Daily Archives: April 29, 2005

Straw Dogs and Robinson Jeffers

Perhaps once a year I discover a book so remarkable that I end up highlighting passages on every page. I’m just reading one such book now, Straw Dogs, by London School of Economics professor John Gray, which I will present … Continue reading

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Man, Bytes, Dog, by James Gorman

(Posted from Montreal) The following essay, gently poking fun at technology, was written over twenty years ago. It is still one of the funniest pieces of work I have ever read, and the profusion of new technology in the intervening … Continue reading

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