For reasons I don’t fully understand the Kindle has re…. kindled my interest in fiction. Ever since finishing The Illiad I’ve been unimpressed with fiction’s ability to keep its basic promise of telling a compelling story that reveals a part of reality that’s otherwise unknown, unexplored, or at least entertaining as these “revelations” are usually pedestrian or impossible. [...]
After instructing my morning sessions I gunned home, for today was Kindle Day, and come hell or high water I would be there to receive my e-reader. Around 3 PM I really had to use the bathroom but I was not going to waste this opportunity to break in my Kindle and patiently waited until the [...]
I hate the Kindle, Amazon’s electronic e-book reader. I really have no qualm with the device I suppose but the model of licensing reading material and calling it a “book reader” smacks of consumer injustice. But for health reasons I may need to get one.
I read on the can as most people of learning do. I [...]