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stevenmiller a réagi à votre billet : recently i’ve been having this really disgusting…
And what exactly, will you do when a solar flare fries all the electronics on earth?as someone who has a #anti kindle blog 2011 tag, i hate the idea of the kindle with a confirmed and unrepentant passion. but it is very irresponsible of me to try to travel to wherever the peace corps sends me with enough books to last me 27 months.
the devil is convenience.
remember this time last year when the Peace Corps was a far off dream, and owning a Kindle a horrible nightmare? And stevenmiller and I were just starting our internet friendship?
Why Reading Matters [BBC]. Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading, something most of us take for granted, unlocks remarkable powers. Carter explains how the classic novel Wuthering Heights allows us to step inside other minds and understand the world from different points of view, and she wonders whether the new digital revolution could threaten the values of classic reading.
A powerful proclamation about the state and future of children’s books from a collective of prominent illustrators (via)
The Village Voice has created a simple quiz to help out the 2% of the population who are still unsure.
When you drop what you are reading, you:
a) Pick it up
b) Ask somebody to pick it up for you
c) Scream, “I broke my Kindle!”Answer “C” and you can safely answer “Yes.”
We love follow ups like this
Investigative journalism. Love it.
Henry Rollins (via azelie)
oh god, what if he pulled out a kindle? i’d have to crash the car and kill us both.
stevenmiller a réagi à votre billet : recently i’ve been having this really disgusting…
And what exactly, will you do when a solar flare fries all the electronics on earth?
as someone who has a #anti kindle blog 2011 tag, i hate the idea of the kindle with a confirmed and unrepentant passion. but it is very irresponsible of me to try to travel to wherever the peace corps sends me with enough books to last me 27 months.
the devil is convenience.
recently i’ve been having this really disgusting thought.
i’ll be on amazon, and i’ll think
god a kindle would be so convenient.
i want to kill myself.
Ray Bradbury (Paris Review, 2010)
chk chk chk
Heinrich Heine (via ohsoalix)
yeah but kindles? no one gives a fuck.
