NPR just did an exhaustive survey of their readership to form a list of their readers’ top 100 science fiction and fantasy books of all time:
I decided to look through and see what I’m missing. Surprisingly, I’ve read very few of these. I suspect that’s because the vast majority of my sci-fi ingestion […]
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Entertaining overview of a fun premise. A bit euro-centric (the history of the beverages is mostly discussed as they enter the history of Europe and, in Coke’s case, the USA, regardless of when they first came on the scene in a global context), but the origins of all of the beverages are at least covered in a cursory fashion. This seems meant as an entertaining narrative, and not a complete and exhaustive scholarly tome — you have to pick a point of view if you’re going to tell a story, and this one worked great.
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If your VW is having trouble and you need to find out what those cryptic DTC codes mean, here’s the place to look, for posterity.
Related: looks like I have a big car repair bill coming. 🙁
The Sony MDR-7506 headphones seem to be a default staple of the TV production world since the mid-90s, and so when I got a pair for myself, those were the ones to get. They sound great, have reasonably neutral frequency response, and seem to last forever, no matter how much you beat them up. (Mine […]
I’m almost loathe to write anything up about Final Cut Pro X at this point. There’s been so much wailing and gnashing of teeth (and joking) about it, plus a couple of over overly rosy reviews, but I figure one more voice from a more centrist position can’t hurt. However, note that I’ve only […]
I just bought a used Mac Pro yesterday, and the latch that releases the side panel opened just great when I was looking it over. However, this morning, when I gave it a go to pop in a video card, instead of the satisfying thunk of the latch’s usual opening, I heard scrunch, and the […]
Drobo is running a contest to give away a number of Drobos, asking the question, “What would you do with 100 Drobos?”
I think the answer is not an easy one. Sure, anyone can say “I’d take all 100 and give them to charity!” or, “I’d store every movie ever!” These are good first thoughts, […]
