The more I stare at the spines of the books resting, untouched for years, on my wall of shelving, the more I realize I may never open them again. As more and more of them become available on iDevices and eReaders, I tend to reacquire the titles in digital format. Part of me is sad … Continue reading Spines
Category: Books
WikiPub 1.1
This is just a quick note to point folks to the 1.1 update of WikiPub. This is an incremental update that adds two options: By default, the WikiLeaks cables are split apart into separate ebooks, one per year, instead of one monolithic book. The size of the single book made some readers sluggish. There’s an … Continue reading WikiPub 1.1
My reverse iPad/Moleskine hack
I have seen plenty of “iPad Moleskine hacks” out there that all boil down to attacking a Moleskine with an X-Acto blade and inserting your iPad inside, rendering the Moleskine’s quality as being a blank book useless. The DODOcase is a professionally made iPad case that has perfected the Moleskine-like look. I really like the … Continue reading My reverse iPad/Moleskine hack
The Twitterverse answers my comic book question
As a kid, I never got into comic books all that much. I suspect that the only comics I ever read were the free Whiz Kids comics from Radio Shack. Seriously. When the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie was on the horizon, I picked up the graphic novel upon which it was based. I love … Continue reading The Twitterverse answers my comic book question
Migrating from Kindle to iPad: An Illustrated DRM Primer
Over the weekend I made a tweet that several people asked about: Basically, they wanted to know how to convert DRM protected Kindle books over to ePub books that will work on the iPad. I love the fact that Amazon was able to release a Kindle app for the iPad on the very first day, … Continue reading Migrating from Kindle to iPad: An Illustrated DRM Primer
Twilight? You mean the ELO hit?
Before about six months ago, I had never heard of Twilight. Now I see it everywhere. Between Linda Mercury’s analysis on of the archetype of Bella (and actually, her whole series of posts loosely titled “In defense of Twilight, even though I hate it“) and Lucy Knisley’s distillation of each book into four-panel comic strips … Continue reading Twilight? You mean the ELO hit?
Kindle versus paper: a pictorial
I have had a Kindle for a few months now and really enjoy it. I have been reading like I’ve never read before! The size and convenience are great and, for many texts, far outweighs the longevity and space requirements of paper books (even though I love having shelves and shelves of book spines to … Continue reading Kindle versus paper: a pictorial
The hidden cost of the Kindle: computing glasses
So it turns out that there is a hidden cost to the Amazon Kindle. I have been reading quite a lot more in the past few months. A typical weekday routine might have been staring at computer screens all day at work, coming home, doing a few chores, helping out with dinner, then watching a … Continue reading The hidden cost of the Kindle: computing glasses
The little details, like hyphens and em-dashes
As you may or may not know, I got myself a Kindle a few months back. To be more specific, it was the Kindle DX — a bit more expensive, but the bigger screen and native PDF support was more than worth it in my case. My thought at the time was that it would … Continue reading The little details, like hyphens and em-dashes
1984 goes down the Memory Hole
I’ll be blogging about the great time I had at ARGfest soon, but this particular bit of news was just too laced with irony to pass up… I do not know if you have read the biggest piece of irony in recent (or perhaps ever) tech news but in case you have not, let me … Continue reading 1984 goes down the Memory Hole