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An essay on the digital divide

What is the digital divide, and what implications for society and the individual are seen to arise from this?

A rather broad topic, perhaps, but useful, nonetheless. Warning — it’s fairly long.

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No, really, I’m here

Again. Promise I’m not about to scurry away. Damn it, believe me!

Anyway, to make up for the distinct lack of content this place has been suffering from (although the hits don’t suffer, thanks to search engines and previous relevant content regarding MP3 players, the set of A Doll’s House, and miscellaneous other things…), here’s a list of what I’ve been reading over the last week or two. If you can’t read the titles on the cover images, hold your mouse over and text will appear. Clicking images takes you to the relevant Amazon.com product page (great for reviews that I’m too lazy to type now…). I’ve got more to say on some of these books, but can’t be bothered typing right about now.