Atheist, technopagan and vegan.

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Here on slashdot you can read: New research suggests that the clear screens and easily read fonts of e-readers makes your brain "lazy." According to Neuroscience blogger Jonah Lehrer, using electronic books like the Kindle and Sony Reader makes you less likely to remember what you have read because the devices are so easy on the eyes. From the article: "Rather than making things clearer, e-readers and computers prevent us from absorbing information because their crisp…

I have mostly abandoned Firefox and switched to Google Chrome. Firefox became more and more bloaty and heavy (I admit that adding plugins and such must have helped). But the kicker for me was yesterday evening when I tried to get to a page on Yahoo for a mailing list that I co-manage. After accepting that I might see material only suited for 18+ (I am, really), I saw a glimpse of the list page…

Just read this in an engadget article: "Oh, sure -- gas is bound to hit $4 a gallon before 2020" This made me laugh. Loud. In the Netherlands today, fuel price for regular unleaded is €1.54 per litre. That is €5.96 per gallon. According to an online exchange site, that is $7.28. Per gallon. It's not 2020 yet. Welcome to the real world. LOL!

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 50 years of COBOL The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has a new section of their website dedicated to documenting COBOL's history. An exhibit will open at the museum this spring." Yay. Recognition for COBOL.

W00T! Hilda's 3rd, The Challenge, is now up on Smashwords.

Yes. Kill the initiative. The CPNB (the society for promoting Dutch books) always brings out the "book week gift" each year. Here in the Netherlands we have a "book week", specially promoting books and reading, and each person who buys a book then gets a small book for free. The "book week gift". People who buy an ebook get nothing. Now a man decided to bring out the alternative ebook week gift in this week.