Day: July 21, 2003

Incase laptop sleeve is being used by Mike. Looks fine… looking at TidBITS didn’t come up with obvious alternatives. Google brought me to ACME MADE,Waterfield Design, Tom Bihn, and Booq. Not convinced yet, but so far leaning towards the last one — has a pocket and carrying handle, with detachable strap included, but still not unreasonably expensive. Suggestions welcome.

A good friend heard a radio interview today with the author of The Last Days of Publishing, a new novel in which “[a]n ex-editor laments the death of the book.” To my friend, the book sounded like a perfect fit for my father, who spent his working life in book manufacturing — his customers were publishers. My grandfather was a publisher, eventually starting his own small firm to publish textbooks. I work for a publisher, and I publish (?!) this small website. So, sounds like a novel of direct personal interest. I’m buying it for my father, and I’ll borrow it from there.