Finnish author Leena Krohn has written a very interesting article about the relationship and future of literature and the internet where she compares reading and internet usage to space travel, since both activities are "like an astronaut floating weightlessly in space, out of contact with anything material."

Read the entire article here(link by ( Read more... )

I'll be continuing my travels today to my mother's, and since she doesn't have an internet connection, this means that I will be out of touch until sometime late next week when I go back to my home. Have a fun summer, everyone!

I searched the net to check if I could an even slightly newer version of Flash that my old Mac could use, and YES!!! I found it! I still want that newer Mac, because lots of programs on my computer aren't supported anymore, but this helps at least for a while until I can save enough to really get that new Mac (I recently saw that they had 12" ( Read more... )

This is extremely weird, but it appears my Visa Electron card does not work with Play.com, since they just declined my order for Fanaa. Dang.

But it does seem to work with some online retailers like YesAsia and CD Wow! (where I just ordered Fanaa, because I really want that film!). I haven't yet tried Amazon, but it'll be interesting to see what ( Read more... )

It seems my Visa Electron card works on YesAsia after all, since I just received a confirmation e-mail that my order has been shipped. Wonderful news ( Read more... )

I've finally got internet access at home. Yay! Yippee! *dances around ecstatically ( Read more... )

I've been too tired to update my LJ in the past few weeks. And since I don't yet have an internet connection at home, I'm forced to rely on the library's internet connection and most of the time there has been spent reading my e-mail and checking the various websites I follow regularly ( Read more... )

The weather has continued as very hot and sunny and I haven't really had energy to do anything constructive, like arranging stuff in my new flat, reading good books, etc. I've only been reading trashy romance anthologies that I got from Old Schoolfriend: 119. Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, Erin McCarthy, MaryJanice Davidson, Kayla Perrin, Morgan ( Read more... )

Does anyone on my f-list have extra Gmail invites? I'm interested in getting a Gmail account, but can't immediately think of anyone who might have them available.

ETA: Got an invite (and gmail account) now.

I'll be moving to a new apartment in the beginning of July - just this morning signed the papers for it. Yay ( Read more... )