Mae fe’n siarad am y gwerth “pass-along” sydd wedi bodoli gyda llyfrau am oesoedd (e.e. sut wyt ti’n ffeindio dy hoff awduron? Trwy ffrindiau, awgrymiadau, benthyciadau, llyfrgelloedd ond weithiau yn unig trwy siopau llyfrau). Arlein mae’n lot hawsa. Dw i’n hoffi ei agwedd.

Hefyd mae fe’n sôn am awduron eraill fel Cory Doctorow a Paulo Coelho sy’n rhannu eu llyfrau arlein am ddim.

Dw i ddim yn gyfarwydd iawn ar ei lyfrau. Dylwn i drio un o’i llyfrau – cyn prynu. Dw i’n trio dychmygu’r safbwynt nofelydd fel Neil Gaiman. Dechreuodd y llyfr Sleeveface fel cynnwys arlein a rhannu arlein beth bynnag. Mae’r llyfr yn gynnwys lluniau. Sgwennais i ddau dudalen o destun, dyna ni. Dw i’n blogio hefyd wrth gwrs ond dw i ddim yn wneud e fel ffynhonnell uniongyrchol o arian – mae’n sgîl-gynnyrch.

Er mae’r galw am lyfrau yn llau nag ieithoedd mwyafrifol, dinodedd yw bygwth mawr gydag ieithoedd lleiafrifol.  Sa’ i di weld digon o sgwrs yn Gymraeg am rannu llyfrau neu enghreifftiau chwaith. Yn ystod yr haf cwrddais i Maria Yáñez yn Aberystwyth trafodon ni’r rhyddhad llyfr Galiseg mewn print ac arlein am ddim dan Creative Commons (O Home Inédito gan Carlos G. Meixide). Enghreifftiau ar y wefan Creative Commons. Beth am ieithoedd lleiafrifol, unrhyw enghreifftiau eraill? Pam ddylai ieithoedd eraill cael yr hwyl? Dylai rhywun (rhywun fel Y Lolfa?) trio fe jyst i ddod yn gyntaf!

Just a couple of days ago, I mentioned some really odd police posters I’d seen in Cardiff. This isn’t about those posters. (At least those police ones were trying to make some kind of valid point, but failed.)

It’s about the ones that say “These chemicals won’t be used in a bomb because a neighbour reported the dumped containers” and the like. I’ve only seen one so far, on Clare Road in Cardiff just now. When I say poster, it’s actually a huge billboard.

Cory Doctorow already did a pretty fine job of covering the lunacy and “socially corrosive” effect of these posters in London. So I won’t rehash what he said.

I’m mainly here to point out the amplified ridiculousness of having this poster displayed in Cardiff, Wales – where we have no living memory of bomb planting nor acts of terrorism. (Correct me if I’m in any way wrong on that. Sheesh.)

Is this a threat now? Do they know something we don’t? The answer to both those questions is “no”. If London doesn’t need this, we in Cardiff really don’t need this. Clare Road is a main road running through Grangetown – which enjoys fairly decent levels of respect and integration between different people, thanks very much.

I can think of several things more appropriate and meaningful to do in the locality than reporting my neighbour because they might appear to have weird hobbies. Here’s the spot on Google Street View. You might prefer to remember it as the location where the band Super Furry Animals did a couple of photoshoots.

The remixes of the posters are well worth a look – a great antidote to the fear mongering.