Feed

Feed by M.T. Anderson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A new take on future dystopia where we are "targeted" by corporations and we can't go offline. I like the premise that we are constantly bombarded with messages, banners, and information. Not too far off from the current state of things where we are constantly checking Facebook status, Groupon deals, etc. The plot itself was fine using teenagers to guide the readers through this new world. But, I wish the book dwell deeper into the ramification of being connected and controlled by some unknown corporate/marketing entity.

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I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm definitely not the right audience or demographic for this book. Granted, there were several funny parts where I laughed out loud because I do enjoy the occasional potty humor. Other than that, I felt like I was reading someone's boastful diary. However, what make it worst for me was, knowing that all these stories are suppose to be true. I'm just glad that my world didn't and will not intersect with the worlds that belong to the author and his friends.

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Tech Toys, I Love Them

I have to confess, I love gadgets. It's a different type of love than what I have for my little girl and the Mister. Gadget love is not reciprocal but, I know it's love. I go to bed with one. I can't leave the house without one. Most of the time, I even have one with me in the bathroom. The only place that I'm not attached to some kind of gadget would be in the shower. That will change whenever things are are water proof.

Some examples of the technologies and gadgets I love:

Kindle: Ever since the Kindle and the Kindle app came along, I've read more books in the last year then the 5 years before that. The simplicity and the portability of having something so easy to use.

iPad: I do everything on this little awesome invention. I read, I watch TV, movies, photos, communicate, what do I not do with it? Not much. This is the little electronic lover that I bring with me to bed, the train, the bus, and the toilet.

HTC Aria: That's correct, not an iPhone. It's the Android platform. The phone itself is just more compact and a bit more geek. The Android platform has simpler multi-tasking. I suspect my beloved iPad will have a challenger soon.

Another of my new love is the OverDrive app. It's an app that hooks up with many public libraries. I can use it to read, checkout ebooks from my local library. It's saving me quite a bit of money.

And I just connected a wireless keyboard to the iPad via bluetooth. Now, I can type as fast as I want and not worry about getting good with touch typing. And, I get the entire iPad screen back.

Gadgets, I love you.

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