Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Review v.2
After this post I will be all caught up on books for review, with only a few more to go to do the same for things I’ve bought or received for myself. The cool news about this particular edition is that I recently won a book that comes later in the series for one of […]
eBooks and the Future of Books: A Question From WhoHub
Someone on WhoHub recently asked me the following and I thought I would respond here: What is your experience with ebook readers? Are they comfortable for your eyes? Will the paper book fade away? One thing that an old-school book lover like me has had to admit is that eReaders have gone from being clunky, […]
Video Found: Prince of Persia Trailer
I’m not much for film adaptations of video games, but this might be one of the few such adaptations worth paying attention to. A decent cast, great effects, and careful attention paid to the source all amount to good things in my book. Let’s hope the movie is as good as the trailer! Here it […]
Video Found: “Space Monkey”
Apparently this video was made by the World Wildlife Fund (i.e. the WWF, which should not be confused with the wrestling people) in collaboration with Ben Lee, who wrote the song featured in the video (“Song for the Divine Mother of the Universe”) and Leo Burnett, who made the video. On the one hand, this […]
Immortality: If you could live forever, would you? (Poll)
(Note: There is a poll on the left sidebar. Vote away!) Some time ago there was a news story about a species of jellyfish that is essentially immortal. Apparently this species is able to revert back to its earliest stage of life over and over, effectively removing natural death from its biological spectrum. This would […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Review v.1
Time for another edition of the Haul of Books. This time I’ll show you some of the books I’ve received for review. I haven’t received a whole lot of stuff in the last few months. There have been a few books from Tor, some books from random small presses and small press authors, and other […]