books that are part of the public domain, and then anyone can listen to them. For free.
On Friday we had a meeting at work to discuss expectations. We talked about a bunch of different things--attendance, eating smelly foods, taking too many breaks, and t
alking with coworkers. The meeting was for everyone, to clarify things, but really attendance and breaks were discussed for one guy (who actually wasn't there, heh heh), smelly foods were discussed for another guy, and talking with coworkers was for everyone, but mostly me.
When I started working there, I started the pandemic known as "friendship and conversation." I think before I started working there everyone mostly sat quietly just scanning. People listen to music on their ipods, music on the computers, etc. And then, I started working there, and I started chattering. And I can work just as fast while I'm talking. But not everyone else does. So our boss has been telling people not to talk to me. Sad!
WELL, I have to cooperate with our new "Don't talk to your coworkers about things other than work" policy, so I decided I'm going to start listening to books while I work. Ideally, I'll find some of the books which I am supposed to read for classes later in the semester. This could be a really good thing. Think of all the books I'll be listening to if I can listen to 4 hours per day! This can be a great way to get in non-required "reading," too. I'll become the most anti-social person there!
Anyhow, I found this site. And I'm going to start recording chapters of books. But probably not super often, since I have classes and homework, and work, and LSAT classes, and homeless shelter volunteer stuff, and volunteering at the symphony, and my calling with church, and I'm starting my knitting club, and getting ready for my half marathon in a couple months, and I have a teenage cat that plays with loud toys while I'm trying to record things.
After I registered, I downloaded the software I needed to make recordings, and I went through all of the setup steps, and I did my test recording, and then I had to wait for people to leave me feedback.
So I started looking at other sections of the forum. And there's an off-topic category, and they actually put "yes, this is where knitting gets discussed" in the title. Knitting! What? So I clicked on it. And I didn't see anything at the top about knitting. BUT, I found this:
A 5 minute Chocolate cake recipe
posted 24 November 2008 by libraryanne
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar (You can decrease this amount slightly.)
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using)
and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook
for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if
desired. EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).
And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or
night!
Note:Using a 12 ounce mug is ideal, and won't rise over the top.
4 tablespoons sugar (You can decrease this amount slightly.)
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using)
and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook
for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if
desired. EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).
And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or
night!
Note:Using a 12 ounce mug is ideal, and won't rise over the top.
Gasp! Books, knitting, and chocolate cake?! I fit in perfectly!
I had to make the little cake immediately to see if it actually worked, and IT DID! And it actually really took like 5 minutes.
Amazing!
It would have tasted better with ice cream. The texture was a little different than normal cake (I think because it has a whole egg for just a little cake), but it wasn't bad.
When I flipped mine, I thought maybe it was gooey at the bottom, but it turned out the chocolate chips had melted on the bottom. I got it out of the little bowl thing, and I smeared the chocolate chips on the top, which made it look like frosting.
I knew this recipe had changed my life forever, so I wanted to share it with the world! (Or, all four of you who read my blog, anyhow.)
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7 comments:
Whoa. Definitely going to have to try that sometime soon, and I have a ton of ice cream too that's just begging to be eaten. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Do try it. It's sweet. (Heh heh.)
I'm going to do this. Like, today.
You should. It actually does take like 5 minutes.
You could prove your love to me by recording the books I need to read for class...or any of The Scarlet Pimpernel series that isn't on that. Man, that would be great.
I love Librivox (o:
Are they part of the public domain yet?
Someone posted a link to ones that are new to public domain this year, and I saw that Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is!
I got all excited and posted it in the suggestions for books to do part of the forum. And then they told me it was probably new to like Australian public domain, or something, because the law is different different places. And it isn't yet in the US of A.
Disappointing!
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