301media.com | A mixed media blog by David Baker

Update – 08-11-10 – ReadWriteWeb offered 5 reasons why paper books are better than eBooks. Kobo offers a host of free eBooks including every classic you’ll ever need to read. It’s been at least ten years since I first started thinking seriously about eBooks and getting excited about the idea.  I had a Palm Pilot [...]

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Now that the rain clouds have lifted (at least temporarily), I’m reminded of some of the perks of living in Oregon. var addthis_pub = ‘vinestress’; var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, digg, delicious, twitter, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’;

Sammy was cold when I found her this morning on the couch. There wasn’t shock or surprise…she’d been dying hard for the better part of a week. Mainly there was relief: I was thankful she was no longer suffering; I was grateful I didn’t have to watch her waste away any more; glad that I [...]

I work a full-time gig putting in plenty of extra hours. I’m not saying this to whine, only to point out that it takes time and effort to do a job as well as you can, and jobs are what pay the mortgage. I also turn out a script or two, squeezing in time at [...]

The hearth killed more poets than alcohol, according to William B. Yeats. But like Jim Harrison, I prefer intense domesticity. Or maybe that’s just what I say because that’s what I have and I’m of no mind to change it. I fully believe that any writer has to master the skill of capturing a sense [...]