Unloaded!

Say what you will, but I think ZaReason's choice to give customers the option of an unloaded device is quite laudable. Would more companies were so enlightened.

Money and Art

Nina Paley had an interesting series of thoughts about value and the art world here. The pearl I found most striking: "Now I realize that collectors are the prime – or only – originators of high-end art value. Anyone can paint, but only a tiny elite can buy a painting for a million dollars."

Ah, Seneca

itaque cum legere non possis quantum habueris, satis est habere quantum legas. Since you cannot read all that you might have, it is enough to have as much as you read.