Monthly Archives: January 2007

Speaking Of Peripherals I

By Jens Haas | Published: January 31, 2007
A timeless moment yesterday morning, on CNN: Bill Gates being interviewed by Miles O’Brien on the launch of Vista, Microsoft’s new operating system. So after some introductory niceties, O’Brien delivers the question everybody is asking, in an amazingly smooth and charming tone: “Doesn’t this all look very much like Mac OS X?” Gates horrified. Goes [...]
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A Photo And A Bio

By Jens Haas | Published: January 30, 2007
I’ve done some serious housekeeping today regarding my website. That included the delicious task to write up some sort of a bio. As my favorite author said: “They keep asking for a photo and a bio. What a photo and a bio have to do with a man’s work, I dunno.” Well, this is a [...]
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The Dilemma Of Remorseless Pleasure, By Mara L.

By Mara L. | Published: January 25, 2007
Perhaps culinary survival for an expatriate in New York is after all possible, and there might even be a bright side to it. Isn’t it true that you, like all Italian gourmets, used to live with a conflict between the two major values in your life? (1) Be thin. (2) Eat great food. So, for [...]
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