Slate details how indie bookstores, long the bastion of alternative tastemaking, not to mention niche book titles, are being replaced by blogs, Amazon and a vast online used book swap meet.
Apple threw down some new intel-based Macbooks today, to replace the limping G4 iBooks. They look pretty slick, especially the black one, but the graphics card is seriously underpowered. Think I’ll save my pennies and get the Macbook Pro, which has more horsepower and doubles as a fine XP gaming rig, so I’m told.
Not to bash Sony for no good reason…ah, who am I kidding. I love bashing Sony. And here’s more fuel for the fire…a video of the beginning of E3, where the Nintendo booth at E3 got stampeded, with no-one (and I mean no-one) stopping by to check out the PS3.
The New York Times magazine has a rather lengthy article about the future of books, and how scanning said tomes will change the printed word. Pretty interesting, especially for a bibliophile such as myself, though this is by Kevin Kelly, who wrote the infamous “even our butlers will have butlers when the Dow hits 30,000” article for Wired magazine during the Internet bubble.
And just for general interest, here’s another article detailing Wired’s worst stories.
WTF? Everyone knows Ken Kutaragi, the head push behind the Playstation 3, is a raving loon. But now he claims Sony’s upcoming “next-gen” console is not expensive enough, at $650 (Canuck). Sony, sometimes you make my blood boil.
Replaced by viral videos, YouTube, and the like, according to Macleans.
The “Big Three” of the automotive world have long grappled with competition from overseas, but now it’s looking like the Asian manufacturers are handing them their lunch, once and for all.
Ahhh, Sony. Your arrogance is without peer. $650 for a console that boasts…well, not a lot other than tuned up graphics. Or at least, not much the 360 can’t deliver, and with better online play. And it looks like despite the downright retarded name, the Nintendo Wii will be a gameplay powerhouse.
Vancouver is currently in the grip of real estate madness, with new condos popping up everywhere and hyperbole flung about like nobody’s business, as well as skyrocketing prices. BUt where goes the United States soon goes Canada, and they’re starting to feel their once-hot, speculative market chill.