Over on Marginal Revolution, Steve Landsburg is wondering if there are too many books and says something a little strange: Writing a book is not like growing an orange. If you grow the best orange in the world, the second best orange still gets eaten. But if you write the best book in the world, the second best book loses a lot of readers. So the market price of an orange is … [Read more...] about Of Books and Oranges
Soggy Computers
Virgina Postrel's laptop just got soaked and appears to be dead. I'm something of a computer geek, and several friends have come to me with just this problem. I know what to do about this, but the knowledge is apparently useless: everybody first tries turning the computer on to see if it will work. This usually fries something. So, for anybody who hasn't yet soaked … [Read more...] about Soggy Computers
Avril Lavigne, Watch Your Back!
Orin Kerr speculates on possible pre-election attacks on America by Al Qaeda: I think it's somewhat less likely than it used to be that Al Qaeda would try attacks focused on killing lots of people or destroying symbolic targets. The U.S. response to 9/11 taught that the U.S. isn't going to back off its policies in response to that sort of attack. Violence perceived as a … [Read more...] about Avril Lavigne, Watch Your Back!
Tom Swift, Jr: An Appreciation
I stumbled onto Jeff Duntemann's "Tom Swift, Jr: An Appreciation" and it really brought back the memories. I remember looking over the shelves of yellow-spined books at Bargaintown (which turned into Toy'R'Us at some point), studying the covers to choose which one to read next. I was born in 1964, so the timing worked out that I got to read all of them before growing too old … [Read more...] about Tom Swift, Jr: An Appreciation
Under Construction
Converting from Blogger to Movable Type. Very busy... … [Read more...] about Under Construction