Enhanced Editions found via James Hogwood Intrigued by this. A multimedia iphone ebook app that lets you switch between text, audio and video without losing your place. It all looks beautifully seamless. Despite the fact that I’ve never been one for audiobooks or ebooks, I’m seriously tempted to give this a go. But although I [...]

I love Thomas Pynchon. I love the richness of his prose. Each sentence feels important, as if cast from heavy metals. And I love how he makes no concession at all to the reader. There is no compromise in the arcaneness of his references, or the number of characters he’ll introduce and fleetingly re-introduce over [...]

As I was cycling home this evening, the bus that was pulling away on the other side of the road made a noise that sounded a bit like the echoing beep of a submarine’s radar. Or at least the sound that we associate with submarines’ radar, thanks to a whole genre of war films. And [...]

I passed the site where the Shard is being built last week. At the moment they’re still clearing the site. It’s a fantastic melting pot of destructive energy, with a team of diggers working in what seems like mechanical harmony to tear down the remaining stubs and corners of structure. Have a look: What this [...]

Just had one of those gorgeous tech epiphanies when you find out you can do something that you couldn’t do before that will improve your quality of life in a small but meaningful way. I’ve just been listening to a friend’s last.fm playlist wirelessy through the iTouch plugged into the stereo while doing the washing [...]