Posted in Misc on Jan 30th, 2008
Today Slashdot has a review of Windows Vista Annoyances published by O’Reilly Media. I happened to pick it up in Foyle’s bookshop last Saturday.
I flicked through it and I thought
You must be joking
There’s a lot not to like about Vista, but 641 pages? As a Victorian child is said to have opined about a book [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2007
Inspector Rebus is due to retire soon. We don’t know yet if he will be killed in Ian Rankin’s last book. Either way, it’s time for me to find a new detective.
Read Full Post »
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31st, 2007
I stumble upon a reading by Ishmael Beah in Starbucks in Oxford Street.
Read Full Post »
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18th, 2007
Dan Gilbert’s Stumbling Upon Happiness wins the Royal Society Book Prize.
Read Full Post »
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2007
A brief review of Chris Stewart’s Almond Blossom Appreciation Society, the 3rd in a trilogy about the life of an English couple who move to Spain and life a simpler happier life.
Read Full Post »