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Sent from my iPad!
My iPad arrived about 2 hours ago! I've got it synced with a selection of my music and the apps I bought on Thursday, and I'm putting it through its paces right now. Typing in landscape is remarkably comfortable - and that's coming from someone with no previous iPhone training. There will doubtless be a more thorough review later this evening, ( Read more... ) -
Preorder! and related items
I laid in electronic wait until Apple's online store reopened at 8:30 this morning and placed my preorder for a 64GB WiFi iPad, to be delivered to our house on Sat 4/3. My personal mobile computing revolution begins ( Read more... ) -
The Progressive Elk
I was reading the letters from Salon's article on Glenn Beck's war on progressives this morning, and found this little gem:
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The Secret of Kells
This year's nominees for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature: Up, The Princess and the Frog, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox...and The Secret of Kells. Wait, what?
How did I not hear anything about this film until today? (By way of a lovely interview with director Tomm Moore in Salon, BTW.) This looks absolutely stunning, and I will be first in ( Read more... ) -
Book production costs
...or, how to reply to the "authors should sell ebooks directly to readers" or "why are ebooks so expensive?" arguments. This post by Charles Stross lays out the details. Read some of the comments if you've got time - they're very informative, and involve a lot of back-and-forth between Stross and his readers. -
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A joyous Imbolc to you all!
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