Since the dawn of time, man has dreamed of browsing the Web from the john. Nokia takes us one step closer with this WiFi tablet. Wired reports that the retail price should be $350. I’m sure one could rig up an arm to attach it to the commode…
WBUR
reported this morning on the decreasing likelihood of recent
Boston-area graduates to put down roots in the area. Sadly, on the same
day as this report our friend Sozi announced that he was taking a job
with a law firm in Philly, where the real estate prices are, if not
cheap, at least within the realm of comprehension.
There’s only [...]
Zippy the Pinhead
finds himself at the Seven Dwarfs (yes, “Dwarfs,” not the Tolkeinien
“Dwarves”) Restaurant — a nice place for dinner when, say, you’re
coming in from O’Hare to visit your in-laws.
I have to say I’m allowing myself a little optimism here for Revenge of the Sith…
the fact that A.O. Scott of the New York Times likes it, and ranks it
better than the original Star Wars, is heartening. It’s weird to think
back to when Episode I first came out — I was finishing up my first
year [...]
Since reading the Boston Globe Magazine is a great way to depress
yourself by being reminded that you live in a small town after all, I
almost missed this feature article
on one of my favorite cartoonists, Hilary Price, who also happens to be
a local (sort of). The article is chock-full of words but offers little
insight into the [...]
Tome has unleashed his first Podcast. The subject, I think, is “Sound check.” Oh, and ukelele.
What’s a podcast?
Coming soon: the Nan Show.
Meanwhile… HAPPY BERFDAY TOE!
A few Sundays ago (during my inexplicable blogging hiatus), Berke
Breathed ran an “I-dare-you-to-sue-me-for-copyright-infringement”
Sunday strip depicting just about every popular comic strip animal in
history and making the claim that there’s never been a major
female animal character in comic strip history (as “adjunct
girlfriends,” Daisy Duck et.al. don’t count). Message board pundits can
disagree, but I think he’s right [...]
Recently Rachel’s Treo 300 gave out for the second time (the device’s hinge is a well-known
weakness). After hours of calls to Sprint customer service (the magic
word
turned out to be “design defect”) and “forum shopping” trips among the
different Sprint Stores in our area, she finally wheedled out a
replacement 300 from customer service. (Why it makes sense [...]
