Kindle Paperwhite
I finally broke down and bought a Kindle Paperwhite this week. When I bought it, it was on sale for $40 off, for Prime members. (It looks like that deal […]
books
Harry Potter excitement
I’m starting to get pretty excited about going to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this weekend. As I mentioned I would do in my last post, I reread […]
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
I’m going to go see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in NYC in a few weeks, so I thought it might be fun to reread the script book. I […]
2018 reading goals
I’ve been thinking about my habits around book-reading, and reading in general, lately, since it’s the start of a new year. As I mentioned in my New Year’s post, I […]
Star Trek novels and random web comics
I love Ty Templeton. I keep forgetting about his Bun Toons webcomic. (I should really set up an organized collection of webcomics in an RSS reader of some sort so […]
RIP Jerry Pournelle
I just noticed the news that Jerry Pournelle has passed away. I was a big fan of his old BYTE column. Since BYTE went away, I’ve been an occasional reader […]
Stuff I wanted to mention
There are a number of things I kind of wanted to mention on this blog, but that I probably don’t have enough to say about to warrant a full post. […]
Labor Day
Things I did this weekend: Watched four bad movies, with RiffTrax commentary. Finished reading a very nerdy Star Trek novel. Read a few random comic books. Backed up my desktop […]
Terry Pratchett
From The Guardian: The unfinished books of Sir Terry Pratchett have been destroyed by a steamroller, following the late fantasy novelist’s wishes. Pratchett’s hard drive was crushed by a vintage […]
untangling 9000 cables
I’ve been spending some time recently working through a backlog of unread bookmarks on my Pinboard account. I don’t think I ever intended to use Pinboard as a place to […]