Reading
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18/24
I just wrapped up a sobering re-read of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. A cautionary tale of what happens when books are outlawed and burned upon discovery by firemen. This novel carried more weight for me today, then when I first read it back in junior…
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Should I Buy More Books?
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Unlimited- For Three Months
Amazon was kind enough to offer a three month trial of Kindle Unlimited. So I installed a few books to the Kindle for reading, because, I.Don’t.Have.Enough.To.Read.As.It.Is. There are a few titles on the waiting list from my libraries but those will take weeks to deliver…
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Soma
“People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” — Aldous Huxley Huxley’s words from 1932 are truer now than when he wrote it. His novel Brave New World deserves a re-read.
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Three P’s
For digital documents you want to keep for a long time, I suggest the Three P’s: While in college in the mid 1990’s, and prior to purchasing my first computer, I utilized a word processor. Think manual typewriter but with a 3.5″ floppy disk for…
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Theseus’ Paradox
While researching an unrelated article, I came across that phrase, “Theseus’ Paradox” and went down a rabbit hole of nerd-scrolling after that. The Wikipedia page here details the story and the philosophy about it so I won’t get into details for now. However, it does…
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14 Down 10 To Go
Picking up the pace here on my 24 books in 2024 reading goal. Check them out on the Library page
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12 Down, 12 To Go
Halfway through the 2024 reading list and I feel as if I am on a spree. The first quarter of the year was slow reading with work travel, relocating and heavy, difficult books to sort out. The libraries felt generous and dumped four books on…
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Read & Write
The Los Angeles Library system recently purchased a local book publisher and plans on publishing even more from local authors. Brilliant! Local libraries could and should support people to self-publish books, e-books, websites, etc. Instead of just computers for the homeless to play games on,…
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Read-O-Matic
I want to design and place a machine to fill up with books that people can purchase on the go as opposed to them buying a soda or a snack. I know we will all be a lot healthier. They remind me of the Little…