Daily Archives: May 4, 2006

Crashing the Gate

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 4, 2006

Al Ruff and the Rainbow Bookstore and WORT invited Kos and Jerome Armstrong to Madison for a book signing. This is the first time I’ve had a chance to meet Kos. We exchanged a few pleasantries about shared acquaintances and blogs we like… Zephyr, One Good Move… There’s more to say about this session, much [...]

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Manolo likes the pearly toes…

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 4, 2006

From the NYT Fashion section: Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, said that with flip-flops and other shoe styles that expose the toes for all to see, flawless feet have become a status symbol. “Having perfectly groomed feet indicates that you have the [...]

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Jones

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 4, 2006

I have lived with several generations of laptops, but never owned one that was lightweight. Last week, Tony showed me an Averatec he got from buy.com that weighs 3.6 pounds and cost (then, after rebate) $750. Downsides were few… a celeron chip, only 512MB of memory, XP Home. Maybe the keyboard is a little cramped [...]

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