Why haven’t I heard about this? Will it work well or will it suck worse than reading on my old Handspring Treo? Can I get one for Christmas? Who will give it to me? How many trees will live on because I’m not murdering them?

Online retailer Amazon has unveiled an own-brand wireless electronic book reader [...]

I’ve been reading Spanking the Donkey, Matt Tabbi’s account of his time covering the Democratic primaries in 2003-2004. Despite being slightly out of date now, it’s bloody brilliant. Hunter S. Thompson lives.
The emotional climax of the book involves Tabbi, an accredited journalist, wearing a gorilla suit on acid at a Kerry rally. But he [...]

Heavyweight coffee table publisher Phaidon Press has released Phaidon Design Classics, which provides an exhaustive look at three centuries of design. Richard Poplak at cbc.ca has written a decent write-up. For those of you who were wondering what to buy me for Christmas, stop wondering and just buy me this book. I also like fine [...]