Not Stonehenge

It’s not Stonehenge. But I spotted this from Gurney Drive around sunup a couple of days after the solstice. A few druids dancing around would have been good.

Penang summer solstice, 2019

The Penang summer solstice – yesterday was the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. I like to take a photo at dawn. But I forgot yesterday. So I have done the next best thing. I took the photos this morning.

ebook reader

My venerable Asus Slider tablet died. After eight years of sterling service. For the past few years I mainly used it as an ebook reader, using the Google Play Books app. But sometimes as a multi-language dictionary and for displaying Google Photos. Asus is a great brand. The problem with it now is that the battery refuses to charge.

And anyway, is it “ebook”, “eBook”, “Ebook” or “e-book”? Or even something else? This topic is covered here. Mostly people now write “email”. “ebook” is easier to type, and will probably eventually be the standard spelling, too. This is my logic. Thus this is what I’ll use here.

So, I need an new ebook reader.

The search for a new ebook reader – the Kindle?

I like to read outside – but it is too bright generally to read a tablet screen constantly.

I thought of a dedicated ebook reader. The display is e-ink – which is suitable for reading outside. And the batteries of an ebook reader last much longer than for a tablet. The two main choices are Amazon Kindle and the Kobo.

Gurney Wharf Project mid-2019

Here is a very short video and a few photos of the Gurney Wharf Project mid-2019.

It is hard to see them making progress. But I guess they are. So I suppose it is incremental. And I just don’t notice.

Mosquitoes are back!

Mosquitoes are back, unfortunately. Just then I went outside. I looked down at my bare leg. Ugh. A mosquito. I hit it immediately and that was it. An ex-mosquito. I’d killed it before it even had a chance to bite me.

Which reminds me of a funny conversation I had with a Japanese girl once in Tokyo many years ago. We were talking about James Bond and Sean Connery. And she said, “Sean Connery is killed.” At that time, the actor wasn’t so old. I was shocked. But it turned out what she was saying was, “Sean Connery is kilt”. Meaning he was wearing a kilt. Well, I found it amusing.