Half the fun of the Internet (capital ‘I’ please) is discovering new things, but it’s rare that you see something new that really changes your perception of things. For me that happened when I came across the online bookstore Zoomii.com, which sells books via Amazon; think of it as a new front-end to the [...]

Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri-Lanka, at age 90.  Now I’m by no means a big reader, I’d love to be, but I really never have the time.  Still, from where I’m typing this I can count 25 books authored by Mr. Clarke on my bookshelf.  His stories are an amazing blend of science [...]