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Kindle-ing a desire to read

This post was originally drafted in May when I actually bought my kindle – I finally got round to actually publishing it…

Earlier this year I finally gave in. I felt a moment of regret about buying into an enormous DRM machine as I clicked purchase on my new Amazon Kindle 3G. I felt a . . . → Read More: Kindle-ing a desire to read

Who came up with eBook pricing

Seriously… Who decided how to price eBooks?

A friend at work recently recommended I read Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon. The Kindle app on android allowed me to find it quickly and download the first 3 chapters free to read – I loved it and decided I wanted to read the rest of it… However when . . . → Read More: Who came up with eBook pricing

eBooks on Android

Since buying an Android phone I have been starting to think about using it to read books. The screen isn’t bad, and it turns out that there is some good software out there

Aldiko is a fantastic program for reading free ePub books, so I am working my way through a few H. G. Wells . . . → Read More: eBooks on Android

Book review: Python 3 for Absolute Beginners

Python 3 for Absolute Beginners, Tim Hall and J-P Stacey, Apress (ISBN: 978-1-4302-1632-2)

Disclaimer: I was asked to review this book through the Hampshire Linux User Group. I did not receive any instruction for the outcome of the review nor any payment for the review (though I did get to keep the book).

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The saga of seven suns

It has been a little quiet here lately, the reason being is I have been completely consumed by reading the saga of seven suns by Kevin J Anderson.

It is a seven book series of sci-fi, and I was completely addicted to it. I am not sure what I am going to do now that . . . → Read More: The saga of seven suns

Photography and the Law – A photographers rights

Photojojo has an article on photographers rights:  Photography and The Law: Know Your Rights

It looks like a good read. If you are in the UK like me, I strongly suggest you also read  http://www.sirimo.co.uk/ukpr.php which is UK specific.

Its probably worth mentioning that neither myself or the two links above are sound legal advice, . . . → Read More: Photography and the Law – A photographers rights