Interesting Links for 30-10-2016

Book Review: 'Agent of the Imperium', by Marc Miller

(tags: books review scifi )

A Brexit reality check in Stockholm

(tags: sweden uk europe viaNWhyte )

The Best Campaign Ad Ever

(tags: politics advertising funny video )

Watch thousands of books being re-shelved in a two minute time-lapse

(tags: books time video newyork )

Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for

(tags: apple wtf )

EU diplomats praise Scotland as ‘haven’ in wake of Brexit

(tags: scotland racism )

Seattle: Highest Minimum Wage, Lowest Unemployment Rate

(tags: minimumwage usa economics )

What Happens If Trump Refuses To Concede Election

(tags: satire elections politics usa )

You should totally come to Samhuinn

Just checked the weather:


On the other hand, the final rehearsal last night was good, it's going to be a lot of fun, and there will be fire and drums and dancing and performance, and if you like any of those things then you should totally be on the Royal Mile between 9pm and 11pm on Monday night.

Pictues from previous years.

The ebook industry is slowly collapsing in on itself

Back in March Nook shut itself down (in the UK) and transferred all of its book business to Sainsbury's ebook store.

And then Sainsbury announced that they would also be shutting down and handed off their business to Kobo.

Waterstones are out of the market, and Tesco likewise.

Which leaves Kobo and Google.

And Amazon, of course. But I would really like there to be a slightly competitive market, rather than Amazon owning it outright (currently it's around 75%, as far as I can tell).