- ‘Delivery apps’ obsession with star ratings is ruining lives’ by Max Kim for Rest of World
- ‘Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It’s Not Their Problem.’ by Stacy Cowley and Lananh Nguyen for The New York Times
- ‘Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong?’ by Eve Ettinger for Bustle
- ‘Steam Deck: The comprehensive Ars Technica review’ by Sam Machkovech for Ars Technica
- ‘On the Origin of the iPhone’ by John Gruber
packetcat reads 2022 Week 9 – Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Pages: 337
Purchased from: Kobo
I found this book tedious to read. While I appreciate the technical merits of the particular style the author is using and the way the buildup to the finale hits you, the journey to get there was quite unenjoyable. I found myself wanting the author to get to the damn point already.
I have another book by Kazuo Ishiguro in my wishlist at the moment, after reading this one I don’t think I want to read that one anytime soon.
What I’ve Read This Week (February 28 2022 to March 6 2022)
- ‘It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart’ by Jennifer Senior for The Atlantic
- ‘Miscellanea: Understanding the War in Ukraine’ by Bret Devereaux
- ‘David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71’ by Cade Metz for The New York Times
- ‘Here’s what actually happens to all your online shopping returns’ by Meaghan Tobin, Wency Chen and Abubakar Idris for Rest of World
- ‘One Bit to the Left – An IPv6 Success Story’ by Ewan Mackie for RIPE Labs
- ‘Venus and Serena Williams on Their Own Terms’ by Tressie McMillan Cottom for Harper’s Bazaar
- ‘The rise of prestige Chinese games’ by Khee Hoon Chan for Polygon
- ‘Babylon’s Fall review: a live disservice’ by Ed Thorn for Rock Paper Shotgun
Introducing Synthicator
For those of you who follow me on Mastodon or Twitter, you’ve likely seen this already but if you are one of those people who prefer RSS, this version of the announcement is for you.
I am super excited to announce the launch of my newsletter Synthicator. Synthicator is a newsletter about all things music and my feelings about music.
For the first time since I started writing things online publicly, I am launching a project where I directly ask people for money to motivate me to continue doing it. I was super nervous about this and I had a lot of self doubt in the preceding months where I was thinking about it.
But as the overused Wayne Gretzy quote says, you miss all the shots you don’t take so I am taking my shot at a paid newsletter, something I’ve never done before.
You can read the first post in the newsletter here. If you do become a paid subscriber, I am truly grateful.
packetcat reads 2022 Week 8 – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Pages: 549
Purchased from: Kobo
Ever think what would happen if there was a scifi story that combined The Martian and Arrival? Well it would be this book. I never actually read The Martian but the movie is one of the best scifi movies I’ve ever watched. One of the very few movies I actually watched in a movie theatre.
This book was one hell of a ride from start to finish. If you liked The Martian even a little bit, you should definitely read this. Apparently there is a movie in the works for this one as well. Looking forward to it!