October 13, 2009
The Kindle US and International Wireless Reading Device has just been released by Amazon.com. The cost is $279. Books, and US and International magazine and newspaper purchases will be made through Amazon.com in US dollars. The Kindle has free wireless service, with good 3G coverage, so no need to locate Wi-Fi hotspots, wireless coverage in [...]
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November 21, 2008
Cartographer Stephan Hormes and his wife Silke Peust, inspired by the descriptive Middle Earth place names created by J.R.R. Tolkien, have produced an Atlas of True Names. They methodically researched the origins of place names and then translated them to English. New York City is New Wild Boar City, Malta is Isle of Honey, Baghdad [...]
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