March 2008
21 posts
thoughts on kindle →
I’ve been meaning to write this for a bit — I’ve had my Kindle now for about 3 months (since Christmas) — and wanted to write down some of the things I think about it.
The most interesting…
WordPress 2.5 →
I just upgraded to WordPress 2.5, so let me know if you notice anything wackier than usual happening on the site…looks great so far. Most of the upgrades are in the admin UI.
a little local, a little global →
Drove up to Marin for a board meeting (for PCF) this morning, and found myself in a really great mood — one of the nicest places to drive in the world, I think — up the peninsula, through the…
the gift that keeps on giving →
(photo credit: wikipedia)
Well, hmm. Featured on Fake Steve Jobs today — my dad will be so proud. No, seriously, Dad loves Fake Steve. Not sure how to respond to someone who’s wishing you…
on competition →
Lest anyone be at all confused about my motives in writing my recent post about Apple Software Update, I’ll say this unequivocally: it isn’t about competition. [I wrote what I meant in my post —…
Apple Software Update →
Keeping software up to date is hard — hard for consumers to understand what patches are for, how to make sure they’re up to date.
It’s also critically, crucially important for the security of end…
Best 2 days of the year →
Spring is springing, daylight saving time has started, and there are 32 basketball games in 36 hours. Life is good.
Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo →
I read Russo’s Empire Falls a few years back, and think it’s an exceptional piece of work. Since my son was born, I read everything slightly differently, and Russo is one, in particular, who…
leadership →
This is an incredible speech by Obama (here’s the full 37 minutes on YouTube). It’s not simple, and it doesn’t yield very good sound bites. It’s complex and nuanced, personal and transcendant,…
5 years →
so much wasted, so many assets squandered, so many distractions. a devastatingly bad 5 years for the US.
WTFCNN →
I’ve been thinking that same thing about CNN — WTF? Here’s a site with some of the more absurd headlines from CNN lately, but even without the news about how Bono’s neighbors’ smoke is…
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman →
Mostly picked up this relatively standard mystery fare because Lippman used to write for the Baltimore Sun and is presently married to David Simon, a favorite of mine, and because this book…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney →
Picked this up at Borders on a whim — fun cartoon/diary style novel from the point of view of a middle schooler. Painfully, um…painful. Fun to read; probably not worth buying since it goes by…
MacBook Air →
I’ve had my MacBook Air for a month or so now, and wanted to write some things down about it. The bottom line is that for me, it is so far a really great machine that I like a lot. But it’s…
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman →
Par for the course for Klosterman — great, edgy, pop culture, music & sports essays. Fun to read, but probably not as good overall as IV .
The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller →
A friend gave me this when I admitted that I’ve read fewer than 5 graphic novels in my life. I enjoyed this one, and think it’s clearly a legitimate form — with the images and expressions, the…
RIP, Gary Gygax — piece in NYT →
Great writeup of Gary Gygax’s influence on today’s world, since he passed away about 10 days ago. Huge influence on many of us in our 30s now, and on mass culture in a broader sense, not to…
#30# →
Well, that’s it for The Wire — best show on television. Last night’s finale was great, I thought — gave a bunch of closure, a bunch of provocative ideas, and, more than anything else, a sense that…
operator -> activities in an afternoon →
another reason that the mozilla community and firefox is so wonderful. microsoft demoed activities in ie8 beta this morning, and by this afternoon, mkaply’s prototyped it in firefox using his…
AllPeers →
It’s been a busy day, so I’m a little late to get to this, but I’m sad to note that AllPeers is shutting down. I’m bummed, of course, not just because a Mozilla-related startup is calling it…
webClip2go.com →
webClip2go.com is a cool new web service from Michael Yuan, a contributor to our Joey project who I met a few months back. It’s a neat, community-based approach to making content available to…
