Monthly Archives: November 2010
Google’s Naked Face Of Evil
If Google was a person standing in front of me right now, I’d clamp my hands around its throat and squeeze squeeze squeeze. All of you people who say you use Google Books, just STFU and read. You apparently do … Continue reading
Filed under Google
Feedbooks eBookstore Opens
They’ve had one for French-language eBooks for a few weeks and today the English-language store opened. It’s early days, so there are many gaps (no Ken Bruen, not all of Christopher Fowler, as two examples), but the interface is fast … Continue reading
Filed under Bookstores, Digital Overthrow
I Side With Wikileaks
Aside from the revelation that there are nukes in The Netherlands and Belgium — big bloody deal! — what I’ve seen of the leaked diplomatic cables is nothing more than a record of vanity, double-dealing, back-biting, gossip, and corruption. This … Continue reading
Filed under Collapse
Crash The Damn Banks And Let’s Roll!
From The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes [Kindle, Sony, Kobo]: The nation’s first impulse was correct. Washington might not have needed to do much. The miracle of the 1920s had followed a rough … Continue reading
Filed under Collapse, Pottersville
The Forgotten Lesson
I’ve been reading The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes [Kindle, Sony, Kobo], and there was then-Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon in his book Taxation: The People’s Business, citing a lesson print publishing … Continue reading
Why We Read
Reminiscing About the Stacks of Books But by far, the biggest reason I bought lots of books was because I figured a single idea could be worth a lot to me over the run of my life. I’ve gotten $1,000 … Continue reading
Filed under Books: General
Christmas 2010 eBook Buying Guide
This post has been updated. Read the latest version instead: UPDATED: Christmas 2010 eBook Buying Guide Recommended, in order of best value: 1) Apple iPad: Via available free apps, it can be any eBook device now: a Kindle, a Barnes … Continue reading
Filed under eInk Devices, Other Hardware
Filming Near The API Building
I got a bit excited this morning as I was approaching what I will always think of as the API Building. There was filming happening! Click = big
Filed under Uncategorized
