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A particularly lovely map

I’ve been reading How to Lie with Maps, a proofreading payment (thanks Gideon!). Given the potential of the subject it’s disappointingly dry, but it did point me to a particularly lovely map. It seems that the Department of Natural Resources of the state of Utah has an especially thorough mapping unit. They produce 1:24000 scale [...]

Miéville’s Kraken looks like a rush job

I needn’t have rushed to the bookstore for Kraken, and I wish Miéville had slowed down a bit too. And that his editor had been a bit more involved.

What happened to Amarok?

Amarok used to be the best music player you could find anywhere. When I bought a second-hand macbook I was all excited because I could finally see what all the fuss about this magical iTunes thingy was. A few days of playing and I wanted Amarok again.1 A few days ago I upgraded my work [...]