I just posted my review of Christopher Hitchens’ new book “Hitch 22” over at Amazon.com. This is what I wrote: Must read. No excuses. Let’s get the most important bit out of the way first. You ought to read this book. If you love good, insightful, literate, compelling writing then you must read it. You…
Read More "Hitch 22"15 minutes before boarding my SFO-JFK flight, there are 4 open seats in business class and I'm #4 on the upgrade list…. # Oh bleep – the biz seat count dropped to 2 # JFK easier than expected: I took the airtrain to Jamaica Station, and I'm now on a LIRR express to Penn Station,…
Read More The week's twitterings – 2010-04-25A friend of mine recently asked me if I’d like to add a badge to my blog, linked to a promotion/monetization system. I thought my email reply was worth sharing here. I’ve anonymized things a bit…. I’m a great example of why badge-based blog monetization is a tough sell. I currently follow 208 different blogs…
Read More The costs of indirectionHalf an hour from now I’m starting another burst of travel. Tonight I fly from SFO to JFK (trying out the United p.s. service for the first time), so that I can attend the Cloud Expo at the Javits. On Wednesday I’m taking the Acela up to Boston, where I’ll be staying until Sunday. Back…
Read More Here we go againDinner at Vo in Oakland before the Mark Knopfler show at the Paramount. Shaken Beef – mmmmm! # First time at the Paramount Theatre – what a wonderfully over-the-top celebration of Art Deco! # Who was that shy singer from Alabama who opened for @MarkKnopfler? And who was the brilliant guitarist who accompanied her? #…
Read More The week's twitterings – 2010-04-18Last September, my friend Kyle forwarded me an announcement of the US tour dates for Mark Knopfler, which included a show in Oakland, California on April 13, 2010. It seemed a long, long time in the future, and I was worried that I might be traveling in China, but no matter: that very day I…
Read More Mark Knopfler in OaklandI was worried that MrDeity was getting a little stale in Series 3, but they’ve just bounced back with a wonderful piece to finish the season: Perfect timing, right after Easter, to remind us how illogical (and immoral) the whole Original Sin/Redemption nonsense is.
Read More Quitter! (And about time too.)Must-read (& widely-tweeted) piece by @rlove on iPad/iPhone v. Android approaches to memory allocation and task mgmt: http://bit.ly/aFyt6X # Just took "Which Crazy Writer Are You?" and got: Edgar Allan Poe! Try it âž” http://cli.gs/dsjXp # After four(!) repairs, HP decides to give me a new laptop. But they fix&return the bad one and then…
Read More The week's twitterings – 2010-04-11Herewith a few of my thoughts about the iPad after living with it for nearly a week: If you only read one review of the iPad, make it this wonderful essay by John Gruber over at Daring Fireball. The KeyNote and Pages apps look beautiful, and work pretty well, but they are going to be…
Read More iPad thoughts after a few daysShake, Rattle, Seattle – http://nyti.ms/bGHtAM Good thing I moved – even if I am now a few miles from the San Andreas Fault # If you want to join the iPad party… we will be at the Palo Alto University ave store all night starting at 6 pm Friday. (RT @Scobleizer) # OK, it's April,…
Read More The week's twitterings – 2010-04-04