Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Jan 16th, 2009
This collection of photographs of people before and after death is strangely powerful. We all live as if we were immortal; we don’t think about death very often. The Guardian reports that some people were sickened by these very innocuous photographs. I found them peaceful, inspiring, thought provoking. This Irish prayer, which I read regularly, [...]
Posted in Misc on Jan 11th, 2009
Once upon a time, when I was a boy, there was a chocolate bar made by a company called Fry’s (where did they go?) and advertised as seven pieces of heaven Indeed, it was famous in our neighbourhood because of a very small lady’s wide-eyed request for theven pietheth of heaven in the local confectioners. [...]
Posted in Misc on Jan 7th, 2009
Of course, I didn’t know I needed a Macbook Wheel. Who did? The professionalism with which this mildly funny joke is delivered is a little worrying. Still, it makes a welcome change from the tiresome beatification of Mr.Jobs, who, after all, has nothing to offer me this month. I am not convinced that Steve is [...]
Posted in Misc on Jan 4th, 2009
It seems that Samsung will be the first to upsize a netbook to a mini laptop with a decent keyboard while retaining many of the advantages of the netbook. The Samsung NC20 looks very nice indeed (more here). I’ll wait a bit longer for something similar with Wireless-N built in, maybe even WiMax. Uh oh, [...]
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