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Macworld’s Jason Snell

May 17, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Macworld’s Jason Snell

takes a look at Apple’s new MacBook and likes what he sees. We just bought a new iBook in January, and I’m not disappointed because the investment that we have in power adapters and batteries and such would make the conversion considerably more expensive than simply getting a new machine… but when it is time to update, I can see I won’t be disappointed.

Tags: Apple

I haven’t commented at all

May 17, 2006 by Michael Boyle

I haven’t commented at all

about the US NSA wiretapping stuff, but last week Boing Boing published a great excerpt of a William Gibson interview in which he commented on the story: William Gibson on NSA wiretapping. Pithy quote: “…there aren’t many people really shocked by this. Our popular culture, our dirt-ball street culture teaches us from childhood that the CIA is listening to *all* of our telephone calls and reading *all* of our email anyway.”

Tags: US Politics

On a rainy Sunday last weekend

May 16, 2006 by Michael Boyle

On a rainy Sunday last weekend

we went to the bookstore to browse around for new reading material and I came across Ruth Reichl’s new anthology, History in a Glass, made up of (as it is subtitled) “Sixty Years of Wine Writing from Gourmet”. I’ve been devouring it ever since – it’s a wonderful read, something you can read all at once or come back to again and again. Wine is a bit like baseball – even if you aren’t a huge aficionado, it is a subject that has always provoked wonderful writing. In both cases, as well, any human treatment of the subject invariably pokes into dusty corners of the world that are populated by amazing characters. Highly recommended!

Tags: Books, Food

Derek Powazek in A List Apart:

May 9, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Derek Powazek in A List Apart:

Calling All Designers: Learn to Write! I only partially agree with him, but the sentiment is right on the money. For me, everyone in the process should have something intelligent to say about everyone else’s area of expertise.

Tags: Powazek

Salon today is running

May 4, 2006 by Michael Boyle

Salon today is running

an extended excerpt of the new book, “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush,” by Eric Boehlert. It’s a scathing critique of the media’s handling of the run up to the Iraq war. Well worth a read, particularly the parts about Judith Miller at the NYTimes.

Tags: Media, Salon, US Politics

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