A Prediction
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Running an errand down on Hawthorne yesterday, we walked by a bookstore (Murder by the Book) that we’d never been in. It had a cart full of $1 mystery novels set by the door to lure in passers-by, and it worked. “I just want to run in here and see if they have any Minette [...]
Promises, Promises
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Well, Internet, I have a confession: I have broken my promise to you. Specifically, the one where I said I’d read 20 books I already owned, before buying any more. See, what happened was…well, I was the antique store, the same place I got this charming petit livre, and I found something that I couldn’t [...]
Deirdra Kiai
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Today is Ada Lovelace Day 2010, and the woman in technology whom I’ve chosen to celebrate is Deirdra Kiai, a video game developer, programmer, blogger, and musician in Vancouver, B.C. Deirdra is a friend of mine * and that fact made this quite a bit harder to write. Although I had the idea to write [...]
Technological Disconnect
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007In the comments on the Simple Life post, Ramona said “We are becoming a society of disconnectedness”¦And, trust me, it all began with t.v.” and though she has a point, I have to disagree with her. Yes, T.V. has a lot to answer for, and modern technology does make it easy to tune out the [...]