Wire Ink

E. Blake Hicks has done some work!

(thanks Atomic Books Rachel)

Kindlenfreude * **

Kin'-dlen-froy-duh
n.

The shameful joy one feels when one reads another article about how unawesome the Kindle and Kindle Zwei are.

*Term developed with the assistance of Atomic Books. Check out their selection of national media Kindle-hatin' writing here. Or read it on your Kindle! Oh wait you can't. Because it's crap.

**And no complaints on the shitty German from the Teutonic section! I KNOW IT'S WRONG. IT'S HUMOR. Jeez. Here's Jürgen's suggestion: Elektrokindlebuchmaschinenschnitzelfreude. Funny, yes. Short, no.

Best of Times

Crowd in Titusville, Florida, watching Apollo 11 take its crew to the moon, July 1969
(David Burnett/Contact Press Images)









Jenny Sanford, First Lady of South Carolina, June 2009 (AP photo)








Both images from the New York Times.
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What's App-ening: Where To Find The Good iPhone Apps

Here's a brief list of sites that (in my opinion, yours probably sucks) do a good job of reviewing, previewing, pimping, or otherwise noting good and/or decent iPhone applications, commonly known as "apps" or "ptarmigans."

AppCraver
A solid place to start, lots of coverage of lots of apps from games to bidness stuff. Check out their Editor's Picks for a good starter pack.




Gizmodo's The Week in iPhone Apps
Four apps a week, a proper mix of fun, productivity, things that make fart or gun noises, and creative tools.




iLounge
If you (like me) were a stereo dork at a younger age and read Stereophile magazine, you'll recognize iLounge's style. But that's good, because there's some serious thought and criticism here, particularly handy when it comes to looking for an external battery pack to let you use your 3GS for more than five hours at a time.




Pocket Gamer.co.uk
Games! Game news! Game reviews (good ones!) Tips on what's cheap/free this week! You must get Peggle!




What They Play: John's Giant List of iPhone Games
This title ain't lyin': It's a big-ass list of iPhone games by 1UP's John Davidson. Check out the last review (for Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyvale, a game I would have totally ignored, but did not thanks to John) and you'll see John's brilliante Olde Worlde wisdom.
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Moon Baltimore: THE INFAMOUS "THE SIGNAL" INTERVIEW

Back by popular demand! Sort of.

Click player below (UPDATED: Now with 100% more working . . . in Firefox and Chrome. IE seems to be some sort of bigot.) to play the MP3 of Moon Baltimore's spot on WYPR 88.1 FM's The Signal from June 12, 2009. Remember where you were the first time you heard it? Me neither!

Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her, Washington, D.C.

From the Library of Congress Flickr site (really!):

Woman putting on her lipstick in a park with Union Station behind her, Washington, D.C.

[ca. 1943]

1 transparency : color.

Moon Baltimore UNLEASHED IN THE MULTIMEDIAS

Moon Baltimore is ON THE STREETS and already people are talking about it (in my mind).

The initial promotional onslaught is detailed below:

WYPR 88.1 FM's The Signal's Lisa Morgan's interview with me about writing the book! (NOTE: Might Be Afflicted and Unworking for a little while)

Photos from the book premiere event at Atomic Books!

Get a copy yourself, either through an awesome Baltimore retailer or through Amazon!

Tortillaz In The Mist

"Touch the Zesty Guacamole flavor to your tongue and you'll taste what Quaker Tortillaz are all about."

The kindly pacifist Quaker icon dude must be thrilled. "You can never be too thin – or too crunchy" reads the marketing copy. That's not very Quaker, is it?

How about:
"You can never be too thin or too crunchy -- or too pacifist!"

The Diver, or Scaphandrier

"Nantes, the home town of Jules Verne, is situated in western France. Here, near the river Loire a giant deep-sea diver sleeps gently, waiting for his task to begin."