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Audible.com

May 29th, 2005 · 1 Comment

I’ve been a happy customer of audible.com for almost three years now, but today I cancelled my subscription. When trying to buy a book on my monthly subscription, six out of ten books that I looked at could not be purchased in my region. So they now divide up the world, just like they did [...]

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The kid stays in the picture!

November 20th, 2003 · 1 Comment

The Kid Stays in the Picture is a book by Robert Evans and his experiences in Hollywood producing some of the greatest movies of all time.

You have probably heard of the film Godfather. The book is nice to hear (I listened on my iPod) and the author is the narrator which gives it another dimension. But remember, if [...]

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Audible.com audio books

November 13th, 2003 · No Comments

If you have an iPod (and you should!) your not using it to it’s fullest potential. You need Audible.

you can download audio books directly from www.audible.com and they are opened in iTunes so you can download it to your iPod. Now I can listen to books when working. I have given up stressing in traffic jams, I just listen [...]

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Entering the culinary underbelly

November 5th, 2003 · No Comments

A friend of mine recommended a book to me. It’s called Kitchen Confidential. It’s about the author, Anthony Bourdain and his adventures in cooking. Great book. And nicely written. It’s always fun to read a book where the writer really cares about something, may it be food or anything else. Passion is cool.

If you read some of the [...]

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