2008 1

Reading books on a laptop

I have the habit of reading books on the screen. It’s something that started from the early 90s, when I got a copy of The MIT Guide to Lockpicking. Since I didn’t have access to a printer, I’d spent hours poring over the document on the screen. And then I discovered Project Gutenburg… I’ve heard many people ask if I have a problem with this. Personally, no. I’ve been staring at screens from the age of 12, and I’m quite used to it. My job requires me to stare at a screen for most of the day anyway. (I’m not saying there’s no a strain on the eye. My eyes are red at the end of the day. I don’t know if they would be less red if I’d been staring at paper instead of a screen. But my glasses have remained roughly the same power over ~15 years, so it’s probably not ruining my eyesight much.) For those who are like me who reads all the time and spends a lot of more time facing their laptops, you might want to check this sd card, a very good quality card that can be handy in the future. ...

2005 3

Libraries

I’m fairly stingy. When it comes to books, I’ve always taken it to extremes. For example, I’ve read several Asimov novels at Landmark (Chennai). I’d walk into the stoor, pick up an Asimov, just stand there (no seats) and read for 4 hours. After the neck-ache becomes unbearable, I’d leave and come back the next day. I got pretty tech-savvy once I got a laptop and a mobile phone. I would walk over to bookshops, note down the names of interesting books on my mobile, and download books in digital format. I’ve a pretty large collection now. ...

Fictionbook

Fictionbook.lib is a nice source of fiction (full-text). Mostly Russian. But if you check out your favourite author, maybe they have a few books. Comments Aditya Chaturvedi 7 Mar 2005 7:28 pm: Thanks Anand!! S Anand 8 Mar 2005 3:43 am: Quite welcome :-) S Anand 17 Mar 2005 9:42 am: Here are some more free ebooks mani 3 Apr 2007 5:06 am: hi.. i read a few books from fictionbook, like ‘Three Men in a boat’ and ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ etc Now i just cant find the same book there.. have they removed all english versions of novles, from that site?

Blog experiments

I’m trying a couple of experiments with my blog. One is a feed of sorts that shows recently updated blogs. I’m conducting a trial with a few blogs I read, on the right-side tab “Recently updated blogs”. The last 3 posts of the blogs updated within 3 days one-and-half days show up here (using their RSS feed). The other is creating an online catalog of digital resources I’ve encountered. Right now, I’ve put in books (fiction) I’ve read soft copies of on the right side tab “My fiction collection”. I’m planning to add non-fiction, music and movies. ...

2003 1

NAP books online

National Academies Press has 2,500 books online. Free.

2002 1

Changes to Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg explains some proposed changes in answer to a question on Slashdot.

2001 3

eBook sources

The Library of Congress has a collection of eBook sources.

Top 50 eBooks

Top 50 e-books in 2000. Actually, lots of eBooks have come out recently. eBookNet is a portal for eBooks. The ebook webring and eBooks Plus webring are other places to look for eBooks.

Free online science fiction

Free online science fiction at the Baen Library.