I seem to be in full attention deficit mode in this week’s reading. Flitting between Coraline, Stevermer’s When the King Comes Home, Stanley Fish, and the long-neglected hardcover Saylor. I might as well have waited for the paperback.

JAG snuck a look into my car during the lunchtime walk and started chortling; somewhat embarassed, I later started rummaging through the books, only to find the latest APR lying on top of Hecht, Kees, and Stevens. Luckily, I have resisted the temptation to wander on over to the mall and its charmingly large Borders. Whenever I get the urge, I try climbing over the books drowning my vehicle.

Focus... on... Coraline, I guess.

11:45:11 PM  #  comment []

In the rush of announcements streaming from the MacWorld Expo, one that almost passed me by was the new X11 beta. Now, a few hours after uninstalling my XDarwin X11r6 installation with the Fink Project’s apt-get tool, installing the mpkg, and failing to install the fink xfree-base86 (as directed), I am almost wishing that it had.
11:30:14 PM  #  comment []

Overheard, in the East Village, one young woman, saying to another as they crossed the road: "He said he feels pressured all the time: pressured that I want him to be monogamous." [by way of Gawker]

12:41:08 AM  #  comment []

Ugh. Modem keeps going out, and the hotel charges (non-expensable) are accruing, and it’s only a 24000 bps link! Painful.

Also painful: using a two-year old Photoshop in Classic. I need to upgrade soon.
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