Tip of the Quill: A Journal

Category Archives: Voice: Tip of the Quill

One more thing.

Although I’m not mentioned on either the So New Media site or the author’s site, I designed the forthcoming book Deli Life for Mr. Brown and his ilk. You can preorder it here.And with that, I think I’m going to go on hiatus for a little while. Sorry. Things are going down out here that […]

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Forgive the temporary absence from posting.

Hey, all – I’m going through some personal problems right now. Please stand by.

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Granta publishes their new “Best Young British Novelists” list.

The full list and a commentary article can be found over at The Observer, but to save you the time, here’s Granta’s top 20. Keep in mind that their previous lists have included some really great talents, so these may be the folks to watch out for. The authors, and their ages: Monica Ali, 35; […]

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There are things I’m learning from Safari.

One of Safari’s neatest features is the ability to include all the URLs in your address book in a folder in your bookmark bar. This is nifty on multiple levels. For starters, it makes me question the weblogs I read – perhaps the blogs I pay the most attention to should belong to people who […]

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Comments crash Safari.

OK, so far I love Safari. It’s fast, sleek and has a couple of nifty things that IE only dreams about. It’s also showing me that there are some things I need to fix… Like the comments on this weblog, for instance, which crash the browser. Whoops.Oh, and font sizes. Looks like I’ve got some […]

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He didn’t keep going.

Well, no new towers, and no new digital lifestyle device (DLD), but whoo boy, is that new 17″ PowerBook sweet. Bluetooth? Airport Extreme? And a backlit keyboard? Wow. I don’t know if I need the 17″ monitor, but if they put all those goodies into their 15″ model, I’m going to get me one of […]

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Year of the laptop?

Nice. Very nice. But keep going – new towers! New digital lifestyle device! Get back up there and keep going!

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12″ PowerBook.

Well, the lads calling for an Apple subnotebook should be happy. That thing’s cute.

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Airport Extreme.

Wow. Just the wireless USB print server function alone is worth the $199 price. Sweetness and light.

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17″ PowerBook.

Damn. That thing’s an aircraft carrier! And fiber-optic backlit keys! Woot! And Bluetooth! And faster Airport! And better graphics! Rock!

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