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May 30, 2005
I've just spent a delightful 90 minutes listening to Hitchens and Fry rip into the proposed UK law against blasphemy at the The Guardian Hay Festival. Outstanding point: If you concede on blasphemy, what's to stop heresy? (Yes, that would be the Hay-on-Wye, twinned with Belgium's very own Redu.) [Via Erik.]Posted at 10:18 PM
May 23, 2005
No relation whatsoever. What a relief.Posted at 09:59 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports just now that Apple will switch at least part of its hardware lineup to Intel chips, citing industry executives in on the negotiations. An announcement could come as soon as June 6. My take: I think Apple decided getting a G5 into a Powerbook is impossible, and therefore needs to go with Intel inside for laptops. Or perhaps Intel will be inside some new device? A whole two weeks of speculative frenzy awaits. Fun fun.Posted at 09:38 AM
May 19, 2005
"Sith. What kind of a word is that? Sith." Thus begins Anthony Lane's hilarious skewering in The New Yorker. (To Yoda: "Break me a fucking give.")Posted at 11:21 PM
The original. The latest ripoff. It's design plagiarism, pure and simple. (And they're not even the first to do so).Posted at 09:31 AM
May 18, 2005
Boo.com went bust five years ago yesterday. The Guardian looks at the legacy. It turns out not to have been all negative. (My own review of Boo Hoo, 2 1/2 years ago, here.)Posted at 09:48 AM
May 10, 2005
If I were in New York instead of Bologna next weekend, I'd go see the photography by Jan Yoors of his time with the Roma.2:30-6:30PM
Saturday, May 14 2005
The Bryant Park Hotel, Screening Room
40 w. 40th (at 6th Ave.)
Entry Free, limited Space
For reservations: 212-228-7777, info@littledust.com
www.littledust.com/news
Posted at 10:31 PM
Also available on Swedish iTunes tonight: audio books at the dollar amount in kroner! (Small print: Only when in browse mode, and no, you can't complete the sale here either. This store needs some inventory control, obviously.)
Posted at 07:54 PM
Noticed them on this week's Prairie Home Companion, had to check out their website, saw they'd been on Conan O'Brien and KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, learned they've been touring with the Dresden Dolls... Better late than never, I present you: The magnificent Ditty Bops, even available for purchase on Swedish iTunes, if only it would let me buy something tonight.UPDATE 22:00 CET: It seems to be working again - I just managed to buy the album.
Posted at 07:39 PM
The iTunes store reaches Sweden at 9kr per song, which is quite nice. But this success underscores how parochial the music licensing business still is. What is so special about me that prevented me from using the US iTunes store? It's location discrimination, pure and simple.Posted at 06:21 AM
May 09, 2005
I have just found the thing to torture Eurof with during our Geneva - Bologna roadtrip later in the week: The self-referential aptitude test, which I plan to read aloud. (There is also an interactive version, though that's cheating.) [Via]Posted at 10:53 PM
May 08, 2005
This is the saddest thing I've seen all year. Or am I just being elitist in thinking that not blogging is better than bad blogging?Posted at 01:13 AM
May 07, 2005
Jag har upptäckt artikeln lite sent, men oj, vad bra av SvD: SvD: Öppenheten är hotad. Mycket flera sådana debatter behövs.Posted at 05:03 PM
May 04, 2005
While upgrading Salling Clicker, which allows me to do all manner of things to my computer using my phone as a remote, I came across The MacDob Project which lets you control a telescope using your phone, while the Mac shows you where you're looking. Imagine how cheap this technology will be in 30 years, when I retire and move to Oregon to stare at the sky until I die. I Just hope I don't go senile or blind first.Posted at 09:53 PM | TrackBack
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