I read that "You Are Not a Gadget" book when it came out. It was interesting, but... incredibly subjective with faint overtones of "get off my lawn." What do you think of it?

I agree with his assessment that people and art will never be wholly represented online because it's impossible to flatten so many dimensions required to make something real.

His thoughts on wikipedia and the hive mind are interesting (basically that we should not trust a collective -- we should trust the minority of experts), but that doesn't mean I don't find the utility in widespread info sharing.

I think he only seemed crotchety when he talked about music, projects he's worked on, or people who have been taken advantage of online, because he feels so personally strongly about those things. I'm sure he listens to vinyl because he finds the imperfections beautiful!

Sounds like you had a more positive experience with the book than I did. I don't know, I guess I just don't trust white people with dreadlocks.

The voice of Pinkberry!

...which is how the song came up in conversation!

1. We all wanted Pinkberry
2. "There is a Pinkberry song"
3. "Le Tigre sings it"
4. "There is a Le Tigre song that I don't know about?!"
5. "No, not LE TIGRE. The same group that sang this <youtube>".
6. "I have this on vinyl, you know."

Oh, we've all been there, with our fancy scholarships and love for "The Hobbit".

"Why don't you date a computer!"

I adore these comics-the themes, the ads, the art. It's hard to believe these were taken so seriously-its a snapshot of the fears and thoughts of the era. ANd the ads.....and the everpresent columbia Music:get 10 albums for free slowly became 8 tracks then to cassettes and then these comics died.

Personal biases aside (including Hobbit likes and dislikes, SNARKOUT :D), images themed with "Women are never ___ enough" will always make my shake!

i'm smarter than you and must establish this before our date can go any further. ...Hey where ya goin?