@MaryKixCancer
That’s Mary Anne on the left. She’s a good friend of mine. She is an artist, an educator and a carer for her Mother. And she has cancer of the thyroid.
Despite the financial burden she has medical insurance but the world being what it is, the insurance company is refusing to…
This Vintage-Looking Vending Machine Dispenses Rare Books For Just $2
A Toronto bookstore has come up with a creative way to add value to old, discount books that otherwise may clutter its storage: an antique-seeming “book dispenser” that randomly spits out old books for $2 a pop.
The Biblio-Mat combines the charm of a gumball machine with the surprise element of a raffle. The machine jumps to life once money’s inserted. With a bit of overt drama—cranking and whirring and ringing that invoke old machinery—the dispenser then releases a used title from its stock, dropping it into a slot for a happy reader to walk away with.
(via Fast Company + infoneer-pulse)
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