September 2010
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“I’m amazed that people talk while they’re on the toilet. Are they the president...”
– From The Corner Stall Office, Bruce Feiler’s NYT article on using cell phones in bathrooms.
“When we think about the media we talk about the ‘ink-stained hack’...”
– Weekend Competition: Wire Taps, Stock Tickers and Other Frozen Phrases - NYTimes.
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ADIOS QWERTY?
Excellent New York Times piece by Virginia Heffernan on how the Qwerty keyboard may be on its way out
Among the 20th-century activities our muscles can’t forget is typing on a qwerty keyboard. And though most people who type now don’t know the meaning of a typebar jam — much less the inky aggravation — the configuration of characters that begins with the row q-w-e-r-t-y-u-i-o-p, first...
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Feist: Paper paper obsolete.
I was just listening to a song I have loved for years: Feist’s Lonely Lonely. Somehow, I never really listened to the lyrics until just now. Fittingly to the topic of this site, it contains a reference to paper’s obsolescence.
Reading the lyrics almost made me sad that it’s a song and not just a poem. I think the music overpowers the words. I don’t know much about poetry,...
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Couples renewing their vows? I'm blaming the... →
This is a piece I wrote on assignment for the The New York Times. It is about vow renewal ceremonies, so it doesn’t really have to do with obsolescence. And yet…it does.
I’m not going to comment on the notion of whether or not marriage is obsolete. Having only recently entered into the institution myself, I am pulling for it to remain relevant. However, it’s clear that...
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Tablets Threaten to Make Netbooks Obsolete →
PC World:
Analysts predict that Apple alone could sell 28 million iPad tablets in 2011. That doesn’t even take the Samsung Galaxy Tab, or the rest of the upcoming tablets expected in the next few months into consideration, and doesn’t bode well for other mobile computing platforms. The netbook in particular will be the primary victim of the rise of the tablet, and will quickly be...
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Free set of encyclopedias in Brooklyn
Craigslist, 9/5/10:
“I can’t tell when they were published but they are definitely dated. Set of 15 Illustrated World Encyclopedias. They were my moms that she got from her mom that she decided to store in my room for years. I want my shelf space back and we don’t use these books at all. Thanks for your interest!”
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