I’ve now had my kindle for a few months, and I’ve mostly been very happy with it. I’d always been suspicious of e-readers, and instinctively balked at the thought of reading a book on one – wouldn’t I miss the sensory, tactile, pleasure of holding a book in my hands? The touch, smell, heft and [...]
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On Owning a Kindle…
Posted by davidbarb on May 25, 2011
http://thelockedroom.com/2011/05/25/on-owning-a-kindle/
Cinema Blues…
Earlier I read this entry on Julian Simpson’s blog, about the sorry state of the cinema industry and the often unsatisfactory experience of watching a movie at the cinema. It struck a chord with me, and for a long time I have thought that the model of releasing movies first in the cinema and then [...]
Posted by davidbarb on January 22, 2010
http://thelockedroom.com/2010/01/22/cinema-blues/
Brooker – Newswipe – Twitter
Last night saw the welcome return of Newswipe to BBC4, Charlie Brooker’s insightful dissection of TV news, and it was as brilliant as ever in exposing the scare stories, biases, inconsistencies, failings and histrionics of typical TV news output. I particularly enjoyed Canadian author Dan Gardner’s contribution to the show, in which he discussed the [...]
Posted by davidbarb on January 20, 2010
http://thelockedroom.com/2010/01/20/brooker-newswipe-twitter/
…lull…
…lull… The reason I started this blog was because I had time on my hands, because I was at home for much of the day and I thought that *dicking around on the internet* would be a good way to fill my time. The idea was to keep the posts focused on movies, books, TV [...]
Posted by davidbarb on October 9, 2009
http://thelockedroom.com/2009/10/09/lull/
Gold-Star Crazy
You can’t be too careful when you meet people online. This was a lesson I learnt right at the beginning of my internet life in 2001. I didn’t own a computer, but following 9/11 I was drawn to my local internet cafe – an orange monstrosity in St. Ann’s Square, Manchester – for information/discussion. I [...]
Posted by davidbarb on June 17, 2009
http://thelockedroom.com/2009/06/17/gold-star-crazy/
