Joe's Random Ramblings

Exactly two months back, Barnes & Noble had a nice free e-book offer. The offered book was available for free download for one day. Unfortunately, that offer turned out to be a classic bait-and-switch. I downloaded the book shortly before midnight… more »

The Republican primaries for California governor have already become a mud fight. Steve Poizner is obviously becoming really desperate. In his trying to rally the Republican faithful, he is giving the Democrats a nice opening to win in November. His a… more »

Now that the Apple iPad is out, we see why Apple's entry in the e-book business is bad: They censor literature. As Boing-Boing shows, Apple doesn't like the fact that the whale in Melville's Moby Dick is a sperm whale... Apple: the right-wing, Christ… more »