[silk] a rare instance of official humour

2007-06-09 Thread Ingrid
...a government condom brand called Dipper, which is word play on the advice painted on the backs of many trucks, Use Dipper at Night, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/world/asia/08aids.html?pagewanted=2_r=1themc=th -- The future is here; it's just not widely distributed yet. - William

Re: [silk] What's the best camera I can buy for $300?

2007-06-09 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Udhay Shankar N wrote: This is, at the moment, more a thought experiment than anything else - I was looking to see if it was worth replacing my ~3yr old Olympus MJU-410 point-and-shoot camera. I am about as far from a camera / photography geek as it is possible to get - my pictures are mostly

[silk] The Book of All Hours

2007-06-09 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Interesting review posted by Jeff to another list, of Hal Duncan's _Vellum : The Book of all Hours_ [1]. Anybody else here read it and wants to add their opinion? (and Jeff, your further thoughts on this one would be interesting, too) Udhay [1]