Thursday, March 31, 2011

HNT - Spud Wars: Darth Tater Unmasked

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 Not all that long ago on a blog not so far away . . . . . . a fresh new type of Mr. Potato Head , Darth Tater , moved into Chateau Lesli...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Don't You . . . Want Me . . . Baby?

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Except for stations like Treehouse and Playhouse Disney , Alexander doesn't watch much TV. So he doesn't see a lot of commercials. ...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Netflix Responds To Bandwidth Caps

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I've enjoyed access to Netflix since it came to Canada, regularly supplementing my video intake with a combination of rented and purcha...
Monday, March 28, 2011

It's That Big Chunk Of Fudge!

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I was showing Alexander some of the commercials from my childhood that I still remembered the jingles to the other day via YouTube when a c...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

HNT - The Return of Darth Tater & Spud Wars

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Not that long ago, in a blogisphere not too far away . . . Given my son's recent enthusiam for all things Star Wars , I thought it mi...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Let Books Transform You

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Prompted by the charismatic Jen Knoch of the Keeping It Real Book Club , I recently recorded a video in support of the Toronto Public Libr...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Cool Inkygirl Cartoons For Writers

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I found Inkygirl cartoons for writers through a friend's status update on Facebook. Thought they were hilarious. The first one that...
Friday, March 18, 2011

This Man Is An Author

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So yesterday I was surprised to discover a picture of me in a Globe & Mail article by John Barber called Getting a read on the future of...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

HNT - No Regrets

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Eight years ago today my father died unexpectedly. He was waking in the recovery room after having a kidney removed and already joking with ...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Best Of Both Worlds

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Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Netflix . I love the idea of being able to access movies and television shows at my own convenience...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Ides Of March Are Come

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There's really only one day per year when I can walk around saying "The Ides of March are come!" And I can usually only get aw...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Dead Author T-Shirts

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A lot of people compare the music and book industry; ie, they look at how the music industry, which was faced with illegal digital downloads...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

One EBook Screaming "Look At Me! Look At Me!"

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Today, being the last day of Read An E-Book Week ( don't worry, there'll likely be another one next year at the same time, and ther...
Friday, March 11, 2011

How To Spell Ebook?

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In continued celebration of " Read An E-Book Week " I kept coming back to a dilemna I've long had when writing about ebooks. ...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011

HNT - EBook Readers

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In celebration of Read an Ebook Week , I thought I'd post a picture of me posing with the three ebook readers I own.  The Sony PRS-505 ,...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

EBook Reader Review

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Rob Sawyer doing reading from ereader (Photo: Peter Rainford) As Read an E-Book Week continues, I thought I'd follow up a comment f...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Read An EBook Week - Whatcha Reading?

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Since it's Read An E-Book Week , I thought I'd share what I'm currently reading in ebook format. Okay, as I mentioned yesterda...
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Monday, March 07, 2011

Life Begins At Forty

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After you reach your forth decade, you're likely to hear someone say that life begins at forty. Perhaps it's because at forty you...
Friday, March 04, 2011

Stuff On Demand Machines

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First it was music, then it was books, soon it will be stuff. Years ago, when it became easy for someone to replicate music from digital f...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

HNT - The Next Chapter Of The Little Bookstore That Could

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This past Saturday I took a quick trip out to Waterloo to Words Worth Books for the dual celebration of the retirement of Trish and Chuck, ...
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