To the office Mac Whore, I apologize. I apologize for taunting you and your Cult of Apple ways. I apologize for all of my crimes and insults against the Mac. And I apologize for my slurs against St. Steven Jobs.
I just purchased a Mac mini (the 1.66GHz version, with 1 gig of RAM). Wow. It’s freakin’ awesome. And I really haven’t even done much with it yet.
Several pieces in The New York Times yesterday noting the 100th anniversary of Samuel Beckett’s birth. One about his American publisher, the other about a 2,000 page, 4-volume collection of Beckett’s work that I’m thinking about ordering.
It’s interesting that on the same day, a co-worker sent me a Beckett quote that almost perfectly describes the stuff I’m working on these days …
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
Via Bookslut, this reassessment of Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test in Columbia Journalism Review is an interesting read. Jack Shafer’s thoughts are on target in most respects, but I have to wonder about his conclusions.