http://neilgorman.com a blog and stuff. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:11:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are.” ~Anaïs Nin http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/24/smart-things-that-people-say/ http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/23/pictures-if-everyday-life-002/ http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/20/pictures-of-everyday-life-001/ Speaking about a passage from the story 'My First Goose' by Isaac Babel I expecially remember the passage about how Everyone has two lives--one open and visible, full of work, convention, responsibilities, jokes, and the other "running its course in secret"--and how easy it is for circumstances to line up ... http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/19/quote-elif-batuman-the-possessed-pg-31/ From The book "The Possessed" Why be a slave to the arbitrary truth? I didn't care about truth; I cared about beauty. It took me many years--it took the experience of lived time--to realize that they really are the same thing. -Elif Batuman The Possessed Pg 10 http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/18/quote-elif-batuman-the-possessed-pg10/ Yesterday there was a primary election here in Illinois. The things that this election decided were... 1. The Democrat running for the open Senate seat (the one that use to be held by Obama) will be the current Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. 2. The Republican running for ... http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/05/illinois-election/ Today a friend, and fellow Sci-Fi enthusiast, told me that I should read a book called "Empire" by Orson Scott Card. Having read a fair amount of Card's work in the past I recently picked up the Empire and read the first two chapters. There is one bit ... http://neilgorman.com/2010/02/01/orson-scott-card-makes-me-think/ For people who might not follow this story all ready, here is a brief recap for you: 1. Amazon's Kindle ruled the ebook market despite limited competition from a few other companies like Sony and Barns & Noble. -It seemed that Amazon liked selling most ebooks for about $9.99 even though ... http://neilgorman.com/2010/01/31/amazon-v-apple-some-simple-initial-thoughts/ DxF2009, Utrecht: "All the time in the world" View more documents from Matt Jones. http://neilgorman.com/2009/10/27/252/ I saw via Mitch Joel who saw via the Wall Street Journal that Amazon is lowering the price of the entry level Kindle to $259.00 USD. In addition to that the Kindle's wireless fucntions will now work outside the US. Going to Amazon.com confirmed this... Looks like Amazon ... http://neilgorman.com/2009/10/07/amazon-kindle-now-costing-less-and-works-outside-us/