Choosing an e-reader
I shared this recently, so more on this below I had the “keyboard kindle” 12 years ago, and used it a lot At that time, all that existed was the Kindle (and a Sony model, which is a separate note…
Reading
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A simple reader for books
The apps on my phone bear the marks of many years of use, of arrangement, of addition and deletion. Among these are various e-book apps, and I have one of “each”, in a single group: Google Play Books…
Clips from the weekend newspaper
Economist Covers
I've had a print subscription to the Economist for a while, though off and on. I grew weary of having piles of unread issues stare at me, as though reproachfully, until I learnt the (obvious) ans…
Harry Potter: revisited & renewed
We recently watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — and I realized the movie is already twenty years old! I thought I’d read the book with my daughter, now that we’ve seen the movie, and I th…
Random reading extract
Lunchtime WSJ book reviews
I started a paper subscription to WSJ right as the pandemic started, and as we eat family lunch, with no phones allowed, I quickly skim the paper. I wish I had done this earlier, but also, I know I c…
Back to reading newspapers
After a long time, trying out the “real paper news” experience again.…
Chapter books
The new thing for reading with Tara is books with (relatively) lots of words and a few pictures, with each book being part of a series, and each book divided into chapters. Some of what we've bee…
Back to Neal Stephenson ….
I think the first Neal Stephenson book I read was Snow Crash, though it was some sort of partial online copy and I didn’t finish it all the way through. This was sometime in the late 90s. I liked it,…
The only way to read these days ...
(By way of "what have you been up to?", or "have a blog, say something!") I just finished two fairly large reading projects, and I'm quite happy I stuck with it and finished i…
Steve Yegge is always awesome.
I recently came across this excerpt: I demand excellence from my co-workersif there's some valid program out there that you couldn't ever write, then you're not justified in calling yours…