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Why I am a terrible reviewer

I like everything. I mean, I don’t love everything, but I get enjoyment out of almost everything I experience, whether it’s a book, comic, album, or movie. Of course, I enjoy some more than others, and I revisit some of them again and again, but I find it really hard to name something that I […]

Posted on 2011/04/26 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, movies, music, reviews | Leave a comment

eBook user Bill of Rights

This post started as a comment on this post, but it became really long, so you should read that first and then come back to read my thoughts. I’ll wait. … I have a problem with the approach outlined in this post. I understand the issues, and am frustrated that media ownership has become media leasing […]

Posted on 2011/02/28 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, drm, ebooks, rant | Leave a comment

In which the word ‘intereading’ is coined

In between ending my old job and starting my new job, I had 10 weeks off. In that 10 weeks I started a lot of the little projects that have been on my mind (and finished none, of course): a z80 emulator (the cpu from a gameboy) and some bits of the graphics processor, a short […]

Posted on 2010/11/27 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, ideas, NaNoWriMo, oliver jeffers, projects, tattoo | Leave a comment

Thank you, Douglas Adams

It’s Towel Day so I feel compelled to write about the effect Douglas Adams had on my world view and my life. I’m certainly not alone in recognising his impact on the world and it delights me to be one of many who felt touched by his writing. I received my first copy of The Hitch […]

Posted on 2010/05/26 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, douglas adams, towel day | Leave a comment

The perfect gift

Sometimes, you get the perfect gift. The gift that my wife bought me for Christmas finally arrived today, and it is every bit as awesome as she promised that it would be. Presents are kept as great secrets in this house, and when it didn’t arrive for Christmas, she was very upset, and insisted that […]

Posted on 2009/01/30 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, christmas, star trek | Leave a comment

A perfect day

It’s the end of Christmas day, and while it was the least Christmassy Christmas day I’ve had in a long time, it was exactly what I needed in terms of a day just hanging out in the apartment with the family. There were some last minute things to finish up from the move yesterday, including […]

Posted on 2008/12/26 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, christmas, cooking, organization | Leave a comment

Making the choice to read

As always, Mr Wil Wheaton has given me cause to ponder. In a blog post today, he quotes from an interview with Neal Stephenson regarding making the choice to read a book rather than engage in one of the many other activities we have available to us now. It’s something that I’ve recently rediscovered: While […]

Posted on 2008/10/17 by dominic in personal | Tagged books, reading | Leave a comment