Comments for patell dot org http://patell.org Cyrus R. K. Patell's Website Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Flexible Flyers by nandini http://patell.org/2010/02/flexible-flyers/comment-page-1/#comment-214 nandini Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:23 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=702#comment-214 First thing I thought of when I saw this post: Rosebud. First thing I thought of when I saw this post: Rosebud.

]]> Comment on Best Picture? by Cyrus Patell http://patell.org/2010/02/best-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Cyrus Patell Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:56:15 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=680#comment-213 @Chani: Yes, I remember your saying that you had that rooting interest during the desert dinner! @Chani: Yes, I remember your saying that you had that rooting interest during the desert dinner!

]]> Comment on Best Picture? by Chani http://patell.org/2010/02/best-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Chani Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:26:05 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=680#comment-212 I must change my NYUAD Portfolio... I will be the SECOND woman to win best director. **Sigh*** I must change my NYUAD Portfolio…
I will be the SECOND woman to win best director.
**Sigh***

]]> Comment on MacBook Screen Rot by Cyrus Patell http://patell.org/2010/03/macbook-screen-rot/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Cyrus Patell Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:02:53 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=751#comment-211 That was a side-effect of my switch to Wordpress from Movable Type a while back as the engine for the blog. I chose the <a title="Carrington theme for WordPress" href="http://carringtontheme.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Carrington</a> framework as my <a href="http://wordpress.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordPress</a> theme for a number of its features and its relatively clean look. I don't mind the Arial, though I've been thinking about changing it to something else. Any suggestions? That, of course, would entail my figuring out how to alter the CSS style sheets without messing anything up. No time for that now; definitely a summer project. Actually at this point it's probably #5 on the summer project list. That was a side-effect of my switch to Wordpress from Movable Type a while back as the engine for the blog. I chose the Carrington framework as my WordPress theme for a number of its features and its relatively clean look. I don’t mind the Arial, though I’ve been thinking about changing it to something else. Any suggestions? That, of course, would entail my figuring out how to alter the CSS style sheets without messing anything up. No time for that now; definitely a summer project. Actually at this point it’s probably #5 on the summer project list.

]]> Comment on MacBook Screen Rot by Borenstein http://patell.org/2010/03/macbook-screen-rot/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Borenstein Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:34:18 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=751#comment-210 Cyrus, why did you change the elegant font into boring arial? Cyrus, why did you change the elegant font into boring arial?

]]> Comment on Penguin Books of the Future by Cyrus Patell http://patell.org/2010/03/penguin-books-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Cyrus Patell Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:54:00 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=756#comment-208 I think of my Kindle and the iPad not as book replacements but as complements: another way to consume text. I am happy to read a novel either In book form or on the Kindle these days, and I'll admit that I've bought sone books in both forms: I wish Amazon would offer a special combo deal for such cases. What I am hoping is that the iPad will prove to revolutionize the magazine industry: I already subscribe to my computer magazines in digital form, but a laptop isn't really a good vehicle for bedtime reading or reading on the go. I think of my Kindle and the iPad not as book replacements but as complements: another way to consume text. I am happy to read a novel either In book form or on the Kindle these days, and I’ll admit that I’ve bought sone books in both forms: I wish Amazon would offer a special combo deal for such cases. What I am hoping is that the iPad will prove to revolutionize the magazine industry: I already subscribe to my computer magazines in digital form, but a laptop isn’t really a good vehicle for bedtime reading or reading on the go.

]]> Comment on Penguin Books of the Future by Chani http://patell.org/2010/03/penguin-books-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Chani Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:53:34 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=756#comment-207 I was just looking up this iPad! It looks very cool but I have to do more research. I am not sure I would let a very young child use it! Also, I don't think anything can replace a book for me. I love the smell. I was just looking up this iPad! It looks very cool but I have to do more research.
I am not sure I would let a very young child use it!
Also, I don’t think anything can replace a book for me. I love the smell.

]]> Comment on USB Lightsabers by Cyrus Patell http://patell.org/2010/02/usb-lightsabers/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Cyrus Patell Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:48:03 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=688#comment-201 A little grim! Kind of sick, if you ask me. What would be worse: authentic Tauntaun odor. ("And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!" -- Han Solo.) A little grim! Kind of sick, if you ask me. What would be worse: authentic Tauntaun odor. (“And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!” — Han Solo.)

]]> Comment on USB Lightsabers by Chani http://patell.org/2010/02/usb-lightsabers/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Chani Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:38:35 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=688#comment-200 I JUST found a new favorite..... http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1317594 A little grim...but classic. I JUST found a new favorite…..

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1317594

A little grim…but classic.

]]> Comment on USB Lightsabers by Cyrus Patell http://patell.org/2010/02/usb-lightsabers/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Cyrus Patell Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:14:37 +0000 http://patell.org/?p=688#comment-197 My favorite science-fiction-themed toaster is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/battlestar-galactica-cylon-toaster-produces-fanboy-approved-brea/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this one</a> (because of the pun: in <em>Battlestar Galactica</em>, the Cylon robots are referred to by the humans as "toasters"). I resisted, however, the temptation to buy one (mostly due to lack of counter space). My favorite science-fiction-themed toaster is this one (because of the pun: in Battlestar Galactica, the Cylon robots are referred to by the humans as “toasters”). I resisted, however, the temptation to buy one (mostly due to lack of counter space).

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