The front page of the LA Times website says that it’s time for “Lee Back” to step down. They say this right beneath a photo of LEE BACA. So, question of the day: Are there ANY copy editors left at the LA Times? I mean, Lee Baca is only the sheriff protecting just shy of TEN MILLION PEOPLE. (Kinda well-known, right?)
I’m sad to learn that Steve Jobs has died.
For more than 30 years, he’s been America’s contemporary Edison, revolutionizing the delivery of computing, music, and movies, and putting all of them more readily into the hands of people around the globe. That you now carry the Internet on your hip is greatly due to Steve Jobs.
I saw him in person only once, many years ago, in San Francisco at the rollout of the second-generation iMac. But he’s been a daily part of my life for a long time.
How much demand is there for the new iPhone 4S, announced today?
Apple’s site crashed.
That’s how much demand.
The hot costume this Halloween? Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner.
(I wouldn’t want him hanging around.)
Why the potential closing of the Friendly’s chain might put a damper on Nicholson Baker’s output. (It’s where he does his rewriting.)
Here’s the answer, staring us right in the face.
(No wonder he’s resistant to further cuts!)
This infographic shows who is most likely to buy the iPhone 5, now expected to be released on October 5, and why. I looked hard and couldn’t find my picture in there. (I’ll definitely be upgrading.) Given that I have a 3G (yikes!) and corresponding account, I’m wondering if I have the grandfathered-in unlimited data plan. Hope so.
Is this a music video or a commercial? (Cue the Razzles commercial: “Is it a candy or a gum?”) Both. (Like Razzles, because if you swallowed them, they had better not be purely gum.) But either way, I love this because it’s fun. With this spot — a promo for season two of a not-terribly-inspired HBO “comedy” — they’re turning Luis Guzman, an actor I’ve always enjoyed, into a cult celebrity. If only the show were ever this clever. But I’m glad to have this.
Elizabeth Warren, candidate for Senate in Massachusetts.
Kind of like stumbling across Bigfoot out in the wild, here’s a photo of an actual comics rack — with new comics in it! — in situ at Nau’s Pharmacy in Austin, Texas. A big thanks to Doug Hackney for sending this along and helping us to keep the dream alive.
Note: Those top three comics are the new FF series. Highly recommended! Doug added that he was having a vanilla malt; my recommendation was that he try those comics.
