by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 16, 2009 | Asides, On miPod
From www.moby.com, great little tune with an interesting animated video by David Lynch. New Moby disc shows up on my brother’s birthday, June 30th. Shot In The Back Of The Head from Moby on Vimeo.
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 15, 2009 | Asides
I’ve been tied up in the court system for the last two days, serving as a POTENTIAL juror. Have not been selected yet, will know today whether or not I’ll be one of twelve. Of note today is this rather interesting piece from NPR’s Morning Edition, in...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 11, 2009 | Asides
Dan Miller’s article is excellent overall, but it’s this quote that cuts right to the heart of the matter. I spend 8+ hours a day dealing with the operating system. OS X is, to me, pretty much the entire reason to use a Mac....
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 10, 2009 | Asides, Commentary, On miPod
I neglected to link to the 43 Folders Podcast with Merlin Mann and John Gruber that I was talking about the other day. So, here it is. While you’re at it, Northeast Public Radio has an excellent weekly program called the Media Project, which I’ve just...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 8, 2009 | Asides, Commentary
Interesting bit at The Outside Blog today about Alex McInturff, a 23-year-old student from Stanford who is retracing John Muir’s 1868 trip from San Francisco to Yosemite. McInturff’s intent is to see if he can assess how much the California landscape has...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 8, 2009 | Asides, Commentary
Actor Kal Penn joins White House team | via Road Runner Just a few small things I’d like to point out in this interesting little tidbit of news. 1. He will be an associate director in the Office of Public Liason. 2. His “House” character committed...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 8, 2009 | Writing
Just now working my way through the podcast associated with yesterday’s posted quote from John Gruber. In the podcast both Gruber and Mann talk about who their target audience is. Mann said that he imagined that, “one perfect reader,” who everything...