The love of books
This week I’ve been thinking about and discussing copyright a lot, because of #ACTA (see my previous post). This, and an article about Jonathan Franzen’s… Læs mere »The love of books
reading
1Q84
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami My rating: 5 of 5 stars After this book the next ones are bound to be disappointing. Am trying to read… Læs mere »1Q84
But I use spell-checker!
I’ve heard that often from people who believe that a spell check is enough to render their writing faultless. Firstly, the spell check only catches… Læs mere »But I use spell-checker!
Like walking in water
is what my intellectual life has felt like lately. I’ve read a lot of very inspiring stuff but felt completely incapable of commenting on it… Læs mere »Like walking in water
Is less always more or only sometimes?
Together with a lot of other Twitterers, I’ve enjoyed this article in the New York Times. It’s written by the clearly renowned writer Pico Iyer,… Læs mere »Is less always more or only sometimes?
Religious zeal – or what's worse
Politics: An interview with Hanif Kureishi about what has happened to the world since the fatwa against Salman Rushdie‘s The Satanic Verses. It’s very interesting… Læs mere »Religious zeal – or what's worse
Is feminism dead? Did we win?
Somehow I’m always trailing behind a bit. Yesterday was the International Women’s Day and I didn’t do a single feminist thing all day. Generally, feminism… Læs mere »Is feminism dead? Did we win?
Incentives for children & something about books
This discussion is probably eternal and will never be solved. I was deadset against that kind of thing – until I got my own children…… Læs mere »Incentives for children & something about books
How social networking must be corrupting our children…
because it’s not our fault, is it? The British papers are all running after Baroness & neuroscientist Susan Greenfield today. She has a message that… Læs mere »How social networking must be corrupting our children…
Procrastination
is another word I like a lot. My dear old Dad, bless him, has often said that the word procrastination defines him. I think that’s… Læs mere »Procrastination
Books
My Dad has lost a good deal of his eye-sight and can now only read books with large print (Magna Print) and only under a… Læs mere »Books
Mission accomplished
Not much time for blogging today I’m afraid – there’s the Christmas thingy at Dane’s school today where I am manning a stand, where the… Læs mere »Mission accomplished
More on the downsides of multitasking
A while back I cited an article called Is Google Making Us Stupid here and also posted it on Facebook. It elicited quite a few… Læs mere »More on the downsides of multitasking
Scatterbrain
I’ve always been a Scatterbrain. My memory is lousy, I have to write everything down and often I forget even that. My mind is always… Læs mere »Scatterbrain
British telly & music
In between seemingly endless news sessions about the US election (which will not be mentioned any more today…), I’ve also watched other stuff. I accidentally… Læs mere »British telly & music
Wikipedia is cool
Lately I’ve been writing essays for a course I’m taking at Uni called “Source Reliability”. Readers of this blog will know that I’m rather keen… Læs mere »Wikipedia is cool
Blog rounds
Before I start my round I want to complain! About you! I can see from my statistics that I have a steadily (okay, ever so… Læs mere »Blog rounds
Literature Nobel Laureates
Below are all the laureates since the year of my birth. I think I’ve read less than half of them, and some of them –… Læs mere »Literature Nobel Laureates
