Is it better to read on your iPad or read on your Kindle? Today we discuss the differences between the two and which is better! I expected the Kindle to win easily, but not in this video. He is of… Read More ›
Books
The Boox Nova 3 Color
The Boox Nova 3 Color tablet is the second device to use E Ink’s new 7.8-inch, second-generation Kaleido color screen technology. PocketBook was the first, and its implementation of the new display was an attempt to improve the company’s first… Read More ›
xigxag: cheaper audiobooks
Enjoy books more efficiently with controls and features designed specifically for audiobooks. Listen at your own pace with no commitments. No monthly pressure to pay when you can’t listen… More here. Let’s be honest, Audible is very expensive and Amazon… Read More ›
Patented: 1,000 Design Patents
From legendary classics to anonymous objects that are indispensable in homes and offices, this one-of-a-kind collection of original patent documents celebrates the creative genius of designers, inventors, creators, innovators, and dreamers the world over. The range is phenomenal: patents by… Read More ›
Sathnam Sanghera discusses Empireland
This is an excellent episode in which James O’Brien talks to Sathnam Sanghera about his new book Empireland. I am currently reading this book and it is absolutely fascinating just how much we in the UK have tried to keep… Read More ›
The PocketBook InkPad (colour e-ink is here)
The Inkpad Color it utilizing the second generation E INK Kaleido color e-paper technology. On a fundamental level, it still can only display 4,096 colors and 100 PPI. What has changed is the color accuracy and gamut, colors look stunning,… Read More ›
Damien Boyd / DI Nick Dixon
Rock climbers can’t afford to make careless mistakes. But Detective Inspector Nick Dixon’s former climbing partner, Jake Fayter, died doing just that. Or so it seems. Dixon suspects foul play, but his only leads are unreliable accounts of something odd… Read More ›
Saving money…
I have decided that I don’t need a new watch and I refuse to pay an overinflated price just because a product is ‘limited edition’. And so it makes sense to buy a watch book instead which would not be… Read More ›
Empireland
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit,… Read More ›
Retro Watches
Another Christmas present, this time from Joanne, was the Retro Watches: The Modern Collector’s Guide book. It is under £15 to purchase, which is a crazy price considering the quality of the book materials and the content, and it really… Read More ›
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