Posts by jamiefer

Margaret Thatcher celebrates 85 years

Milk-snatcher

Dear Old Maggie, who, as you write, did so much for the British Coal industry - was of course great friends with Chile's benevolent, caring and compassionate* leader Pinochet.

Pinochet's brutal dictatorship combined with his laissez-faire economic style is certainly part of the reason for the utter lack of safety which led to the collapse of this mineshaft.

So, by association, it's Maggies fault.

The milk-snatching union-bashing polltax-grabbing pain in the ass.

Paris - cos she'd have loved to have had 33 miners in a hole.

*not really.

Amazon Kindle 3 e-book reader

Tie-in

Except it's neither tied to one store, nor to a specific format, as discussed in the comments section already.

Compatibility

Of course, you use something like Calibre to convert file types, and Amazon handily will convert all sorts of PDF and doc files into Kindle-ized documents, within minutes of you sending them an email.

The 3g version is probably worth it if you're the kind of person who would like to check the web on the way to work, rather than youtube - which isnt compatible. I find the guardian mobile sites, and my Uni course webpages display with perfect functionality.

The 3g also is useful for looking up further info, and as someone who lives and works and commutes in places that have no hotspots, it's a godsend. It's FREE INTERNET! (albeit B&W Internet).

But yeah, awesome, isn't it?

RIM: 'We don't need 200 fart apps'

Arnold J

Really? 'We don't need any fat apps' says a man who has a RIM job.

HAS HE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR ETC