TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Looking for an exhaustive Kindle/Nook comparison. Jim Fallows of The Atlantic served up some thoughts last week. He starts by passing on musing from a B&N-related source, then goes on to his own analysis. Excerpt: “Nook and Kindle aren’t grossly different cost-wise. So for me, the only reason to switch [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Looking for an exhaustive Kindle/Nook comparison. Jim Fallows of The Atlantic served up some thoughts last week. He starts by passing on musing from a B&N-related source, then goes on to his own analysis. Excerpt: “Nook and Kindle aren’t grossly different cost-wise. So for me, the only reason to switch [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
That’s what happened to Jim Fallows, the Atlantic Monthly writer, who was shelling out 15-cent payments for PDF conversions. The brain-dead credit card computers thought Jim was a card thief testing his account with small charges. Result? Visa unplugged his card until he protested (at least I assume he has). Has this happened to you, with [...]
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Considering "Bushed" definitely was a verb by the end of his administration, I guess this isn't so weird. It’s not quite the Nobel Peace Prize, but Japanese college students have awarded President Obama something a bit more hip: a place in their vernacular. Jim Fallows points to reports that a new verb is popping up in Japanese college students’ conversations: obamu (literally...
Technologizer (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... technologies integrated. It’s not just another awesome corkscrew. It’s a Swiss Army Knife. James Fallows, also at the Atlantic, politely disagreeing : I’m skeptical because of the dozen previous times through the computer era in which that prediction has not panned out. “Real” cameras are still much better than in-phone cameras; the right device to carry in your pocket, as a phone or PDA,...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
It's quite disappointing that, as Jim Fallows notes , no one involved in writing or editing The Washington Post 's lead editorial Saturday--which argued that, rather than Barack Obama, Iranian martyr Neda Agha-Soltan ought to have received the Nobel Peace Prize--seems to have been aware, or made any effort to become aware, of the facts that a) the Nobel is not given posthumously; and b) the...
A Blog Around The Clock (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... Metabolism First I knew that rule back in 1st grade! - Don't these people have The Google? - "Jim Fallows caught egregious WashPost editorial flub" Interesting job listing at UNC Chapel Hill: Executive Producer for Digital Student Newsroom ZOMG what an incredible piece of hyper-adaptationism: On The Belly: Evolution's Hot Button - he better wish Larry Moran does not see this and...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Kevin Drum takes on Jim Fallows pet peeve: [E]ven though it's untrue that frogs will mindlessly poach themselves to death if you're careful to turn up the temperature on them slowly, it's a useful metaphor. Still, it's not true. So...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
If Glenn Beck were a regular reader of Jim Fallows, he'd be well aware of the "if you put a frog in boiling water" fallacy . But he's not, evidently, and this is the sorry result. I imagine a strongly worded letter from PETA is in the offing. Worse, from Beck's perspective, he's just metaphorically informed his viewers that their populist rebellions are about to, well, expire:
