Dictionaries gotta step up their game
I like coming across new words in the material I read. While it can get a bit tiring at times to have to look up, say, a few words a page (*clears throat loudly...
Category: tech
Old dog, new tricks: Stop motion videos
I’ve occasionally wondered if there are apps to help create stop motion video. Today it hit me again, and this time, rather than allowing my brain to get ...
What I read this month
With the world flipped upside down lately, I totally forgot to post my read books for March at the turn of the calendar page, so here’s the list: The Lisa...
Two-for-one ebooks at House of Anansi Press
In a shrewd and thoughtful move, House of Anansi Press is currently doing a “Reading Apart Together” promotion where if you buy any ebook for yourse...
When alleged convenience is less convenient
I’m in a lottery pool with a couple of family members. Nothing much, just an arrangement where we each spend $5 a week on some flavour of lottery and we s...
And the winner is…
ProtonMail! After running a few tests with some family and friends in my search for some digital privacy, ProtonMail edged out the only real competition it had ...
In search of some digital privacy
I use Gmail, and have for maybe a couple of decades, or whenever it became common enough that its initial, exclusive invite-only clique had run its course and t...
National Day of Unplugging
My wife and I were a bit surprised when our daughter announced after school this past Friday that it was National Day of Unplugging between Friday at 6pm and Sa...
The acid test of book format preferences
As posted earlier, I definitely find myself more likely to seek out print books than ebooks. The proof was in the pudding yesterday. I found myself in a booksto...
Screen-X can go away
My wife and I saw Spider-Man: Far From Home yesterday. It was good (although for this movie-goer’s money, not as good as Spider-Man: Homecoming), but the ...