You’ll find it at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/13261/

I’d love to know if you use it, hate it, love it, whatever!

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

Follow the three R’s:
- Respect for self.
- Respect for others.
- Responsibility for all your actions.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone everyday.

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

Be gentle with the earth.

Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

The upside-down-ternet

Can’t wait!

Waterstone’s recently started promoting thier own eReader product as well, and I was sorely tempted. But in the end I walked away.

So how could I possibly not want eBooks?

It’s quite simple really. As an example, Waterstone’s are selling the new release, hardcover printed copy of Lee Child’s latest thriller for £9.59. This is a thick, heavy book. Trees were cut down to make it. It had to be printed, glued, bound, primped & preened, have glossy colour covers made up, transported from the printer to the distributors to the wholesalers to the central-purchase stores and eventually to the retail outlets, who need to find bulk-space to store it and shelf-space to display it, and lights and water and toilets and staff and and and… the list is endless. All of these things cost money. Fair enough. Just under a tenner for a new-release hardcover isn’t bad value, all things considered.

Now, the electronic version of the same book is £12.99. Selling and distributing the eBook carries NONE of the costs described above. Sure, there are some costs, such as getting the damn thing written in the first place, proofing, editing, and so on. But those are already incurred for the paper version. There’s the trivial cost of hosting the eBook, granted. Pennies per month, if anything. Other than that, every single copy sold is basically free money. Whether they sell one copy or one million copies, the cost of supply and distribution is static.

Why charge £3.40 more for the version that’s obviously a lot cheaper, Waterstone’s?

For purely common-sense economic reasons as outlined above, eBooks should be significantly cheaper than printed copies.

For environmental reasons, they should be significantly cheaper – if we use less paper, we kill less trees.

For convenience reasons, they should be cheaper! eBooks are understandbly DRM-protected, meaning that once I’ve bought a book, it can only be read on my reader. My wife and I have similar tastes in reading material, and I’ll often pass my latest book on to her once I’m finished with it. eBooks make this difficult – I’d have to pass over my eReader as well. As I said, this is understandable. But it’s a pain in the arse. I could put up with that pain if the electronic version was a lot cheaper than the paper one.

Waterstone’s will doubtless claim it’s not their fault, they are at the mercy of thier supplies who dictate pricing policies. Sorry, guys, that’s not acceptable. You are HUGE in the UK literary market, big enough to dictate terms to THEM. If you want people to buy your eBooks (and eReaders), take a firm stand and correct this ridiculous policy right away.

And please note: I’m not specifically picking on Waterstone’s. I don’t hate them. Quite the opposite, in fact. I’m sure other retailers have similarly stupid policies. Also: this is not a hand-picked example I went searching out to emphasise the problem, it’s a book I’m genuinely interested in.

References:
61 Hours – Hardcover
61 Hours – eBook

Henri, you blessed our lives in so many ways. You warmed our hearts and made us laugh. And now you’ve made us cry. But we’ll try to get past that, I know you’d hate us to be unhappy. So I’ll try to stop mourning your loss, and instead celebrate your life. Short though it was, you lived it to the max. You were a constant source of pleasure, from the day we got you. Your escape-artist skills earned you the nickname “Henri Houdini”, you were such a clever boy (anybody who thinks that lockable cat-flaps can keep a determined cat indoors: think again). You purred without fail whenever one of us was near, just because you loved us. The little chit-chat songs you used to sing were lovely. Your rolling-over-scratch-my-tummy-don’t-you-just-love-me act makes me smile in remembrance. You were and are an awesome specimen of cat-hood.

This video was taken on Sunday, just three days ago:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Be at peace.

We watched this place develop from an empty shop-front shell to a fully kitted-out restaurant, and finally went to visit tonight, a couple of weeks after they opened. Now I wouldn’t call myself an expert on Indian food, but I am partial to a good curry. And I’m here to tell you they serve a VERY good curry!

I had the Lamb Punjabi, and it was perfect. Nice ‘n spicy but amazingly full of flavour. Not just hot-hot-hot, loads of taste too. Precious few Indian chefs seem to be able to manage this; they’ll either make it mild-and-tasty, or hot-and-hot. I’m happy to report Aziz Khan found one of these precious few! Others around the table had Tandoori King Prawn, Chicken Korma and Lamb Biryani, and they were all as happy with theirs as I was with mine. Poppadums with chutneys, two different Nan breads, two different Bhajees and two different sorts of rice accompanied. Again, all spot on.

Service was attentive without being intrusive or overbearing. The food arrived quickly, albeit with one minor mistake which was promptly corrected. Quality was very high. Good value too!

What would I change if I could? There is really only one suggestion I could make: when you come to take the drinks order, drop off some poppadums etc. right away. Add a quid onto the main course prices if you must, but get some munchies down quickly.

So full marks to Aziz Khan, I’m very impressed. We’ll be back.

You can call them on 01159 455 255. Or visit them online at www.AzizKhan.co.uk. Tell them I sent you! And then come back here and share your experience.