Grrr. http://www.rdio.com/#/artist/Local_Natives/album/Gorilla_Manor/

Oh, and I liked this Local Natives album that I, too, found on Rdio.

Pantha Du Prince

I went to the Soud Vide Supreme launch demo here at the CCA. It was *very* impressive. If I had $450 and the counter space I'd totally plunk down for it. In case you're thinking of actually doing the same rather than just making your own botulism at home: http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_sous_vide

Instapaper and 1password have been the most transformative apps I've used in the past year, both have revolutionized the way I experience the Web. Given how amazing Instapaper is on the iPhone, and even moreso on the Kindle, I cannot wait to start using it on the iPad. It's going to be the end of TLDR.

Yeah I'm already pretty tired of hearing about the Brooklyn Blue Bottle. You wouldn't have heard much more than a peep about it had it opened in, say, LA or Chicago. But because NYC just got its first roaster *last year* (Stumptown, from Portland, Oregon) every time some new place opens there's going to be a deluge of tweets and posts about it. In all fairness, they've been drinking douchewater over there for decades. I can understand the excitement, even if it's annoying.

Having finally listened to it (after, I think, telling you it was out there) I can say Spoon's new album is not actually very good. Kind of heartless. You would like the others. But you can't hear them. I do kind of like the new Yeasayer.

Have you tried one? My iPhone Kindle app was a gateway drug to the Kindle for me, and now I strongly prefer the latter. The former now seems almost unusable for anything other than, say, looking up recipes in Cook's Illustrated. The e-ink is a far superior reading experience for anything long form--I now read all my long-form articles from the Web on my Kindle thanks to Instapaper. It's not very heavy, certainly it's less of a pain to carry than a hardback book. I think were you to give one a shot for a week or two, you'd be hard pressed to go back to the iPhone.

Good call. I had no idea what the source was.

Your left!

@Wendy White The opt-out option on that large screen prompt does not actually opt you out. What happens, when you go to Gmail and get the offer for Buzz for the first time, is that Google presents you with two choices "Sweet, check out Buzz" or "Nah, take me to my inbox." If you select the first, it drops you off in https://mail.google.com/mail/#buzz If you choose the latter, it sends you to your inbox. BUT even if you choose the latter it still creates a Buzz account for you and that Buzz account still shows up in your Gmail. So, effectively, what the screen you describe gives you the option to do is to check out Buzz now, or check out Buzz later. You're in either way if you're a gmail user.

Darcy: great point.

Bekka & Gina: Thanks, done!