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Crispy, Crunchy, Sizzling MP3
Much like my forty-something friends have an affinity for vinyl albums and analog tape, a classroom experiment by Jonathan Berger suggests (not surprisingly) that today’s young people prefer the compressed sound of MP3 files to technically superior alternative formats: [Berger] … Continue reading
Fear of Pollution
The New Podler recently invited me to become a contributor. My first blog for them is up: In response to the recently posted “Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab” NYT article, why do I feel like the elite lads … Continue reading
Your Book Will Never Make It
The New Podler links to an interesting The New York Times article on self-publishing and success—or lack thereof: When Lisa Genova, a former consultant to pharmaceutical companies, wrote her first novel, “Still Alice,” a story about a woman with Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Staying Hawt
Don’t confuse “hot” with “hawt”. The former merely implies physical appeal; the latter, though, means you’re both gorgeous and sassy and media-worthy and so on. It appears ex-Olympian Alicia Sacramone has, in her post-Beijing travels, become quite hawt. Well, she … Continue reading
Gordonism: Shit happens to those who wait
There’s been a lot of shit on my mind lately—a side-effect of geekdom, apparently. Supposedly those of us blessed with analytical, mathematical, or artistic minds find it hard to “turn off” or shift from one collection of thoughts to another. … Continue reading
