Odds and Ends
The New Yorker has a really interesting article about reading (and reading as part of the evolution of consciousness--plura will be happy to know that they actually cite Ong) and what consciousness might look like if the statistics are actually correct. You can read it online here.
Everyone's talking about Kindle, but did anyone take note of the Sony Reader/Borders match up? You can read about it at Publishers Weekly.
In music news, one of Common Shiner's singles, "No Melody, made the national charts. Congrats, guys! Their newest CD, Viennas, is still going for $6.99 at CDBaby. For you iPod people, it's also available, track by track, at iTunes.
And for your Star Wars edification:
The two hour Star Wars Holiday Special edited to just five minutes.
And the "lost intro": film clips of Luke's life on Tatooine that had to be cut in the final, put together here. I'm actually bummed that Lucas didn't include this stuff on the remastered DVDs as an extra. It would have let Luke start with a little more depth.
I don't know how much I'll post over the next week, as I'll be spending time with family; since they live far away, I'm going to try to revel in their company as much as possible. If I don't post before then, I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Everyone's talking about Kindle, but did anyone take note of the Sony Reader/Borders match up? You can read about it at Publishers Weekly.
In music news, one of Common Shiner's singles, "No Melody, made the national charts. Congrats, guys! Their newest CD, Viennas, is still going for $6.99 at CDBaby. For you iPod people, it's also available, track by track, at iTunes.
And for your Star Wars edification:
The two hour Star Wars Holiday Special edited to just five minutes.
And the "lost intro": film clips of Luke's life on Tatooine that had to be cut in the final, put together here. I'm actually bummed that Lucas didn't include this stuff on the remastered DVDs as an extra. It would have let Luke start with a little more depth.
I don't know how much I'll post over the next week, as I'll be spending time with family; since they live far away, I'm going to try to revel in their company as much as possible. If I don't post before then, I wish you all a Happy New Year!