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Hello again. Before I jump in and take the piss out of the various things that have been going on around me these past weeks I would like to ask a question: how are you reading this? Does it mean sitting with your laptop open or even sticking it on a second screen at work? Are you squandering office resources by razzing it off undercover through their laser printer network and binding the sheets? Would any of you be prepared to shell out the 15 euro’s or so per issue it would have to retail at to break even on printing off a 500 colour page magazine every couple of months? Well, something snapped in me the other day: I thought to myself, why is it that I only ever have a browse through this wonderful publication and never devour it in full? And
the answer I came up with is as follows: if I’m sat in front of a computer, and social networking isn’t stealing my time and soul away, the chances are I’ll be working on some sort of project or getting hints and tips from the mother of all tech forums that is YouTube. Where do I do most of my reading? Yes, you guessed it, either on the plane, train, bus, or of course, on the toilet. Now there’s something highly unpractical with all that; nobody needs a laptop weighing down across their thighs for the simple pleasure of reading, certainly not during the morning voiding session, so instead of actually getting down with something I want to read but never have the time because of where