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Random Observations To the extent I have heroes today, here’s two of them: Bruce and Jon. While I realize Google is intent on taking over the interweb, I’ve started playing with its Chrome browser and it is fair competition for Firefox. Chrome, though, really needs to follow Firefox’s extensions concept and, reportedly, a new beta […] Bulletin Board Congrats to Terry Woster for the commemoration by the state House of Representatives honoring him for his contributions to the state. Among other things, it accurately recognizes his “healthy cynicism” and that he is “a rural Renaissance Man.” A note to fellow WordPress users: Don’t be surprised if assholes with an IP address […] Bookish Linkage After a December police raid on the organization that helped with much of the research, a Russian publisher has backed out of publishing The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia, one of my favorite books of 2007. Even though it got rid of its standalone book section, the LA Times continues its annual […] Random Rant I don’t wish ill on people. But I may consider an exception for spammers. For grins and giggles, I kept track of how many e-mails sent me last week were caught by the spam filter at work — more than 1,600. Of those, four — .002 percent — were legit e-mails inadvertently caught […] Aside from wishing everyone a happy Hockey Day in Canada, this edition consists entirely of Bookish Linkage: Sure, another book I had to buy: Tranquility, by Hungarian author Attila Bartis, won the first ever Best Translated Book Award. I’m guessing there’s a reason (or several) why Philip K. Dick’s widow couldn’t find a publisher. […] |
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