Things added in January, 2006
Queen of Narnia.
Chronicles of Narnia is a pretty good movie, with some truly beautiful visual effects (especially those to do with snow, fur, and talking animals). But Tilda Swinton as the White Witch is ...
iPod/iTunes tip.
When you install iTunes for Windows, it defaults to the setting that automatically keeps your iPod in sync with your iTunes library. That means if your computer doesn't have much music on ...
Jobs vs. Gates: Who’s the Star?
Steve Jobs: tightfisted rich bastard? Wired News: Jobs vs. Gates: Who's the Star?
True music.
I've been listening to Ry Cooder's album Chavez Ravine for about half a year now. It's an amazing album -- an impressionistic, lively, even danceable historical ...
Loving, by Henry Green.
Set among the servants and masters in a huge, old Irish castle during World War II, this is a masterfully-written, very modern, short novel (published 1945) ...
Always make new mistakes.
Seven years ago, I started a company called Utipia with two other people: a fellow journalist, and a talented developer who happened to be my brother. We wrote a business plan, raised ...
Screening the Latest Bestseller.
My story on the Sony Reader and the e-book market is the lead story on Wired News this morning. Check it out!Wired News: Screening the Latest BestsellerElectronic books have traditionally ...
Screening the Latest Bestseller
Electronic books have traditionally gone straight from the manufacturer to the remainders bin -- but the market has never gone away entirely, despite years of tepid sales and failed predictions.Now a new ...
Banjo ancestors
History, from the kingdom of Akkad all the way to Earl Scruggs: Banjo Ancestors: The Lutes of West Africa, By Shlomo Pestcoe