Comments on: The book of the season http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3506 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nav http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3506/comment-page-1#comment-6276 Nav Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:45:13 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3506#comment-6276 Heh. Hope you know I was just being silly. And maybe it is interesting - after all, Canadians *have* been voting strangely for the last little while, propping up a Republican-style Conservative government who are simultaneously rendered powerless by not having a majority. (Not really related, but question: would it be weird for me to 'analyse' Penumbra? I don't mean evaluate or review - it's just that it got my brains spinning and I'd sorta' love to blog about it, even though it's, by blog standards, ridiculously late). Heh. Hope you know I was just being silly. And maybe it is interesting — after all, Canadians *have* been voting strangely for the last little while, propping up a Republican-style Conservative government who are simultaneously rendered powerless by not having a majority.

(Not really related, but question: would it be weird for me to ‘analyse’ Penumbra? I don’t mean evaluate or review — it’s just that it got my brains spinning and I’d sorta’ love to blog about it, even though it’s, by blog standards, ridiculously late).

]]> By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3506/comment-page-1#comment-6271 Robin Sloan Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:01:55 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3506#comment-6271 I really do feel bad about making fun of the book now. Because, come on. I'll bet there's some good stuff in there. And a person who's working on a book should not be in the habit of ridiculing books <i>a priori</i>, if only for basic karmic reasons. Contrite. I really do feel bad about making fun of the book now. Because, come on. I’ll bet there’s some good stuff in there. And a person who’s working on a book should not be in the habit of ridiculing books a priori, if only for basic karmic reasons.

Contrite.

]]> By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3506/comment-page-1#comment-6270 Robin Sloan Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:50:36 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3506#comment-6270 It's the combo, it's the combo!--if it was "Blogging Behavior in Canada" it would be a different story. Ahhh I'm just imagining it as a gift. "Honey! 'Voting Behavior in Canada'! How did you know??" It’s the combo, it’s the combo!–if it was “Blogging Behavior in Canada” it would be a different story.

Ahhh I’m just imagining it as a gift. “Honey! ‘Voting Behavior in Canada’! How did you know??”

]]> By: Nav http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3506/comment-page-1#comment-6267 Nav Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:25:19 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3506#comment-6267 I'm also just trying to figure out what the deal is with the pencils. Are we all over the place? Or well sharpened? When you prick us, do we not leave clean, neat graphite lines which we then apologise profusely for? (Of course, you know the slight dig at Canada means that the forthcoming and long overdue 'analysis' of Mr. Penumbra will now have to be infinitely more negative and condemnatory... After all, if I've studied my history right, blind nationalism always works out for the best.) I’m also just trying to figure out what the deal is with the pencils. Are we all over the place? Or well sharpened? When you prick us, do we not leave clean, neat graphite lines which we then apologise profusely for?

(Of course, you know the slight dig at Canada means that the forthcoming and long overdue ‘analysis’ of Mr. Penumbra will now have to be infinitely more negative and condemnatory… After all, if I’ve studied my history right, blind nationalism always works out for the best.)

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