Cheapskates Revealed!

(April 30, 2012)

In the previous installment, we saw that Penguin had done weird stuff typographically.  And now I understand why. In the back of the book is a “List of Variants”, which details minutely what manuscripts have been used.  I mean, important stuff like “La” vs “la”. And they list these variants based on page and line … Continue reading Cheapskates Revealed!

Cheapskates

(April 29, 2012)

I was reading Tender is the Night and was puzzling over the typesetting.  The foreword and the index is set in a very clear, narrow typeface, while the text itself looks old and worn. This is unfortunately an annotated edition, which I loathe.  I wouldn’t have bought it if I’d known. But that doesn’t make … Continue reading Cheapskates

Linkblogging

(April 8, 2012)

This seems to explain the weird tendency Linux has to swap out huge processes, even when there’s plenty of free memory.  I’ve always wondered why that happens. Short answer: ccNUMA.  Long answer here. And also this.

Useful Consumer Review

(April 1, 2012)

I bought this catch-and-release fly catcher…  gun… a few weeks back.  But, despite the warmest March ever (or something), I hadn’t seen a single fly since getting the device. Until today. It works!  I caught the fly and released it out the window. I didn’t really think it would work, because the suction kinda sucks. … Continue reading Useful Consumer Review