by Russell Fuller | May 4, 2014 | Blogs, Essays, Featured, Leap and the net will appear, Russell Fuller
I was privileged to meet Carolyn Goodman in the early ‘70s when she came to visit her son David, one of our gaggle of 20-somethings who thought we could create a mostly self-sustaining community in the northern California mountains just beyond the long shadow of the...
by Russell Fuller | Mar 30, 2014 | Essays, Russell Fuller
Writing in the Houston Chronicle Tech Blog, Dwight Silverman’s post of March 25, 2014, should be of interest to all WARP Place members and contributors, as well as everyone who buys ebooks from Amazon: Amazon pays customers in e-book antitrust case, March 25,...
by Russell Fuller | Jan 27, 2014 | Essays, Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver (1938–1988) was an major American short story writer and poet of the late 20th century and a major force in the revitalization of the American short story in literature in the 1980s. Article: Raymond Carver interviewed by Mona Simpson, Lewis Buzbee,...
by Deja Dragovic | Jan 27, 2014 | arebelwithacause, Blogs, Deja Dragovic, Essays
In recent years there have been louder and wider warnings about energy conservation, urging everyone to minimize consumption of resources by reducing the need for excessive energy use. Still, we consume. Still, we demand. We shop mindlessly, rampantly, grabbing sales...
by Russell Fuller | Nov 19, 2013 | CNET, Essays
The most important things to know when shopping for a new laptop, hybrid, or Windows tablet. by Dan Ackerman, October 4, 2012, Updated: July 9, 2013 10:00 AM PDT While our laptop and mobile PC buying guide will give you the tools to go out and research,...
by Russell Fuller | Oct 26, 2013 | Essays, Laura Miller
When Amazon bought Goodreads it got a community of passionate readers, not all of whom want to follow the new rules With 20 million members (a number some have noted is close to the population of Australia) and a reputation as a place where readers meet to trade...