This weekend, Kerry and I became proud owners of iPhones. We’re a little late to the game, but I don’t really mind. It’s been worth the wait. And half of that reason is how geeky I can make the device. If I open up the calculator, for example, and turn the phone sideways, it becomes [...]
The first OTM episode of 2009 is bizarrely sexy. Maybe it’s the subject matter, maybe it’s that last week’s episode was a re-run, maybe it’s because I’m wearing my pyjamas. It’s probably the fact that the word “turgid” is bandied about. Bob opens the episode with a nice, come-hither “Won’t you please join us?”. Yes, [...]
To recap: in the last post, I was frustrated because I thought that the live chat with Andrew Bird had already passed. Andy Carvin came to the rescue and corrected me, and I was able to watch / listen to the chat today. NPR has posted the interview and a replay of the chat over [...]
** Edited to correct the date of the chat which, as Andy Carvin pointed out, has not actually happened yet. Sorry, Andy! We sweethearts make mistakes sometimes. And now…your post: Ah, the beginning of a year. Time for reflection, resolution, and a clean top five records of the year list. I had a hard time [...]
You know, I was a supporter of Barack Obama well before he ever ran for president. Not because of his positions (which, happily, I do mostly agree with), but because–unlike almost every other politician in history–he actually has a sense of humor about himself not relegated to the stage of “Saturday Night Live.” I only [...]
Welcome to 2009, brave Time Explorers. You have arrived in a challenging and desolate time for finding your most coveted resource: new episodes of NPR’s “On the Media.” Friday’s episode would have required Brooke and Bob to be present during New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in order to produce a truly new and [...]
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