I always appreciate computer help

but remain a bit baffled by suggestions that the solution is to change my computer's OS. To me, it feels a bit like buying a new car because the tires on the old one were defective [1]. Most of what I have one this laptop does what I want when I want it to, after all.

I also have the (probably ignorant) impression Linux is a fine system for people who either know what they are doing with computers or who keep someone who does chained up in the basement, neither of which really describes me.

1: OK, I am talking about Win98 so perhaps that should read "buying a new car because the frame on the old was half-rusted when it rolled out of the factory and the gas tank explodes every time you use a word with the letter "e" in it."

I always appreciate computer help

but remain a bit baffled by suggestions that the solution is to change my computer's OS. To me, it feels a bit like buying a new car because the tires on the old one were defective [1]. Most of what I have one this laptop does what I want when I want it to, after all.

I also have the (probably ignorant) impression Linux is a fine system for people who either know what they are doing with computers or who keep someone who does chained up in the basement, neither of which really describes me.

1: OK, I am talking about Win98 so perhaps that should read "buying a new car because the frame on the old was half-rusted when it rolled out of the factory and the gas tank explodes every time you use a word with the letter "e" in it."

I always appreciate computer help

but remain a bit baffled by suggestions that the solution is to change my computer's OS. To me, it feels a bit like buying a new car because the tires on the old one were defective [1]. Most of what I have one this laptop does what I want when I want it to, after all.

I also have the (probably ignorant) impression Linux is a fine system for people who either know what they are doing with computers or who keep someone who does chained up in the basement, neither of which really describes me.

1: OK, I am talking about Win98 so perhaps that should read "buying a new car because the frame on the old was half-rusted when it rolled out of the factory and the gas tank explodes every time you use a word with the letter "e" in it."

Maps

Stellar maps are exactly the kind of thing e-books can do better than print. I wonder if anyone has A: put one in an e-book or 2: created a little web-site for the punters to browse maps in?

That is, concurently with the writing of the book, not something fans or the author did afterwards.

Maps

Stellar maps are exactly the kind of thing e-books can do better than print. I wonder if anyone has A: put one in an e-book or 2: created a little web-site for the punters to browse maps in?

That is, concurently with the writing of the book, not something fans or the author did afterwards.

Maps

Stellar maps are exactly the kind of thing e-books can do better than print. I wonder if anyone has A: put one in an e-book or 2: created a little web-site for the punters to browse maps in?

That is, concurently with the writing of the book, not something fans or the author did afterwards.

I have officially read too much fantasy

Because when someone mentioned "Nigellaware" in email to me, I didn't see "Nigella-ware", I saw a proper name that is probably pronounced Nighjellahwaray.

I have officially read too much fantasy

Because when someone mentioned "Nigellaware" in email to me, I didn't see "Nigella-ware", I saw a proper name that is probably pronounced Nighjellahwaray.

I have officially read too much fantasy

Because when someone mentioned "Nigellaware" in email to me, I didn't see "Nigella-ware", I saw a proper name that is probably pronounced Nighjellahwaray.

This may sound self-contradictory given what I do for a living

But I do not believe that good things result from authors replying to negative reviews.

This may sound self-contradictory given what I do for a living

But I do not believe that good things result from authors replying to negative reviews.

This may sound self-contradictory given what I do for a living

But I do not believe that good things result from authors replying to negative reviews.