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Why we love to hate Paris Hilton—not that most of us would behave any differently had we been given the chance to grow up entitled and ignorant.
"In [Daniel Kehlmann's] first novel translated into English, the 31-year-old literary wunderkind's breezy, sometimes charming and ultimately inconsequential work follows the actual lives, careers and eventual intersection of two of Germany's brightest scientists: explorer, geographer and naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt and the astronomer and aptly crowned 'prince of mathematicians' Carl Friedrich Gauss."
"Breezy, sometimes charming and ultimately inconsequential"? Sounds 100 times deeper than Paris Hilton. Add it to my queue.
What? The writers who post blurbs on book covers haven't actually read the books? I'm shocked, shocked.
Of course, book collector Jeff Wong has regaled me for years with tales of inscribed copies of first editions (given as thank-yous for blurbs) going for peanuts in the review copy section of the Strand.
ViaBlog of a Bookslut.
Imagine that—Microsoft is touchy about negative reviews. The interesting thing is that it thinks it can prevent negative reviews by preventing the use of its logo.
That's right, its logo comes with a EULA (end user lisencing agreement), stating: "You may not display the Logo(s) on any site that disparages Microsoft or its products or services, infringes any Microsoft intellectual property or other rights, or violates any state, federal or international law."
RocketBoom quite rightly had a problem with this. You go, Drew.
The RIAA's Cary Sherman tells us we're all wet about fair use.
Oh, how could I have been so wrong?
Doug Morris and David Geffen think we portable digital device owners are thieves. GigaOm sez just say no to UMG.
Is Apple interested in getting into the satellite radio business? Why not?Nobody's made money at it yet—that makes it a natural for Cupertino.
Cartoon Brew has come to the aide of those of us looking for the perfect Kwanzanukmas gift for animaniacs with its review of Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series.
He hates being this close to so many people. "I hate being this close to so many people." He prefers loudspeakers. "I prefer loudspeakers." He thinks to himself as he suffers the hot and crowded PATH train morning, clinging to a large box marked "Arro." Arro. He reads over the short man's shoulder:
'"I want... to feel... PAIN,' said Harry."
Long before my apartment became home to high-end audio components — even before the wonderful Arcam Solo, even before the blog — I promised myself and the universe that I would never let my apartment become cluttered by boxes and cables…