From time to time I have been accused of over-reacting to certain things, and with a recent entry titled “Amazon’s Kindle and the End of Freedom“ such a reaction is not surprising.
However, the villainy which I warned of has not arrived cloaked in the hazy fog of some eventual future, but instead has arisen under [...]
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The Kindle Revisited: Funding the Thought Police
Posted in Society and Culture, tagged 1984, Amazon, Animal Farm, apology, books, deleted, e-book, e-books, facism, George Orwell, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, refund, Satan, thought police, totalitarian on 24 July, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Amazon’s “Kindle,” and the End of Freedom
Posted in Articles, Literature and Poetry, Society and Culture, tagged Amazon, books, conspiracy, Fahrenhiet 451, information, Kindle, Kindle 2, ownership, Penny Arcade, Steve Ballmer, Washington Post on 22 June, 2009 | 3 Comments »
By now I imagine most of you have heard about Amazon’s new exercise in absurdity, The Kindle.
I introduced and condemned the little piece of hardware in the more introductory article that ran in the April issue of the Viewpoints, which you can read on their website. What you are reading now is the article I [...]
My Life in Pictures 1
Posted in Autobiographical, tagged binary, books, cleaning, hats, life, my life, photos, pictures, room on 27 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On any given day, you’ll find me…
….cleaning my room.
….finding an assortment like this all over my bedroom.
….talking to friends in binary.
What’s your life in pictures?
