Category Archives: technology

New ereader

We seem to accumulate gadgets like they’re going out of style – M’s bought himself a Sony ereader! This means that we’re now a dual-eInk ereader household. The picture shows the two ereaders, side by side. The new ereader is a Sony – specifically it’s a Sony PRS350. To give it its full name, it’s [...]

The iPad as an ereader

After my Kobo had to go back to the shop to be replaced (I’m still waiting for a new one!), I turned to my iPad as a replacement ereader. So far, the iPad has been a pretty good ereader. Positives Content from various ebook providers can be accessed and read, thanks to the various iPad [...]

Where were you when…

… Australia got its first female Prime Minister? I was walking along a suburban Perth street on the way to the bus stop to go to work. It was freezing, it got down to 2.4 degrees this morning and it wouldn’t have been much warmer than that when I left the house. I was trying [...]