Tag Archives: Geek

100 Essential Skills for Geeks 0

100 Essential Skills for Geeks | GeekDad | Wired.com.
While far from perfect, a cool list on some of the things I can do

Why the Kindle continues to baffle me 0

Ok – the title below is dumb – KindleGate – but the read is interesting on how unreasonable the methods of DRM and eBooks are and will continue to be.  DRM is making pirates out of all of us, just to use what we own.
KindleGate: Confusion Abounds Regarding Kindle Download Policy | Gear Diary.
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Book Review: Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future by Cory Doctrow 0

Doing an audiobook while doing the commute is from time to time the way to go.  I hate leaving in the middle of a chapter or segment though.  This book helped that along as it is a series of essays, like Maps & Legends; it interconnects a series of prior published essays on copyright, ownership [...]

Super-sized Kindle coming Wednesday 0

The editors of Gizmodo have confirmed the release of the jumbo Kindle for Wednesday.  More newspaper and magazine form.  YEAH – more for me to not like.

Hugo Nominations 0

The current crop of Hugo nominations are out and Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book is also nominated for a Hugo. What is interesting is that so is Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. These are 2 books specifically written, marketed, etc at younger readers. First time I can think of this happening . [...]