His letter to the Post employees is fairly innocent. Can you imagine a department store chain owning a newspaper? That’s one way to look at it; another might be that Bezos at Amazon doesn’t focus on profits, so that makes a newspaper just about perfect for the guy.
News today of a Calvin & Hobbes documentary coming - here’s the trailer: I love Calvin and Hobbes in a way that I’m not entirely sure how to express - it’s a shame that there’s not more being made, but there were more than enough created that each time I see a strip it feels funny and fresh, and brightens my day. The artwork is superb. Looking forward to seeing the full version of this documentary. ...
When I first thought about a trip to South America, I had some ideas in my head about how things were - I knew it was no longer the place of the past decades, when some revolution or another would push one government out for another, be it from democracy to communist or military junta, or indeed vice versa. Hell, Brazil is right on the list of economies challenging the developed nations. I do admit though there’s a little part of me that clung to the notion so deeply instilled by the Tin Tin comics, of all things, where one dictator was replaced by another only to himself be thrown out at the end of the day. It’d be a hell of a thing of it did happen, but let’s just say I wouldn’t mind Tin Tin’s role :-) With this kind of context in mind, getting into Buenos Aires, I first felt a shock of the new - Ezezia Airport is very new and nicely fitted out - and then the polar opposite as we approached our hotel. In an ostensibly decent neighborhood, there was a feeling that you were in a place you didn’t necessarily want to hang out at night, judging by the sidewalks and the graffiti, which was ubiquitous. I felt a perverse thrill that perhaps trouble was bubbling under the surface… So what did we do after putting our stuff down at 10pm? Naturally we wandered outside, assured by the nearby lights, late night pharmacy, McDonalds… And it turns out appearances are deceptive, because this was the kind of neighborhood where people were out with their kids at 11 in the evening, as others strolled to restaurants to get started on their meal. ...
“Wait… you have an iPad, a desktop, a Kindle, an iPhone… what the hell do you need a Nexus 7 for?” It’s the first question I get asked with this thing. The answer I’m tempted to give is sheer technolust: who can resist getting another toy that seems to play a role, well, at least somewhere in the pantheon of devices available. The iPad allowed me to get rid of the laptop - so what would a 7 inch tablet do for me? ...
Simply beautiful: a circuit diagram for a radio made from the London Tube map, instantly recognisable