January 2011
44 posts
“When I began annotating it, several years ago, I planned to go all the way...”
– Michael Chabon from an Atlantic Q&A, “Michael Chabon: How to Salvage a ‘Wrecked’ Novel”
December 2010
6 posts
“I was a liar and the old man knew it. Horrified, I ran. I ran and I didn’t stop...”
– from Allison Silverman’s “Community Service,” the Shouts & Murmurs column from last week’s New Yorker that I rather enjoyed.
“The game show Jeopardy! will pit man versus machine this winter in a competition...”
– from Slashdot. The only thing I have to add is: “We don’t know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky.” We aren’t going down without a fight, machines. Know that.
“Netflix into the S&P 500, the New York Times Company out.”
– – from a Prince-inspired post called “Sign O’ The Times” on Talking Points Memo
Watch“He seems to combine the technical expertise of a Steve Jobs with the cunning of a Lex Luthor, the aggressive free speech passions of a Larry Flynt and the hair of a Martina Navratilova.” - Jon Stewart on Julian Assange
