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Author Archives: Len
Departing Denver…
We’re at Gate B22 at Denver International, waiting to Board United 996 nonstop to Boston. The Yorkie Claire made it through security, as did my carry-on bag full of cables, Kindles, converters, videocams, SD card readers, and dongles of every … Continue reading
An Articulate Brit’s Parting Shot for America
Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist‘s Washington bureau chief and, for the past 13 years, author of the paper’s “Lexington” column, suitably chose July 4th for a farewell column titled “Two Cheers for America.” It’s a great read, one of my first … Continue reading
From Fear to Hope in Medellin
Over the past few days, I’ve been listening to a talk given in February at Cornell by Sergio Fajardo, who was mayor of Medellin, Columbia Colombia, from 2004 to 2007 and is now campaigning for president of Colombia in next … Continue reading
Hot Off Amazon’s Digital Text Platform…
With help from wizard Kindle formatter Joshua Tallent, I now have a new title available at Amazon’s Kindle Store. It’s A Poet’s Progress at Bennington – Vol. 1. It comprises the work I did during my first semester in the … Continue reading
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A Very Smart Take on the Kindle
SmartMoney editor Tom Weber has written one of the smartest pieces about the Amazon Kindle that I’ve seen in a long time. His thesis is that the Kindle makes it difficult to wander off in the middle of a book … Continue reading
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Mary, Mary Quite Twitter-Contrary
My friend Mary Anderson is 83 years old, and I had occasion to drive her and a another friend, Nancy, from Denver to the Limon Correctional Facility yesterday evening to participate in a program for offenders. In Limon, we had … Continue reading
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What the Land Knows
We return to Denver this morning after three days visiting Casper, Wyoming, where my wife and I met 27 years ago and lived till moving to the city in 2000. I’ve never really enjoyed the outdoors, to tell you the … Continue reading
Evernote’s Tantalizing Promise of a New Brain
Evernote wants to be my external brain, and I could use one. I’ve been experimenting with this hot organizing program, mainly as a way to store web pages that I use for my weekly Kindle Chronicles podcast. I’ve also created … Continue reading
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The iPhone Line Forms in Denver
I arrived at the AT&T store on Denver’s 16th Street Mall at 4:40 a.m., and–whaddya know?–I was first in line. I cased the joint yesterday, when a guy at the store assured me that if I arrived at 6 a.m. … Continue reading
Following Iran
I was up till 12:30 a.m. watching events in Iran via Twitter and my Google Reader feed. Here are some thoughts: Robert Fisk of The Independent has emerged as a hero journalist, a reporter’s reporter, following crowds of protesters after … Continue reading