Tagged: book

50 Classics: Stranger in a Strangeland 0

50 Classics: Stranger in a Strangeland

Hey look, finished another title off my long-suffering 50 Classics list! Regrettably, it was Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strangeland. Finishing it took enormous force of will, for this was a truly, truly, truly terrible...

Tech Lust 2

Tech Lust

What’s the geekiest piece of technology you wish you owned? A fully automated book scanner/digitizer rig would certainly rank very high on my list.

Simply Audiobooks is Simply a Miss 3

Simply Audiobooks is Simply a Miss

I do some long distance driving, walking and hiking and I’ve dabbled with audio books so I’ve considered the various rental options out there. Most have monstrous DRM processes or file formats that don’t...

Amazon.com Shopper Profiling 6

Amazon.com Shopper Profiling

Not that I doubt the prophetic powers of Amazon.com’s shopper profiling algorithm, but consistently bizarre results have given me pause to consider if I’m not the person I think I am. If you’re not...