Amazon link Guess what? Life in Afganistan under the Taliban was a bit shit. Particularly if you were a woman. And since the Taliban have gone it’s only got a little bit better. Seierstad spent a few months living with a family in Kabul soon after the Taliban were removed and this is her interpretation… Continue reading The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Day: 6 January 2005
Read More Books
Last year, the number of books I got thru was appallingly low. I read more X-Men comics than I had in any year in the last twenty years, but I doubt I read more than fifteen or twenty books. So one of my resolutions this year is to read more. I’ve set myself a target… Continue reading Read More Books
Photographic Memory
Interesting discussion in the pub tonight about how people use cameras now that everyone[1] has one in their phone and therefore in their pocket all the time. It seems that people are using them as a photgraphic memory. Want to remember the opening times of your local supermarket over the christmas period? Don’t write it… Continue reading Photographic Memory
Comments Back
Whisper it softly, but I’ve turned comments back on. Actually, they were only off for about twelve hours. But it seems to have done the trick. Since I turned them back on I’ve had one piece of comment spam (as opposed to hundreds every hour). If you get overwhelmed by comment spam then simply removing… Continue reading Comments Back