I have been totally immersed in jPod over the last two weeks (both the CBC series and the Douglas Coupland novel from which the series is adapted). I can’t remember the last show on CBC I actively watched, especially one that was produced in Canada. The show is terrific, funny and full of quirky characters and unusual plot twists. Likewise the book is also a joy to read (currently two-thirds of the way in). Continue reading
While sifting through a cardboard box of books last week in the basement of my parent’s house, I came across Glenn Reynolds’ 2006 book An Army of Davids: How markets and technology empower ordinary people to beat Big Media, Big Government and other Goliaths. Apparently it had gone unnoticed and was mistakenly placed in a neglected stack of books (along with my copy of William Gibson’s Spook Country!). Continue reading
The following list of books is what I have been reading over the past couple of months. Between the many subway trips, weekend afternoons (on days when it is too cold to venture outdoors), and at the cottage over the holidays, there has been ample time for page-turning adventures. I try to keep things pretty varied. Books for leisure, books for knowledge (worldly affairs), and books for knowledge (academics). Continue reading
I recently finished reading Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan, which was written in 1959 and was one of his first popular novels. I’m fairly new to Vonnegut, having only read 4 of his novels this past year, beginning a few months before his death in April. I have my grandfather to thank, as he lent me quite a few Vonnegut novels (most of which are early paperback editions).