As suspected, my newest toy, an Asus Transformer Prime Android tablet, makes a superb e-comic reader. My latest X-book cold turkey spell, induced by a period a few years back when I had trouble getting to Forbidden Planet on a regular basis, is now officially at an end and I've been catching up on the current X-Men: Schism arc and beyond. The Marvel reader app makes it way too easy to buy "just one more issue" but, oddly, there's no shopping basket - you have to purchase each issue individually! I'm also rather amused that my credit card issuer didn't query a bunch of accessories I order for the tablet but did query the purchase of an issue of Astonishing X-Men the same night!

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Incidentally, thanks to aeshna_uk, I have a t-shirt with the icon design on it!

Kunststoffe: German WWII Plastics & Their Markings by: W Darrin Weaver

"This book is the first comprehensive and easy to use reference since World War II covering prominent German wartime plastics manufacturers and products. Aimed squarely at World War II German militaria, ordnance, and small arms collectors, the author provides a concise account of the constituents and manufacturing processes, markings, codes, trademarks and material identification techniques of wartime Kunststoff products.

Over 150 color/bw images"

According to the ToC on the website, there's a chapter on "Allied Appraisal of the Wartime German Plastic Industry"

What do we think? Does this beat Jaunty Tilt and A Guide to 3rd Reich Cutlery, its Monograms, Logos, & Maker Marks?

Thoughts on the Nokia N9, having had it for a couple of months now.

( More mobile ramblings from Ming, surely not? )

Another seriously geeky post, attempting to reconcile the continuity for a series of novels...


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Following that poll which voted Jaunty Tilt - A Presentation of Berets Worn During the Vietnam War as the most... specialised of the books listed (should I be concerned that that was the one title on the list I own?), I found this on an email from a book dealer:

A Guide to 3rd Reich Cutlery, its Monograms, Logos, & Maker Marks by: James Yannes

So, do we think this rates higher on the Asperger's scale than Jaunty Tilt?

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Move along, nothing to see, just noticed the FB and Twitter crosspost options.

Yes, really. A late entry for Sad Bastard of the Year (Of course, aeshna_uk has assured me I didn't need to prove to her I was a sad bastard but what aobout the rest of you: can I count on your vote? ;-)):

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So, Looi's in Malaysia, sampling the sights and food, hasn't posted in ages and he's still whittering on about bloody mobiles.

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Should I be concerned that the leader in the most OCD book title poll I posted is the one title fromthe list I actually own?

Over the years, I've come across a fair number of books on rather specialised topics which aeshna_uk has described as having a high "Aspergers Quotient". Below are some of the more focused ones. So, which do you think has the highest Aspergers Quotient?

Poll #1796168 Which is the most "specialised" book?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

Which of these books is the most "focused"?

These books: