The internet used to be fun because people lived interesting lives offline and then posted about their experiences online. The problem is that now everyone started living online instead, so we ran out of meaningful experiences to post about. Also,…
Previously, I wrote this: Think Multicursally. Act Unicursally. Okay kids, this is where it gets complicated and will require a lot of attention. What does that mean? There are some landmarks I can see clearly. The Library is knowledge. The…
My Kindle Paperwhite e-reader didn’t die. The hardware still worked. What failed was Amazon’s willingness to support it. When I discovered that my perfectly functional Kindle had reached the end of Amazon’s support, the solution offered to me was predictable:…
I’m declaring a temporary moratorium on buying books. The shelves are full and I'll not resort to the madness of stacking books on top of another in a corner next to those shelves. I need to dive into these recent…
I've calculated the disk storage space for all of my physical media including e-books, CDs and video discs. 28 gigabytes on one device is seriously impressive, but what else would I surround myself with?
January got a little out of hand. Earlier this month I mentioned I had already picked up 26 books in 2026. That number did not stay put. A few more stops at thrift stores, a few late-night dives into public…
My last post of 2025 was dedicated to the 164 books I acquired in 2025. Here it is, the 10th of January and I have already collected 11 titles added to the ever-growing Catalog. More books than days it seems.
No, I did not read 164 books this year. That would be brilliant. I did, however, add 164 titles to my shelves this year. I decided to close out 2025 by purchasing #164 today with Umberto Eco's "On Literature." I…