Month: August 2007
1001 Book Reading Challenge – an update
I haven’t posted any reviews lately, have I? Did you think you might’ve caught a break and I’ve forgotten about it? Nope. Sorry you non-readers out there (but I suspect most of you are!) I’m plowing through three at the moment: 1) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 2) Fear of Flying by Erica Jong 3) Captain…
Clive James, Cory Doctorow, The Melbourne Writers Festival, and me
On Saturday, as rather a spontaneous decision unlike me, I decided to go to the Melbourne Writers Festival. So, I went to see Clive James and, in another session, Cory Doctorow speak on a panel. I was quite excited, as the last time I went to the MWF was four years ago, when I was…
Blogging – redefining friendship in the 2.0 age
How is blogging like keeping a pen-pal? Is it at all? Let’s see: you can keep in touch, cross continents. There is often dialogues and confessions. Conversations are as likely to be continued via email, person to person, once contacts and trust has been established. It is arguably more convenient, also. One can choose to…
