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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It follows the story of Mr Okada, a seemingly ordinary fellow at the outset but his life becomes weirder and weirder as the story progresses. My favourite chunks were the stories of Lt Mamiya. It's kind of built up of different people's stories, all of which affect the protagonist and leads to his becoming much more self aware.
It's a somewhat quirky tale that is quite unlike anything I've ever read before. It grabbed a hold of my attention like a thief in the park and kept a hold of it until the end of the story. I normally read fantasy or sci-fi so this is a bit of a step outside the box for me and one that I'm very glad I took. I'm recommending this to pretty much everyone I know and for good reason.
Thanks to Steve Betz for the recommendation!
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I just don't seem to have any political views. I'm trying to care, but I just can't. I knew the iPhone was for me; I reviewed CPUs and heatsinks for weeks before deciding on the i7. I've even decided on my favourite size and shape and tonewoods for a guitar. But choosing who to vote for? It just seems so pointless. And I've got an eduction. What about the proles out there? How do they decide? Or is it easier for them? Just do what the Sun says? I'm going back to tech blogs and podcasts now. I may not even vote. Now that might be the best political decision I could make!
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This is a fairly new discovery for me, found through last.fm when listening to my favourite Russian band, Akvarium. They're called Night Snipers and this song is called Black Sun. I uploaded it for two friends of mine who I thought would like it since they like Apocalyptica (which I actually don't, but there you have it).
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Just finished the audio book of Stephen King's latest novel. It was very enjoyable, but I feel empty afterwards. Good entertainment but does not feed the soul. A throw-away page-turner.
The concept was very clever and the characters were wonderful and deep, as Stephen King's characters always are. That's what kept me going I think.
If you've enjoyed other Stephen King novels, chances are you'll enjoy this.
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Live Sync is a free Microsoft client that you can install on multiple computers. Then you can use your Live account to log in and syncronise folders over a LAN or the Internet. I've got all my photos in Lightroom tidied up and tagged and now they're syncing to Lorraine's iMac, my laptop and my mum's laptop. It really is great. Only thing to remember is that it's sync and not backup, so if a file is deleted on one computer, it's deleted on them ALL. So a backup is still necessary.
Mum is disabled -- pretty much paralyised -- so I've set up her 17" laptop with the screensaver pointing at her photos folder and she gets the new photos as I put them on my own PC. Clever, huh?
Lorraine is also using Lightroom now so she's got that all synced up too.
And finally, there is a Facebook plug-in for Lightroom!
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I've enjoyed John Irving's books for years now and this one just came out on Audible. It came at a perfect time for me. I kept it until we went our holidays to Tenerife in November and I started listening to it as I lay in the sun by the pool.
The book is the tale of Owen Meany narrated by his best friend, John Wheelwright. Owen is small and has a strange voice. It's really the tale of why he is small and why he has a strange voice, but it's so much more than that. The book moved me in a way that no other book ever has. I'm at a point in my life where my faith in God is developing and this book fits right into that. Owen believes in God and has a lot to say on the subject of religion.
One of John Irving's strong points is his character development. In all the books of his that I have read, I've found his characters to be fully 3-dimensional and believable. All are flawed, just as I am, and it makes the characters easy to relate to. I'm not sure whether I'm getting that across very well, but for those who've read Garp or a Widow for a Year, you'll know what I mean.
If only Audible would do more John Irving books. I'd be on them like a shot!
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