Previously, I wrote this: Think Multicursally. Act Unicursally. Okay kids, this is where it gets complicated and will require a lot of attention. What does that mean? There are some landmarks I can see clearly. The Library is knowledge. The…
My Kindle Paperwhite e-reader didn’t die. The hardware still worked. What failed was Amazon’s willingness to support it. When I discovered that my perfectly functional Kindle had reached the end of Amazon’s support, the solution offered to me was predictable:…
I’m declaring a temporary moratorium on buying books. The shelves are full and I'll not resort to the madness of stacking books on top of another in a corner next to those shelves. I need to dive into these recent…
I've calculated the disk storage space for all of my physical media including e-books, CDs and video discs. 28 gigabytes on one device is seriously impressive, but what else would I surround myself with?
January got a little out of hand. Earlier this month I mentioned I had already picked up 26 books in 2026. That number did not stay put. A few more stops at thrift stores, a few late-night dives into public…
My last post of 2025 was dedicated to the 164 books I acquired in 2025. Here it is, the 10th of January and I have already collected 11 titles added to the ever-growing Catalog. More books than days it seems.
No, I did not read 164 books this year. That would be brilliant. I did, however, add 164 titles to my shelves this year. I decided to close out 2025 by purchasing #164 today with Umberto Eco's "On Literature." I…