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Technology

Sideclick: the essential Roku accessory

I love gadgets and I love accessories almost as much. When I buy a new mobile phone, for example, I would just have to buy a leather case to go with it. And maybe an [...]
Technology

MagicJack Go: a Review

I was in a branch of Best Buy in Las Vegas about two weeks ago (January 2019) when I noticed MagicJack Go for sale. I had heard of the MagicJack VOIP service many years ago [...]
Entertainment

The Filipino Channel and GMA Pinoy TV together at last

The geek in me almost shrieked with delight when I discovered today that both The Filipino Channel (TFC) and GMA Pinoy TV are now on Roku, which means gone are the days when you had [...]
Technology

Hushed App: First Impressions

Hushed promises “end-to-end encrypted messaging and unlimited private disposable phone numbers, and SMS messaging”. It offers the ability to have a second or even several telephone numbers on your phone using the Hushed App, and [...]
Books

Classic Bedtime Stories by Scott Gustafson

Classic Bedtime Stories (ISBN 978-1579657604) is the third book of fairy tales by illustrator Scott Gustafson that I bought. Like the first two, Classic Fairy Tales and Classic Storybook Fables, this one is big, bright [...]

Classic Bedtime Stories by Scott Gustafson

14 November 2018

Classic Bedtime Stories (ISBN 978-1579657604) is the third book of fairy tales by illustrator Scott Gustafson that I bought. Like the first two, Classic Fairy Tales and Classic Storybook Fables, this one is big, bright […]

Through the Water Curtain and Other Tales from Around the World by Cornelia Funke

12 November 2018

I discovered this gem of a book while browsing the fairy tales section of Waterstones. Cornelia Funke’s name on the cover attracted me. I had read and enjoyed her Inkheart trilogy and The Thief Lord, […]

Classic Storybook Fables by Scott Gustafson

7 November 2018

I was so spellbound by Scott Gustafson’s Classic Fairy Tales that I immediately ordered two more of his collection of stories. One of them arrived today: Classic Storybook Fables (ISBN: 978-1579657048). It has the same […]

Classic Fairy Tales by Scott Gustafson

7 November 2018

I am always on the look out for a good book of fairy tales. There are numerous available today but most of them don’t appeal to me with their modern, often cartoony, illustrations. Most of […]

An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington

4 July 2018

An Echo of Things to Come is the second volume in The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington. Like the first volume A Shadow of What Was Lost, Echo is a hefty volume of more than […]

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

23 June 2018

The Shadow of What Was Lost is the first book in The Licanius Trilogy, written by first-time author James Islington who self-published the book until Orbit picked up the publishing rights. With almost 700 pages, […]