Archive for November, 2007
More on Kindle
Just when I get around to making a post (albeit a lame one) about Kindle, Sean Lindsay comes up with an excellent review/response to the Kindle launch. 101 Reasons to Stop Writing : » Where’s the Fire? Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ Fizzles Pundits have been predicting for years that ebooks and ebook devices will eventually, finally, once [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2007 under Reading.
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Kindle and the Coming Age of Ebooks
Okay, I don’t want to sound like Sven Birkerts, (God help me, let me never sound like Sven — and by no means consider that link as an endorsement of the book at the end of it), but I agree with Chip Kidd when he dumps this post on us: A Brief Message: Notify the [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2007 under Reading.
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“The Interchanging of Atoms”
★ Samwise rides again » Blog Archive » What the … Bi-cycle-sexual ★: From Aunty … A man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle has been sentenced I would bet serious money (or at least a drink) on this guy having ridden (not like that) for far too long on bicycles in the [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2007 under General, Reading.
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Random stuff while the baby sleeps
Jon, the internet is just the Tale of a Tub ( “A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (Oxford World’s Classics)” (Jonathan Swift)), not like tubs. Ah, autumn in New England. And a quick note to say thanks a million to all the people who’ve been coming out to the Further Fenway Fiction readings… [...]
Posted: November 15th, 2007 under General.
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Q.I. Software and Leopard
Just a quick note while everyone naps (the other 3 in the house, now that the new one has finally arrived), Writer, ContactCreator, and CalendarCreator all appear to be fine with Leopard. And the new data detectors in Mail.app look great at what Calendar and Contact Creator were intended to do… not that I’ll stop [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2007 under QI Software.
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