As if we don't have enough computers in our house, I'd been eyeing up the new Mac mini as tidbits fed out via the fan sites. It has just been officially announced. I think I'll leave it. Welcome to the world of the US49 cent Kiwi dollar …
Meanwhile, the new Stuff site debuts today -- without a banner ad, but with the rumoured customisation features. I not sure I want to customise a newspaper website. It's a bit too much like … a commitment.
On his blog at Wired.com, Bruce Sterling has published the verbatim notes of his somewhat controversial speech at Webstock under the heading What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at Webstock 09.
As @Brenda09 pointed out on Twitter, it's not quite the same without Bruce's southern accent. Wonder how it sounds on a Kindle?
And Talking Points Memo has several courses of schadenfreude on the Republican party meltdown, including the crawling apology from RNC chair Michael Steele to Rush Limbaugh. Josh Marshall starts keeping track of the "hang time" between party thoughtcrime and abject apology to Rush.
I'll post some Rush video in the comments …