This was my journal from 2002 to about early 2008. It was mostly about books, the news, and my adventures in NYC. I have, confusingly, republished long-ago entries on certain topics that I wanted to share again later. You can find all the books stuff on Goodreads and I'm also on Twitter.

The Brooklyn Public Library may be developing a nice collection of ebook titles, but the findability leaves something to be desired. There's no way to filter ebooks from audiobooks, so you can't browse by genre without weeding through all the audiobooks. Instead, I usually look at "all ebooks" ordered by date added ( Read more... )

How much do the ebooks cost? The library books, obviously, are free (hooray!). The Sony ebook store prices are close to what I suggested about three years ago: "I'd want to see $10-$12 frontlist, $7 backlist (i.e. books now available in paperback) and $2 classics (public domain!)." The only difference is that the $11 books are frontlist or trade ( Read more... )

All right, so the ebook as an object is quite pleasing. What can you put on it and how much does it cost ( Read more... )

So, after occasionally expressing skepticism about ebooks, I've finally got one: the Sony 505 (not the 700, on which the touchscreen reportedly renders the screen hard to read, defeating the purpose, and not the Kindle, since I'm already schlepping around two QWERTY keyboards, thanks ( Read more... )

If you asked me to name my favorite books, I'd have to agonize over it for a while, and then I'd name some titles that you've probably read, like Pride & Prejudice or Pale Fire. But I'd also definitely name Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck: a ( Read more... )

I am currently on page 116 out of 635 of the third printing of "version 3.0" of The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. So far, the book is about globalization and technology ( Read more... )

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Hey, guys. Guys! Look what I brought. It's my stuffed squirrel. Do you see it? It's right here, on your eyeball. Look! Look! Will you throw it for me, please? Here it is! Right here. Let's play!

Listen, I don't want to freak you guys out, but down at the end of the bed, under the sheets? Something is moving. I'll get it for you, though. POW! ( Read more... )