01 May 2006, 15:10 p.m.

Doug Rushkoff & Amar Chitra Katha

"...comics from India about the early life of Krishna and Buddha. This is stuff they developed in the 70's, to teach kids about their religions. And much of it was in English. So I really …

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30 Apr 2006, 21:27 p.m.

Love Not Played Out

MC Masala on getting married. The unimaginable has happened. Not only does Leonard want me in his life, but I know I want him in my life! It's an embarrassment of riches, coming to someone …

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30 Apr 2006, 1:29 a.m.

Have A Sandwich

If the guys from Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag actually wrote the poetry they wrote, it would probably be a lot less funny and a lot more like the lyrics from Van …

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29 Apr 2006, 15:04 p.m.

Anthologies, Anthropologies

When I look at the scrapbook for my columns, or the blog-into-book collections of years of CES, I feel grateful and proud and overwhelmed. When I look at the huge list that comes up for …

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29 Apr 2006, 14:50 p.m.

And Other Austin Powers Uses

Via Rebecca Blood, a guide to packing light. Includes the obvious-in-retrospect multipurpose tool: dental floss as makeshift thread and shoelaces.

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28 Apr 2006, 13:18 p.m.

Turtle Power

On Travelocity right now: "In The Spirit of Da Vinci: Last Minute Code-Cracking Getaways from $199." Sedoc gnikcarc ekil*? If you've got a taste for cloak and dagger intrigue, solving puzzles and riddles, or wandering …

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27 Apr 2006, 20:37 p.m.

Resolved

That Someone Should Close This Bug, Feature, or Inquiry: Resolved (Fixed) Resolved (Not Reproducible) Resolved (Duplicate) Resolved (Postponed) Resolved (Won't Fix) Resolved (By Design) Resolved (Implemented) Resolved (Won't Implement) Resolved (Already Exists) Resolved (Responded) Resolved …

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27 Apr 2006, 1:00 a.m.

Entertainment Miscellany

Watched the new Spike Lee film The Inside Man tonight. It contains a subtle Bamboozled reference, constant wit, and unyielding suspense. Very good. From dinner: "Michael Dell [in Direct from Dell] has ruined the word …

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26 Apr 2006, 10:32 a.m.

Kaavya Viswanathan

Once in a while I see a novel by an Indian or Indian-American or Indian disapora author, especially a woman, and I think that they'll fill up the niche before I get my act together …

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26 Apr 2006, 0:09 a.m.

Pocket Protector = Attention

Hat-tip to Adi for passing this along: a seven-minute film or trailer about MC Frontalot includes some footage from the show that I attended several weeks ago. Between 3:02 and 3:38 you'll see me, Adi, …

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