I feel like ass. I was feeling a bit better yesterday and went into work. That was probably a mistake because by the end of the day I felt horrible, and I feel worth this morning then I did yesterday morning. Today will be spent curled up on the couch in a nyquil haze. (In other words, any posts today may be incoherent).

Hermann Hesse. “When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.”

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I’m just big on the links today…

Pioneer Press has a favorable review of Radio 8.

There’s a short article in the Boston Globe today about Evan and Blogger.com.  Nothing real new here, just another sign of blogging making it into the mainstream.  I’ve had two people I know tell me they’d started blogs recently because they’d read about it in print somewhere.  So it is something people are coming more aware of.

Can you spot the hidden bird? [via CamWorld]

I noticed that Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web is due out this week.  As with most things these days, there is also a web site for the book, complete with a few chapters.  It looks pretty cool and I think I’m going to preorder a copy of it. Also, reading down the web site for the book I noticed it mentions zannah, pretty keen!

Oh, and spring, where the heck are you? I woke up to find a layer of snow on my car. wtf?

While I don’t order from them offen, I do order from them now and then. The New York Times reports that Online Surpasses Catalog at J. Crew. For the first time, J. Crew’s Web sales eclipsed its catalog sales in February.

It sounds like they actually have a system set up for online sales that is actually making them money. In a lot of ways, it makes sense that catalog companies like J. Crew (and probably Lands End?) are ones that are having a good deal of success with online. The methods for shopping online and via a catalog are very similar. Though I doubt the catalog will ever go away. I’m sure a lot of their sales come from people who have a catalog show up in the mail. I’d bet many people flip through the catalog, see things they like, then either shop online or go to the store.

Ken Olson. “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”

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Spamradio is a hoot! Now you can hear your favorite spam read to you over the net against soothing electronic music. Hi-Fi stream here. [Discovered by Doc and reported by Adam]