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Cool, Smart, And Happy—Or Not

05.16.2012 gadgets

Own this thing, dress this way. It doesn’t really work, does it? If you wear the right clothes, if you own the right stuff, then everything in your life will be perfect. When you put it like that it’s clear this is not true. But it is oh so hard to overcome thinking like that. [...]

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In Praise of Black and White Printers

05.14.2012 Business

You don’t need to print everything and everything you print doesn’t need to be color. If you’re anything like me, you’ve owned a plethora of little color printers over the years. I can’t even count them. Frankly, I’ve never been happy with any of them. They’re slow. The quality of printing isn’t that great. They’re [...]

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Reviewed: The Loop iPod Nano Watch Band

03.01.2012 gadgets

I recently wrote about prototyping the future by wearing an iPod Nano as a watch and reviewed the LunaTik RedRun band. I’m still wearing the LunaTik RedRun. But the people at Loop sent me one of their watch bands to try out and I gave it a go. It may be a better alternative for [...]

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Living In The Future, Keeping It In Your Pocket

02.28.2012 Future

I bought a new camera the other day. It doesn’t matter which one—they change so rapidly. It literally took me months to make up my mind and choose one. I find digital cameras frustrating. When I was a kid I got a good quality 35mm camera and used it for over twenty years. It was [...]

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What Is A Book?

02.23.2012 Books and Literature

A lot of people are arguing about books. What are they? Is there some ultimate battle over the idea of bookness? Is it the physical thing, the printed, bound object, or is it a thing that can live on a device? I love paper, printed, bound books. I love them deeply. But I also don’t [...]

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