Come on, you knew the Quote of the Day would be from that one book that it’s taking self weeks — weeks! — to get through. Sorry…… Read more “Quote of the Day: Walter Isaacson”
Category: Eavesdropping
Paris, Summer 1985: Tina Redse to Steve Jobs
Here I am! Still reading Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography! I’m about halfway. Jobs is 30. He’s just been voted out unanimously by the Apple board. Humiliated,…… Read more “Paris, Summer 1985: Tina Redse to Steve Jobs”
Chapter Eighteen, NeXT: High Drama
Self has been reading this chapter, rapt, all morning. The drama of the Jobs/Sculley relationship — the twists and turns, the backstabbing, the emotional confrontations, the tears…… Read more “Chapter Eighteen, NeXT: High Drama”
“Reality Distortion Field”
Andy Hertzfeld on his boss, Steve Jobs: The reality distortion field was a confounding melange of a charismatic rhetorical style, indomitable will, and eagerness to bend any…… Read more ““Reality Distortion Field””
Sam the Man!
Sam has a plan to rescue the town of Perdido Beach, California from killer bugs AND baddie Drake. You GO, Sam! That’s right, never give up! As…… Read more “Sam the Man!”
Cyber-Dominance: We Are Bellingcat, pp. 76 – 77
Self apologizes for going so so slowly through this book, but it continues to enthrall. General Michael Hayden, former director of both the CIA and the NSA,…… Read more “Cyber-Dominance: We Are Bellingcat, pp. 76 – 77”
Quote of the Day (Also FOTD), Last Monday in February 2022
“Ukraine is still winning, 96 hours later. Good morning, world.” — Anastasiia Lapatina, The Kyiv Independent
Sentence of the Day: Neverwhere
The next morning he boarded the train for ths six-hour Journey south that would bring him to the strange gothic spires and arches of St. Pancras Station.…… Read more “Sentence of the Day: Neverwhere”
The Audacity, Oh the Audacity!
Donald Heath calls his wife and son back to Berlin (they’d taken refuge in Oslo after Germany invaded Poland) and then breaks it to his wife: their…… Read more “The Audacity, Oh the Audacity!”
Cable, Donald Heath to US Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau
Morgenthau’s decision to send Donald Heath to Berlin turns out to be god-level. 24 April 1939:The (US) Embassy has received reliable information that the German Embassy in…… Read more “Cable, Donald Heath to US Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau”
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