Day: June 9, 2003
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‘RSS Newsreaders are TiVo for…
Title of a Phil Wolff comment on Doc Searls’ weblog. Amen! (and, as noted earlier, I haven’t yet joined the TiVo cult)
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Tiny book. Good book.
My sister Isabel likes tiny books, but this small? In Gold Ink on a Chip, the World’s Tiniest Book is a NYTimes article about this eraser-sized version of the New Testament. They chose 24-karat gold because it not only resists oxidation but looks pretty, even under a microscope. Riigggghhhhttt.
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Matrix Reloaded – snapshot review
Just got back. Glad I saw it in the theater, but very glad I didn’t rush. Lots of action, some portentous hints, but lacked the consistency of the first one. Wonder if the November film, Matrix Revolution, will climb back to the heights of the first one.
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Swing
An old friend asked for help from several rowing friends in defining ‘swing’ for non-rowers. For rowers, swing is a sensation that occurs (rarely) when the crew feels like it’s going faster than ever, while working less. My friend wanted to explain the feeling in a speech to a bunch of engineers at Intel (team-building…