- I just loosened the spacing on this page a little. I hope you don’t notice more than a vague improvement
- OK, Steve Wozniak is a hero. But still, this is one of the saddest photos I have ever seen. Though, as someone said on Crooked Timber, check out the apes looking at the monolith pictures, too.
- My birthday is on February 9 this year. Apropos nothing at all.
- Supper with Rupert and Louise last night. While reading the Bible to each other in Jerusalem, they were struck by the way that every time the Assyrians conquered the place, they had demanded the King’s musicians be handed over. “This must”, said Louise, “be the origin of the phrase ‘tribute band’.”
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What day is your birthday normally on? Why the decision to have it on February 9 this year? Just curious 🙂
There is a connection with the previous item 🙂
Since the iPhone isn’t being introduced until June in the States I can only assume you want one of Woz’s spare segways. But have you considered the possibility that you might not be stormed by young and attractive technology journalists when you ride around your locality?
Unfortunately, the iPhone was introduced some 2700 years too late for Sennacherib’s tribute demands – although the thought of Assyrian reliefs depicting warriors rolling up the siege ramp on Segways is quite engaging. As is the idea of putting entire ancient genealogies and their associated hangers-on into MySpace (unfortunately, most of the names seem to be taken – but each of these new technologies deserves to be invaded a la Chaucer blog).
Those tributes were quite bizarre. Monkeys in golden buckets featured: I think I’ll hold out for that on my next review.
My birthday, be it noted, is in August.
Wozona Segway. It won’t be long before some poor kid comes out of the font with that millstone round its neck as a name.
There is some evidence that your idea may not be far from realisation, Peter.
Chortle. Around here we consider our rides pimped if we wash the mud off. And we never use the M word: too likely to get punched by residents of the next village, who do.