Print on Demand

Academics of the world, rejoice!

The print on demand book kiosk. Hopefully coming soon to a book near you.

Though can I say that the Sydney Morning Herald really needs a page redesign ... or at least a big arrow letting people know they need to scroll down.

UPDATE: As this post went live, I checked it again and the page appeared fixed. Odd, I thought. Turns out it is a browser compatibility issue and will sometimes look right, and sometimes look like this ...

Some Good Reading

If anyone besides me somewhat disturbed by the fact that in U.S. cities hosting major political events, free speech is apparently delimited to specified free speech zones, outside of which, and sometimes in which, you will be arrested for such crimes as congregating, placard waving, speaking, singing, dancing, debating, and sometimes just plain trying to get through to the other side.

Some good reading in light of recent events.

• You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America. by John R. MacArthur
• Little Brother. by Cory Doctorow