Jack The Scribbler

Jadeco Pocket Journal: A Review

The Jadeco Pocket Journal is a work of art

There are two kinds of people in the world—those who buy expensive notebooks and those who don’t.

Sad to say, I belong to the first category and I’ve been thinking of switching teams.

Why?

Because these pricey notebooks leave users such as myself shortchanged.

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My top five books for 2011

TWO thousand eleven is the same as 2010 and the year before that.

That’s as far as the number of books I’ve read is concerned.

For the past three years, I’ve read 28 books annually, failing to meet my goal of finishing 30 books a year. My record year still is 2008, when I read 30++ books, including comics, short novels, and a New Yorker issue cover to cover.

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The Zoom H1: A Review

The Zoom H1 in action.

The following review, to use the term loosely, is based on pseudo-real-world conditions; that is to say, conditions close to ideal.

The Zoom H1 was used during interviews pre-approved by the subjects in settings such as restaurants, pubs, a private office, and a jazz bar during a concert.

The most challenging field test ever confronted by my H1 involves secretly recording candid exchanges with taxi drivers. Read the rest of this entry »

See Jack fail miserably at selling web ads

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