Stephen King's publishers have released details of his next book.
Case Crime, the award-winning line of pulp-styled crime novels published by Titan Books, has said it will publish Joyland in June 2013.
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Details Of New Stephen King Novel “Joyland" Revealed
Monday, May 21, 2012
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling - Out September 27, 2012
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
This title will be released on September 27, 2012.
Pre-order now!
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Book News 16May12 - Sookie Stackhouse goes to the grave at last.
Myself I wont miss the vampires but I know some of you will so get in sood for you last fill.
The vampire series
Charlaine Harris has announced that the final novel in her Southern Vampire Mysteries series will be published next year
Farewell Sookie Stackhouse … Charlaine Harris's bestselling books about vampires were made into the True Blood TV series. Photograph: HBO/Everett/Rex Features
Mourning has broken out
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Acer Debuts the Aspire M5 Ultrabook
From Acer
Acer Debuts the Aspire M5 Ultrabook
Once again Acer pushes the boundaries of mobile computing to the extreme and created a family of Ultrabooks that are destined to impress and leave a mark. The all new Aspire M5 series reaches unprecedented levels of performance, convenience, connectivity and battery life.
Simply thin and light and not compromising with 14" and 15" form factors, the Aspire M5 represents the new experience of
HIS Readies Fanless Radeon HD 7750 iSilence 5 Graphics Card
More from Radeon
HIS Readies Fanless Radeon HD 7750 iSilence 5 Graphics Card
HIS is ready with a fanless Radeon HD 7750 graphics card that utilizes the company's iSilence 5 cooling solution, which is used on the recently-launched HD 6670 iSilence 5. The cooler consists of a swanky-looking aluminum fin stack to which heat is conveyed by four 8 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heat pipes, which make direct contact with the GPU die. The heat is then passively
Book News - 15May2012 - Library ebook Loans
Pay us for library ebook loans, say authors
Many writers rely on income from library loans, says the Society of Authors, in calling for digital books to be included in PLR scheme
'There is no difference between ebooks and print books' … Lindsey Davis, of the Society of Authors. Photograph: Bloomberg
Authors are calling on the government to remunerate them when their ebooks are lent from libraries, calling
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Book News - 21June2012 - The Schemer [Paperback] Kimberley Chambers
Kimberley Chambers is the type of author that my wife drools over. Its on my prezzie list for her.
The heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery.
It’s 1983 and Stephanie Crouch’s life is dull. She is desperate to escape the run-down, pokey council house she shares with her overbearing family, but at fourteen years old she has nowhere to go.
When Stephanie meets East End wide-boy Barry, his cockney charm and quick
Book News – 14May2012 – Crystalfire (The Demonslayers) [Mass Market Paperback & Kindle]
Every day I am presented with literally hundreds of titles to promote or not. I cannot get thru them in any logical way so I just flick thru the pages and pick ones that catch my eye. How an author gets to alert a publisher of his or her works is beyond me. Now for something a little different .. Of course if you are an author and want to send me a manuscript feel free.
The Demon King still lives, stronger than ever, devouring souls in search of immortality. Against him stands
Book News – 14May2012 – eBay Selling Success: Top tips from an expert eBay PowerSeller [Kindle Edition]
Here is one I have just purchased. Everyone who is thinking of selling anything on eBay should read this first.
Top tips from long-term PowerSeller and eBay expert Bob Pugh
The eBay marketplace can be daunting for the inexperienced seller and it can seem tough to go up against established PowerSellers. But it is possible for your business to compete successfully, and make a good profit, if you plan carefully, work efficiently and take the right approach.
To help you on your
Book News - 14May2012 - New Releases - Catch That Tiger Noel Botham , Bruce Montague
One for the specialists and a bit of history I didn't know ...
Unleashed by Hitler in 1942, the German Tiger tank was by far the most powerful tank ever built at the time. The 60-ton monster could destroy any Allied tank from more than a mile away, and it soon became the most feared tank in the world. Desperate to discover the secret technology used in the Tiger's manufacture, Winston Churchill close a brilliant young army engineer, Major Doug Lidderdale, as his special agent. In
Book News - 14May2012 - Jiggly Boggly and the GOSH Monsters [Illustrated] [Paperback] Lisa Sainsbury
Wow. Monsters on the streets of London. It was ever like this when i was young. Help out Great Ormond Street Hospital and enjoy a good tale.
Join Jiggly Boggly as he explores the tunnels, streets and schools of London, visiting the secret homes of his marvelous Monsters... Jiggly Boggly is a Monster Caretaker with a forgetful streak. After misplacing his monster map, he begins to hear hums, howls and growls and soon knows it's time to pack his satchel and set out to find his monsters!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Books 13 May 2012 - Nanomedicine: Cancer, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Pulmonary and Inflammatory Diseases: 508 (Methods in Enzymology) [Hardcover]
Nanomedicine: Cancer, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Pulmonary and Inflammatory Diseases: 508 (Methods in Enzymology)
is probably not going to be a huge popular seller, but, did I tell you my son Paul has a Masters in Chemistry, Medical Chemistry and Pharmacology. This is the sort of tome that he would use for bedtime reading.
This volume in the "Methods in Enzymology" series comprehensively covers Cancer, Cardiovascular and the central nervous system of
Books 13 May 2012 - The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science
New Releases
And ( to start the sentence with "and" is very poor English I'm told but since I'm a Yorkshireman I don't care) on the 13th we have advertised as ready for release the following. Please remember this is not a guaranteed list. Publishers retailers and Uncle John Cobley and all can change their minds. Many will be available in The Kindle some will not and all will have different release dates for Hardback and Paperback.
The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science: The Very Best
The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science, Neil Downie the undisputed maestro of Saturday science
False Friends (The 9th Spider Shepherd Thriller) [Paperback]
The latest/next Spider Shepherd book from Stephen Leather
Release date: 22 November, 2012
and you heard about it from us first. This is the Paperback version Hardback lovers your release date is probably 2 August 2012. Several months earlier to allow for the publishers to make a profit on their advance.
The ninth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.
The most wanted man in the world is dead.
Now those loyal to him seek revenge.
When Navy Seals track down and
The most wanted man in the world is dead. Now those loyal to him seek revenge.
False Friends (The 9th Spider Shepherd Thriller) [Hardcover]
The latest/next Spider Sheperd book from Stephen Leather
Release date: August 2, 2012
and you heard about it from us first. This is the Hardbook version and for softback lovers you will have to wait until probably 22 November 2012
The ninth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.
The most wanted man in the world is dead.
Now those loyal to him seek revenge.
When Navy Seals track down and kill Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, it's obvious there was a traitor on the
Thursday, May 10, 2012
IT News - HP Unveils New Ultrabooks, "Sleekbooks"
More evidence of the new Ultrabooks on their way out.
HP Unveils New Ultrabooks, "Sleekbooks by Vivek Gowri
Posted in Mobile
At the 2012 Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai, HP announced a full slate of new thin-and-light and ultrabook systems, and we've gotten to go hands on with all of them.
The most important products of the lot are the new Envy ultrabooks and sleekbooks. Sleekbook is just a marketing term to describe notebooks that
Book News 10May12 -
Harry Potter has always been a popular subject for the Book News. Pottermore has now been running for a while and here is a report on the story so far:-
Pottermore: 3m pupils enrol at Hogwarts
Millions of fans have signed up to JK Rowling's digital experience to cast spells and fight duels, with more interactivity and The Chamber of Secrets promised 'soon'Potter more … The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in
Book News 10May12 -
Well I vote for Pratchett
Terry Pratchett and John Lanchester compete for Wodehouse prize
Post-crash tale of London life takes on Discworld novel in shortlist for books that capture PG Wodehouse's 'comic spirit'
John Lanchester's state of the nation novel Capital is in the running for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian
Hailed as the great
Book News 10May12 - The Marlowe Papers
I.m not really sure what I'm supposed to make of Marlowe so this is presented for your comment.
The Marlowe Papers: playing poetically with the playwright's murder
Literary dialogue comes in many forms – webs of allusion, reference and literary homage. And Ros Barber's new novel The Marlowe Papers takes this conversation to another level.
One of the secret pleasures of reading is watching books and writers
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
News 8May12 - The Mystery Writers of America have announced their Edgar Awards
Nice to see Booklist Online still going strong. Always worth popping in for a look. Here's a list of interesting reading. The Mystery Writers of America have announced their Edgar Awards .....
The Mystery Writers of America have announced their Edgar Awards for 2012 for the best writing from 2011. They are:
BEST NOVEL: Gone by Mo Hayder
News 8May12 - AAAGGGHHHH More on Obama
In the UK we have never really hit it off with Obama. Patronising twerp is probably the nicest thing I've heard lately. It's probably unfair and not a balanced judgement but and its a large but it's how he comes over. With Blair and Bush we knew where we were. Two born self publishing self agrandizing liars. But who is Obama. I only have to type his name to start getting bored Yawn.... zzzzz
The scramble to dig up any piece of salacious dirt, gossip, or innuendo
News - 8May12 - HR Advice
This one amused me. If you have five minutes it is a must read. I worry about Americans I really do. Please tell me none of this is true. Opinions/comments please.
Here's Why Your Best Employees Keep Leaving Your Company
Liza Garrido
Here are some reasons people will leave your company that you may have never ever thought about…
1. You have ignored them.
Paying no
Home
Changing things over after several years is a bit of a problem to say the least. Still we will persevere. We have over 250 sites from all over the world with links to us. Thanks fellas. Let me know who you are and Ill see if we cant link back to you.
Keywords that the search engines like are always of interest to us. They allow us to provide the material you are looking for.
As things stand at the moment when you reach a Category title like HARD DRIVE - SAMSUNG there is probably a blank
IT News 8May12 - Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p
Lenovo Tees Up for Business Computing with "Golf Ball-Wide" Sized Desktop LLE
The more elderly amongst us will remember that we have been hear before. Supersmall powerful desktops. Anyone remember Tiny Computers? Small is not always wonderful so lets hold off on the party until time has told...
Lenovo today announced its new ThinkCentre M92p "tiny" desktop PC, the industry's first Intel vPro enabled one-litre desktop
Monday, May 07, 2012
IT News
Here is a quick look from the market news
Intel(INTC) has seen tremendous growth over the past couple of decades, thanks to the proliferation of the personal computer and the firm's dominant position in x86 microprocessors. As the world's largest semiconductor company, Intel is an undisputed tech titan, but not all has been smooth sailing recently. The emergence of smartphones and tablets has raised questions about the future of the PC market, but more important, it
Book News 07May12 - Ice Palace Robert Swindells
You will have come to realise that I like books for the younger audience. Starjik sounds like a great guy but as a baddy things cannot go his way now can they.
Ice Palace (Young Puffin)by Robert Swindells
It's winter again and Starjik and his wolves start coming into Ivan's village every night, but when everyone wakes up in the morning, a child is always missing. One sad day, it's Ivan's beloved
Sunday, May 06, 2012
How To Make A Travel Experience A Positive One
While traveling is commonly associated with relaxation, a trip can bring on a lot of stress. From worrying about hotel stays to dealing with getting to the destination, it sometimes seems as though every aspect of travel is overwhelming. This article will give you advice on how to deal with those stresses and enjoy your time away.Plan your vacation early and use the time to sign up for newsletters from hotels, car rentals and airlines. Use a junk email account to handle the potential clutter
Great For Coupons
They\'re pretty sturdy and does the job. Well I received my product as expected in a timely manner. They work great for the use I had for them. Small difference but can throw off your collection. When I tried to find a way to contact the seller I couldn\'t - I could only return the items for a refund. You can fit 18 cards in a page (9 pockets, but visible on back).
My son is using them to keep track of his merit badges and other advancements in Boy Scouts. They are a very good quality,
Great For Coupons
They\'re pretty sturdy and does the job. Well I received my product as expected in a timely manner. They work great for the use I had for them. Small difference but can throw off your collection. When I tried to find a way to contact the seller I couldn\'t - I could only return the items for a refund. You can fit 18 cards in a page (9 pockets, but visible on back).
My son is using them to keep track of his merit badges and other advancements in Boy Scouts. They are a very good quality,
Advice For Buying A Kindle USB Cord
There was a time when if you wanted to read while travelling you had to think about what amount of books to take with you and what ones to leave behind. Now with electronic readers you can have hundreds of them available to you. In order to get the most from your electronic reader you need suitable accessories such as the Kindle USB cord.
Over time these can become worn and so may need to be replaced. In some cases the electronic reader may not come with this kind of cord. Therefore you
Advice For Buying A Kindle USB Cord
There was a time when if you wanted to read while travelling you had to think about what amount of books to take with you and what ones to leave behind. Now with electronic readers you can have hundreds of them available to you. In order to get the most from your electronic reader you need suitable accessories such as the Kindle USB cord.
Over time these can become worn and so may need to be replaced. In some cases the electronic reader may not come with this kind of cord. Therefore you
Book News 06May12 - More Mire on Murdoch
Ah well it had to happen. No sooner the scandle than the book deal. I take a very jaundiced view about Mr Watson et al., MP's in general have been proven to be a pretty sleezy lot. This scandle has driven the new expenses revelations into touch and just after they all clammered about having their phones hacked. The shame of having an un hacked phone.The muck here seems to be spread thinly across all partys and ranks equally the motto being ... "Oh a trough lets get our
Book News 2012-4-5 Abe Books
I wondered what was happening over at Abe Books. Here is there declared Bestsellers List for April. Funnily enough apart from George R.R. Martin there was not a lot to interest me personaly. Have a look. See what you think. Let me know. Anyone from Abe Books reading?
Abe Books bestsellers April 2012
Top 10 bestselling signed books on AbeBooks
1. City of Bohane by Kevin Barry
2. Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
3. The Lifeboat
Saturday, May 05, 2012
AMD News 5May12
Nice to see a woman geeting on in the IT Industry.
AMD Appoints Colette LaForce as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
AMD announced today that Colette LaForce, 39, will join the company as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read. In her new role, LaForce will lead global integrated marketing for AMD, including marketing strategy, branding, internal and external communications,
Booki News 7May12
Here is the first of several review I found by Admiral Naismith. Its nice to see before you purchase
Bookpost, April 2012
Red Harvest, by Dashiell Hammett
The city wasn’t pretty. Most of its builders had gone in for gaudiness. Maybe they had been successful at first. Since then the smelters whose brick stacks stuck up tall against a gloomy mountain to the south had yellow-smoked everything into uniform dinginess. The result was an ugly city of forty
Book News - 5 May12- Writers and royalty payments
I think this is self evident. I too think it important and am echoing it in full. All Writers or Authors please read. Incidentally I would love to publish replys from Authors, Writers, and especial Editors and Publishing houses. Wghat have they to say in rebuttal to this foul ...........
Kris Rusch is having issues with malware attacks on her sites, and I find her post important enough to echo it here and over at Mad Genius Club.
The Business Rusch: Royalty
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
IT News 02May2012 -The newest line of enterprise-grade Pentium processors
Todays news is a release from Intel. It plans to release two enterprise grade Pentium Processors. So its up to AMD to ramain at the top.
Intel Plans Two Enterprise-Grade Pentium LGA1356 Processors
Intel is planning to launch its newest line of enterprise-grade Pentium processors. A little later this year, Intel will launch Xeon E5-4600 processors which are built in the LGA2011 package, and support quad-socket servers, followed by Xeon E5-2400, which will be built in
Book News 02May12 - Wine Women and D’Artagnan
I hate latin tags but I suppose in this case it works. Beethoven's B-flat major leaves me totally unmoved but whatever rings your bell.
The Juice: Vinous Veritas by Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney can almost be forgiven for bragging about wine, women and car
Wine's a tease: it makes you want to talk about it and then a lot of what you say is nonsense. That's understandable, excusable, even
Book News - Self Publishing with Awesome Indies and Rock*It Reads
Book Publishing is as most of us know a lottery. It's much simpler standing out in a sunny day waiting for lightining to strike.
Author collectives signal a new chapter for self-publishing
With online groups working to sift out the hidden gems, and a New York co-operative instituting a 'seal of quality', is the world of independent publishing finally getting organised.
Novel idea … author Amanda Hocking, who has sold over a
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
IT News 01may12 - Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook
I publish this for those of you who for some reason don't want a ACER5560G. I use one so so should you..
Dell Says it Can't Build Enough XPS 13 Ultrabooks
by Kevin Parrish - source: CNET
Dell is having trouble metting the high demand of its XPS 13 Ultrabook.
Sam Burd, vice president of Dell's Consumer and SMB (small and medium business) product group, said that
Book News 1May 2012 - The Barnes & Noble-Microsoft tie-up
Did I tell you about the time Microsot threatened to sue me? I should have let them and got my $300 Million!!
Microsoft invests $300m in Barnes & Noble's Nook ebook business
Barnes & Noble shares soar as deal with software giant eases fears that bookseller lacks capital to compete with Amazon
The Barnes & Noble-Microsoft tie-up sent the bookseller's shares nearly 80% in US morning trading. Photograph: Spencer
Book News Harry Potter 1 May 2012
I found an entire page of links for the Harry Potter fanatics. Have a look at some of these
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Book Review
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Movie Review
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Trivia Quiz
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Computer Game Profile
Compare Prices for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Best Young Adult Books for
Monday, April 30, 2012
Technical IT - a dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690
A rival for the AMD's Radeon HD 7800 series has to be seen first. I myself will happily bet on the Radeon. What are your thoughts on the matter.
Third GK104-based Single GPU Graphics Card SKU Detailed
After GeForce GTX 680, which has all components of the 28 nm GK104 enabled, a dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690, which features two of these chips, and the GeForce GTX 670, NVIDIA is readying its third single-GPU GK104-based SKU. We
Book News 30April2012 - Exxon Mobil and American Power
Many thanks to the NYT - The Times for this mention of what I'm sure will be a best seller across the globe. We have all wondered. Did you see that profit figure Thirty Six BILLION!! Can this be healthy within any state.
‘Private Empire,’ Steve Coll’s Book on Exxon Mobil
By DWIGHT GARNER
Published: April 26, 2012
The cover of “Private Empire,” Steve Coll’s new book about the Exxon Mobil
book news 30Apr12 - Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Now I found this by accident whilst trolling the internet. This sounds like a must get book for us wrinklies who keep forgetting nouns etc.,
In Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, author Joshua Foer writes about how he went from being an internet journalist assigned to cover this event to becoming a competitor in one, one year later. This is one of the most interesting accounts of participatory journalism ever told.
But the book is much much
Sunday, April 29, 2012
CPU's This Weekend
This Sunday an excert from anandtech.com for you. This looks like it could be a very tasty piece of kit for the serious player .......
The Monster 1.0 isn’t just about stuffing the latest and greatest parts into a small form factor. Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processor is socket compatible with Sandy Bridge chips, and since there are no dual-core IVB offerings right now Eurocom offers the Monster with either dual-core SNB or quad-core IVB—though you’ll
Book News 29Apr12 Sara A Hoyt and Baen Books
Looking thru as I do I found a list of free chapters going as tasters. I haven't reproduced them in full here as I haven't the room. Full credits are show below. Sara A Hoyt is well worth watching. The same goes for Baen Books. Follw the more reading for er... more reading
Darkship Renegades
Sarah A Hoyt
Baen – December 2012
Out of the Frying Pan
I was a princess from Earth and he was a rogue spaceman from a mythical world. He saved my life three
Saturday, April 28, 2012
AMD & Intel News
Some interesting reading for the investment clubs. More on the Ivy Bridge as and when it hits the news. Remember you heard it here second!
Recently, Intel (INTC) has proven itself to be a leader in its field, in more aspects than one.
In order to move with the times, Intel has created a new generation of chips, and very recently it announced that these chips would be available in its new PCs. The chips, referred to as "Ivy Bridge"
Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden
It had to happen --- A book on arch criminal and allround hate figue bin Laden. I'm not sure that I wish to hear anymore about this man so it is unlikely that I will purchase it myself but, in the interests of fairness for which he was well known, here is a review. Enjoy ... or not.
Not only was family life a source of solace for Osama bin Laden, the former al Qaeda leader strongly believed polygamy was a religious obligation. These are two of the revelations in Peter
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Book News 25 April 12
Three Books of totally different styles and subjects. The first is fairly typical Guardian choice. Personally I feel sorry for Don Bartlet but it would appear that he did a good job!
Do you really wish to 'get skinnier than all your friends'? If so then our second choice (another Guardian) is for you .....
Number three Gone by Michael Grant - review is my choice for the day. I just love a fantasy with a touch of .... and a jot of
IT News - 25April12 - Ultrabooks Without Optical Drives?
HP, Dell and Asus Consider Ultrabooks without Optical Drives
6:30 AM - April 25, 2012 by Douglas Perry - source: Digitimes
Notebook makers are anticipating the launch of the next generation of MacBook Pros and apparently are planning their product strategy around Apple's success or failure.
Rumors suggest that Apple will eliminate optical disc drives from the standard feature set and offer external drives as an
Book News 25 April 12
Three Books of totally different styles and subjects. The first is fairly typical Guardian choice. Personally I feel sorry for Don Bartlet but it would appear that he did a good job!
Do you really wish to 'get skinnier than all your friends'? If so then our second choice (another Guardian) is for you .....
Number three Gone by Michael Grant - review is my choice for the day. I just love a fantasy with a touch of .... and a jot of
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Book News
Now. Born in Yorkshire quite near Leeds I remember it from fifty years ago. This is the story of the man responsible for a large part of its change.
The story of a city by its modest modern guardian
John Thorp has not been able to prevent all carbuncles from wrinkling the face of Leeds. But his role as the UK's last Civic Architect shines through a long-awaited boo
John Thorp's elegant
Intel News
Is this yet another Intel OOps. It wouldn't be the first. Anyone remember the chip that had trouble doing maths?
Rumored Ivy Bridge Production Woes, Intel Denies Shortages
April 23, 2012 by Douglas Perry - source: Digitimes
Today's Intel Ivy Bridge launch has been accompanied by rumors that production issues may be responsible for a very limited supply of processors initially.
The
Intel News
Is this yet another Intel OOps. It wouldn't be the first. Anyone remember the chip that had trouble doing maths?
Rumored Ivy Bridge Production Woes, Intel Denies Shortages
April 23, 2012 by Douglas Perry - source: Digitimes
Today's Intel Ivy Bridge launch has been accompanied by rumors that production issues may be responsible for a very limited supply of processors initially.
The
Book News
Now. Born in Yorkshire quite near Leeds I remember it from fifty years ago. This is the story of the man responsible for a large part of its change.
The story of a city by its modest modern guardian
John Thorp has not been able to prevent all carbuncles from wrinkling the face of Leeds. But his role as the UK's last Civic Architect shines through a long-awaited boo
John Thorp's elegant
Monday, April 23, 2012
World Book Night
This is mandantory for all our readers. Random House have been very good to us. Support them and World Book Night.
World Book Night
Will you be joining in with the festivities of World Book Night? Thousands of volunteers across the UK, Ireland, Germany and USA will be sharing their passion for reading and books by helping give out 1,000,000 books. This year, 25 titles have been chosen in total and many great Random House authors are featured such as Terry Pratchett, Sophie
World Book Night
This is mandantory for all our readers. Random House have been very good to us. Support them and World Book Night.
One Million Books!
Will you be joining in with the festivities of World Book Night? Thousands of volunteers across the UK, Ireland, Germany and USA will be sharing their passion for reading and books by helping give out 1,000,000 books. This year, 25 titles have been chosen in total and many great Random House authors are featured such as Terry Pratchett, Sophie
Book News
Book Review: Intruder by C.J. Cherryh
In Intruder, the political machinations continue as Bren works toward creating a lasting trade agreement (and hopefully peace) between the Western Association and the Marid, and the Marid and Ilisidi’s Eastern district. This is a very complicated tangle made even more complicated by Machigi, the lord of the Marid giving Bren a letter revealing a number of things about what had been going on behind the scenes in Deceiver and Betrayer.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
AMD
More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680
Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced
For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and
AMD
More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680
Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced
For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and
AMD
More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680
Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced
For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and
World Domination now aim for Google
Look what came our way this morning. Google having learnt how it's done from Microsoft is after another victim. Not capitalism at it's best. Good luck to AMD and the worried workforce.
AMD and Google in Race to Buy Out MIPS
AMD and Google are locked in a race to buy out MIPS, an application processor architecture designer competitive to ARM. AMD comes from a decades old presence in the microprocessor industry, while Google is a satrap with smartphones, tablets, and
ASUS Motherboards
This may or may not be bad news. What do you think??
ASUS To Completely End Manufacturing of its Motherboards, Notebooks by Pegatron
ASUS and Pegatron are headed for a complete split as far as motherboards and notebooks are concerned. Following reports of ASUSTek divesting in its former part and partner after split, Pegatron, ASUS plans to end manufacturing of its motherboards by it. ASUS will find other ODMs, such as Cal-Comp, ECS, Global-Brands
London in the Eighteenth Century by Jerry White
If there was ever a Review that strongly told me to go out and buy a book then this is it. The Review itself reads like as fast paced novel. First go to the Guardian and read the whole review. Then buy the book. Then leave a comment for all to see.
London in the Eighteenth Century by Jerry White - review
London lives, magnificent and squalid
Engraving of shipping on the Thames near London Bridge, circa 1750.
ASUS Motherboards
This may or may not be bad news. What do you think??
ASUS To Completely End Manufacturing of its Motherboards, Notebooks by Pegatron
ASUS and Pegatron are headed for a complete split as far as motherboards and notebooks are concerned. Following reports of ASUSTek divesting in its former part and partner after split, Pegatron, ASUS plans to end manufacturing of its motherboards by it. ASUS will find other ODMs, such as Cal-Comp, ECS, Global-Brands
Book News
Rodney King's book The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption is due out on April 24th. In anticipation of the book's publication and the 20 year anniversary of the L.A. riots, King will sit down and talk with KPCC radio host and L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison at the LA Festival of Books this weekend.
If King has become a symbol in L.A.'s long and complicated history of race, justice and social change, then Morrison could be the lexicon where
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Biographies of Persian Poets
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by theSale Price:$13.85Read
Biography amd Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson
This book, "Biography amd Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson", by Washington Irving, is a replication. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.Sale Price:$35.95Read
Sir Robert Peel: In Early Life, 1788-1812; As Irish Secretary, 1812-1818; Amd As Secretary of State, 1822-1827. from His Private Correspondence, Volume 2
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,Sale Price:$25.22Read
Die Kriege Friedrichs Des Grossen: Th. Der Siebenjährige Krieg. 1756-1763. 1. Bd. Pirna Und Lobositz, Amd Atlas of Maps. 2. Bd. Prag. 3. Bd. Kolin. 4. ... Leuthen. 7. Bd. Olmütz Und C (German Edition)
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,Sale Price:$19.02Read
Nila and Bill
This is the real life story of Nila and Bill, two high tech spies who took process technology, including the state-of-the-art Pentium, from world-class chip makers Advanced Micro Devices and Intel Corporation and distributed it to Cuba, the SovietSale Price:$12.00Read
World Domination now aim for Google
AMD and Google in Race to Buy Out MIPS
AMD and Google are locked in a race to buy out MIPS, an application processor architecture designer competitive to ARM. AMD comes from a decades old presence in the microprocessor industry, while Google is a satrap with smartphones, tablets, and other mobile computing devices thanks to its Android operatingsystem. With Microsoft opening up to ARM architecture with Windows 8 RT, it is in Google's interests to hedge its bets on an
New Books on Harry Potter
I'm afraid my addiction to all things Potter is showing. Even so perhaps an encyclopedia is taking things a bit far. What next a Guardian sponsored BA in Magical Means? Still here is the latest from the Guardian. Read More
Harry Potter encyclopedia in progress, says JK Rowling
Flummoxed by flobberworms? Fear not, the author has started work on the long-promised encyclopedia of Harry's world, with royalties to be donated to
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
AMD
More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680
Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced
For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and
Monday, April 16, 2012
Keyphrases used
We had PM asking what search phrases people were using to find information within the site.
Here is a list from yesterdays's logs. I wouldn't take them too much to heart as they change daily and from month to month and season to season.
For instance at Xmas its going to be books on how to cook a Turkey or gifts for loved ones.
books like perfect chemistry
restaurant cutlery presentation
best food presentation book
books like perfect
14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip
Intel strike again and lead the field . The race for total integration continues. What next the "Posiotronic Brain" Not in my lifetime but perhaps in yours ....
14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip (SoC)
With the 14 nm "Broadwell" architecture, Intel will take a new step towards integration of the platform-controller hub (PCH) with the CPU, by designing it to be a multi-chip module (with the CPU+northbridge in one die, and PCH on the other).
It began with transfer of memory controller from northbridge to CPU die (45 nm
14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip
Intel strike again and lead the field . The race for total integration continues. What next the "Posiotronic Brain" Not in my lifetime but perhaps in yours ....
14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip (SoC)
With the 14 nm "Broadwell" architecture, Intel will take a new step towards integration of the platform-controller hub (PCH) with the CPU, by designing it to be a multi-chip module (with the CPU+northbridge in one die, and PCH on the other). This would make
Pottermore opens to Muggles
And look what I spotted whilst trawling thru the net. It would seem to be official athough your author had no luck first thing this morning. Still. Senior Citizens often have to queue....
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Pottermore, The Harry Potter Official Website,
Tech News
I don't think this need much of an intro good news/bad news depends where or even if your money is invested. After the fuss in the UK over Bankers Pay one wonders what will happen if they get to hear about pay within the top American Technical groups?
Its a week to keep your eyes open!
A Complete Checklist For This Week's Big Earnings Announcements
Eric
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Book News
Its the weekend so I have the time to look for jems amongst the news. "First Book" always catches my eye at least within the main niches I support. Available here
Nocturnal Origins is the first book in the Nocturnal Lives series. When I was shopping it around to agents and publishers, I had to try to figure out how to frame it. Was it urban fantasy (now called contemporary fantasy by some)? Was it mystery or suspense? Was it paranormal romance or just
AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970
AMD Radeon HD 7900, HD 7700 Series Price Cuts En Route:
Despite losing its competitive edge to NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680, for various reasons AMD was rather slow in adjusting prices of its Radeon HD 7900 series SKUs, the HD 7970 and HD 7950. We are now learning that AMD is preparing the first round of price cuts for its flagship lineup, since the advent of NVIDIA's Kepler architecture.
A Kitguru report pits price cuts of
Saturday, April 14, 2012
The latest AMD FirePro professional graphics cards
I'm not sure that I understand this, but I think it means that AMD once again has the edge on its competitors in the high performance graphic card market. I havent seen any prices. I don't think I will be testing it unlesws AMD send me a test card. (Hint Hint)
AMD and PTC Team Up to Provide Advanced Graphics Performance in Creo Parametric 2.0
AMD today announced its collaboration with PTC, a leading provider of product development software
Thank God Vista is dead.
Its official Vista dies today.
Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support for Vista Today, Support for XP will end in 2014
Microsoft Windows Vista is out of "mainstream support " from today. Users will continue to have free access to security updates, but those without a commercial support contract will have to pay for bug fixes or other patches.
This phase between end of mainstream support and end of all support is called "extended support", and for
News 14 April2012
And again from the Guardian an excellent review of the books surrounding the Titanic anniversary. I myself get a little fed up with the amount of coverage given. Certainly within televison programming. Cheap TV. Still that does not count where the newspapers are concerned. There is still a chance for us. Comment away and follow the link below to the origional and full article.
Titanic Lives by Richard Davenport-Hines – review
A survey of some of the many
The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit
And where are you in this argument? It will ultimately effect all of us who read or write books. Wether you love them or hate them now is tthe time to add your comments below.
The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit has terrifying implications
If Apple loses the US case for alleged price fixing, Amazon will be left in sole charge of the publishing industryIt's easy to see the positive in the Department of Justice's decision to file a lawsuit against publishers
Intel® Processors - In General
It should be remembered that when Intel say "family" they mean a collection of processors not Mother Father and two children. Some chips in an Intel family cost a breathtaking FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. Fortunately there are others ( the majority ) that cost a good deal less....
To save time effort and money (for you) most of the data text etc on this page is blatantly stolen from Intel@ with only minor alterations by myself to improve readability.
Intel and AMD have always had a somewhat up
Intel® Processors - In General
It should be remembered that when Intel say "family" they mean a collection of processors not Mother Father and two children. Some chips in an Intel family cost a breathtaking FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. Fortunately there are others ( the majority ) that cost a good deal less....
To save time effort and money (for you) most of the data text etc on this page is blatantly stolen from Intel@ with only minor alterations by myself to improve readability.
Intel and AMD have always had a somewhat up
AMD 1( Click Here)
This is the page that I have been waiting for, or at least it was until I found out how many there were to do.
The SHORT List:
Dual-Core AMD Opteron (16)
AMD Athlon II X4 (11)
AMD Opteron (10)
Six-Core AMD Opteron (10)
AMD Athlon II X3 (9)
Quad-Core AMD Opteron (9)
AMD Phenom II X6 Black (7)
AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor (6)
AMD Athlon II X2 (4)
AMD Phenom II X4 (4)
AMD Phenom II X6 (4)
AMD Sempron (4)
AMD Dual-Core A4-Series APU For Desktops (3)
AMD Opteron 4100 Series
Gigabyte Motherboards - The G1 Sniper
G1.Sniper - 1366 Socket - X58 Chipset - ATX (Ref: G1.SNIPER)
I've been thinking a good deal about motherboards recently. Its sometime since my personal (Midi Tower) computer was built. Probably four years now. Asus were my favorites for may many years and I have no real reason for looking at another manufacturer. When we were dealing with "live" products we used to sell an awful number of Gigabyte of all shapes and sizes. Many in bundles and many at rock bottom prices.
Not so with
Western Digital
I confess I haven't used many Western Digital Hard drives during my career. One tends to stick with a manufacturer one trusts especially when spending thousands of pounds of a clients money.
The usual stories abound for those who wish to search for them. Western Digital are the finest hard drive manufacturer at large to Western Digital hard drives suck. The truth has to be somewhere in the middle for them to have been in business for the length of time that they have. I would love to see
Friday, April 13, 2012
LinkedIn - Worth it for you?
When it comes to building a presence online there are a good number of reasons why you should create a business profile on LinkedIn.
Firstly, LinkedIn is a business-focused social networking site. The majority of its members are online entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers, and all sorts of business-oriented individuals. This alone makes the social site a must-have. If you are not building your presence on it, then you are missing out on a lot of business opportunities.
Whether you
The Easter SF Conference
Of course no one told me it was at the Radisson Edwardian hotel in Heathrow or even when it was. Perhaps someone will tell me in time for next years show. You have to admire George RR Martin with his money most would not have his down to earth flair and be as friendly to his fans. Rumor has it that there are still TWO more books to come yet. Watch this page
"Eastercon is the biggest date in the UK SF/fantasy convention calendar, and moves location each year
Apple and the email scandle
Apple accused by US of colluding with publishers to fix price of ebooks
The News of The Day has to be the truely amazing story of Apple, the US Justice department and ebooks. As a major purchaser of ebooks thse days I'm not amused to hear that one of the biggest companys in the world is ripping me ( a senior citizen) off.
But it isn't just Apple Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster are all
Vampires Dracula and The Guardian no less.
Yessss I know I keep quoting from the Guardian but this is too good to miss....
The first mention of Bram Stoker's Dracula in The Guardian came in its Books Of The Week round-up on 15 June 1897. It's worth quoting in full:
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Buy it from the Guardian bookshop
Tell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book
A writer who attempts in the nineteenth century to rehabilitate the ancient legends of the were-wolf and the vampire has set himself a formidable
Its Friday the 13th Sci-Fi
Something borrowed something blue... I think we've had the blue so here is a short borrowed. Follow the links for more info on the shorts described below. Review Authors info in the Bio
So, on to the stories…
Summary of Story #1: No Earthly Ship -
This is a simple sci-fi adventure/romance. The action apparently takes place on an alien planet where blood is blue, people come in different colors, and shape-shifters hide in plain sight. There are two different
Book News - Sword & Blood
Don't you just love freebies and free vampire stories at that. This one courtesy of Sarah J Hoyt is well worth a read if you are into the genre. Nothing better to start the day and get the blood moving.
Sword & Blood: The Vampire Musketeers
*If you don’t read vampires, please don’t read further. Also, fair warning because this blog is normally PG — there is EXPLICIT sexual stuff in the prologue (not quite sex) — so if you
Friday, November 09, 2007
Senior Citizens Health - Why Watch Birds
Senior Citizens Health - Why Watch Birds?
Because its Healthy. Bird watching has proved a pastime for senior citizens all over the world. Historically, they were considered to be omens and it was usually the most senior of senior citizens who was called upon to pronounce wether the omen was good or bad. Our ancesters believed that the flights and calls of birds could foretell the future.
Today, senior citizens are still used for this purpose but now modern thought takes changes in bird populations as a reflection of the health of the environment.
Birdwatching fulfills another basic instinct.The quest for knowledge. Birdwatching is about scholarship. Not just about birds' names, but about their songs, their behavior, and how they relate to the diaspora.
Amateur birdwatchers make real contributions to scientific knowledge. Much of what ornithology knows about birds has come from the observations of ordinary but dedicated birdewatchers. Some birds can be indicator species, like the USA's national bird, the bald eagle. They forecast environmental conditions.
Birds can be fascinating creatures. If you’ve never watched them before, just try for a few moments in the early morning light. Look at how they soar through the air. Listen to their morning songs. You can find great peace and great enlightenment in birds. How would you be able to truly enjoy these creatures unless you watched them? It’s time to get started in bird watching! Senior Citizens unite. Get healthy. Go birdwatching.
Philip
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