by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 18, 2009 | Commentary, Featured
There was an interesting article in Tuesday’s NY Times about Time, Inc., tablet PCs and Time, Inc.’s development of a tablet for their magazines. I like the idea of a device for digital media like books, magazines, and newspapers, although I don’t...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 17, 2009 | Commentary
Experts defend Twitter’s military_mom post of son Bryson drowning | via FLORIDA TODAY Difficult to understand why someone who lives thousands of miles away, the self proclaimed “Girl Arsonist,” feels it necessary to continue her tirade against a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 10, 2009 | Commentary, Featured, Writing
Two great posts from John Gruber’s Daring Fireball yesterday. First, a piece in the New Yorker about the recent auction of Cormac McCarthy’s ancient Olivetti Lettera 32, the typewriter that McCarthy bought in a Knoxville, TN pawnshop for $50 and on...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 9, 2009 | Asides, Commentary
With Regard to my previous tweet, an Interview with Andre Braugher about Men of a Certain Age. | via LAist. Hands down, Braugher is one of my favorite actors. In fact, my favorite actor, if you’re going to make me choose. So far, in Men of a Certain Age, my...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 4, 2009 | Commentary
Geo-Engineering: Quick, Cheap Way to Cool Planet? | via Newsweek.com From Newsweek’s December 7 Scope. You’ll find it on page 15 sandwiched between a 2 page CVS ad and buried behind 6 more pages of advertising. Yeah, I’d have tried to bury this one...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 2, 2009 | Beacon Dispatch, Commentary, Featured
I don’t know that much about the Detroit Daily Press. No, scratch that, I know nothing at all about the Detroit Daily Press, so I have no idea why they failed after five days. What I do know is how difficult it was to start the Beacon Dispatch here in Beacon, NY...
