Current reading: 21 Dog Years by Mike Daisey and The Chain of Chance by Stanislaw Lem. I'm not sure what the Lem is about yet. 21 Dog Years is a text version of a one-man …
Heard on public radio: Tim Bedore, of Vague But True. Sample: "Call in now or I will have to put Daniel Shorr's lights out."
I happened upon Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!, The James Bond site. Evidently the next movie is "Die Another Day." Also, the creators of the site don't mention Pauline Kael in reference to their title: …
From Blogdex: Cadbury's ad upsets India. Cadbury's put up ads -- on Independence Day! comparing Cadbury's chocolates to Kashmir -- both, you see, are "Too Good to Share," as per the company slogan. I guess …
Anirvan went so far as to seek me out to gloat with me: Edward Tufte loves Bookfinder! Yes, the Edward Tufte, Mr. Usability-before-there-was-usability Tufte, Visual Display of Quantitative Information Tufte, says that Bookfinder "just does …
Recently I got paid and almost immediately headed off to The Missing Link to buy safety equipment for my bike. I bought the "Planet Bike 5000XR as depicted here," as Zed recommended, for my headlight, …
What in the world is Bush doing in this cartoon? Or in any of Conrad's others? Oh, another things about Sabrina's weblog that I admire: just as I struggle to maintain consistency in not using …
Only a few days ago did I discover that the band "Linkin Park" in fact spells its name that way. I had only heard it previously. In remotely related music news, Slate says that the …
From Camworld: The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) is a group of prominent citizens who offer advice to the President on sensitive intelligence matters. This article lists who has been appointed to this Board …
On Sunday after whalewatching I took about half an hour to closely read the Sunday Chronicle's Books section. It's often useful, since people will come to the Info desk looking for a book with only …
