Author: Ian Kennedy
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The New Yorker on DVD-ROM
Every issue of The New Yorker since 1925 is now available on DVD-ROM for $100 from thenewyorkerstore.com. Don’t you wish they would put all these articles online via Yahoo Subscriptions or Factiva?
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The Baseball Collector
Six Apart has a partnership with Major League Baseball to enable their fans to keep blogs. It’s been an amazing glimpse into America’s #1 obsession to see how many different perspectives people have on the sport. Every now and then I check back to see what’s new and today see that they’re featuring a blog…
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The Ultimate Disclaimer
I read & review quite quite a few legal agreements in this job. If you do too, then you’d appreciate The Standard Catchall Universal Disclaimer Notice. The fine print includes such nuggets as: ADVISORY: There is an extremely small but nonzero chance that, through a process known as “tunneling,” this product may spontaneously disappear from…
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Sack Artist
Julia has taken to wearing an eyeshade when she goes to sleep at night. We have a couple of them from trips taken on Virgin Air. This one says “cat nap”
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Brushed Metal gets the boot from iTunes
There are quite a few Mac fans around the office. There was even a white board where people put up their guess as to what the big announcement from Apple was going to be about on Tuesday. Nano? Love it. Rokr phone? Nah. The designer geeks were all over the cosmetic changes to iTunes which…
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Cal Football Opening Day
Our friend Michael Karp scored tickets to the Opening Day of the football season at UC Berkeley and invited Tyler and I to join his son Nicholas and Ethan on the 50 yard line. I’m kind of embarrassed to admit it but for some reason I never went to a Cal football game while I…
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First Day of School
Surely, Labor Day is mislabelled
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Sarcasm & Vitriol
The enormity of the suffering and absurdity of the federal government’s response is beginning to sink in. Some are turning to sarcasm: Two images transposed by mrfurious, President Bush posing with a new guitar given to him while he was visiting a San Diego Airforce Base the day after Katrina hit New Orleans. The original…
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Katrina Resources
Four sites that I want to highlight that are excellent sources of information about Katrina. Earthlink has put up a site where you can search for someone or add information on how to reach someone. They also provide links to other sites that provide the same information.HurricaneHelp Craigslist has put up a page with links…