…was quite possibly a fiction book! I think I’ve mentioned before that I read mostly non-fiction – probably 80-90% NF to 10-20% Fiction. But a recent Reddit thread on “eye-opening books that have improved the quality of your life” led me to a great fiction find. In the thread, somebody recommended Bill Bryson’s “A Short […]
An article on how Amazon’s use of their Kindles as loss-leaders for the digital content within their own “walled garden” ecosphere is a winning strategy that makes them a strong contender against Apple.
There are many variations of the “What’s Your Favourite Book?” question online (many of which I’ve posted in the past.) Reddit recently provided another good one.
A Redditor asks if a modern battalion of a couple thousand Marines could beat the hundreds of thousands of men in the Roman Legion to take over the entire Roman Empire? That leads to one Redditor writing it up the idea as a very engaging novella, a dedicated sub-Reddit for further discussion of the idea and even […]
I’m currently reading a book called “Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite” by Gordon Pitts of the Globe & Mail. This book came to my attention after winning a 2009 National Business Book Prize and, as you might expect given its title and author, it’s a fairly pro-business look at […]
Hipster hangout, Pitchfork, gets their editors to name their 60 favourite music books of all-time. I haven’t read all of them but have definitely read a few – that Ian MacDonald book on the Beatles is awesome!
We leave for Newfoundland tomorrow morning and as our first extended trip without Pace (10 days!) I’m extremely excited about the possibility of doing lots of uninterrupted reading. Unfortunately, even though I’ve packed four print books (and downloaded another three e-books to my iPhone), I still don’t feel any of them sending me an urgent […]
“Men, Which Books or Movies Have Most Resonated With Your Inner Thoughts?” (AskMF) MetaSkim – a new news site that attempts to provide targeted local news (MetaFilter) YouTube now has (some really old and/or unknown and/or direct-to-video type) movies for free Google Execs and other tech experts are attending a summit to discuss the future […]
This book’s been floating around the web for awhile now but now someone has uploaded an audio version which to my ears sounds like the real Samuel L. Jackson rather than a parody (although I’m sure I’m mistaken.) Pretty funny shit either way! 321 views on YouTube as I type this – watch it before […]
I recently did a post about speakers I’ve seen at various conferences and elsewhere. In the post, I said it was the work version of another list I’d done about a more personal subject – a list of bands I’ve seen. But I think the reality is that the list was inspired by something else. […]
