Kindles, Kobos, Alurateks—whatever you think about dedicated eBook readers, or eReaders, they are here to stay. Surely, if you read as much as I do, the idea of owning a small lightweight device—like a Kindle—that can store thousands of books must sound incredibly appealing. (more…)
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New Year on a Lonely Pier
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012So I spent New Year 2012 drinking champagne with a handful of friends on a lonely pier on the Thames. One of us, I don’t know who, figured it was preferable to being at some painfully cool warehouse party in Hackney Wick, full of red-eyed revelers snorting lines from mirrors and pushing feel-good gravel up their noses; temporary couples fucking in the stairwell, on the sofa and under the kitchen table (NY, 2010). This year’s arrangement was nice, tamer than ever, but nice. I’ve never seen the mayor’s fireworks display before—it reminded me of a Jim’ll Fix It episode, the one where the Bank of England let a kid burn £million in notes. (more…)
