The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs - Latest Comments in Foucault's Pendulum: An update

Re: Foucault's Pendulum: An update

faddah — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:23:25 -0000

not only that, probably the way the kerning is done so absolutely randomly throughout the tome must be maddening and hard on your poor bespectacled eyes, our fearless leader. such sacrifices you make for us! such unlimited compassion & patience! i'm surprised you haven't thrown the book up against the wall. or had ja'red burn it for you.

do you read any of the books you burn?

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lastangelman — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:53:57 -0000

Whoa, trying to slip a fast one, eh, FSJ, our family had a houseboy from Goa when we lived in Bahrain back in the day, and he taught me ALL THE DIRTY WORDS they used in his village. He taught me some Portuguese slang, too, like, enchemos lingüiça.

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Todd — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:12:36 -0000

Here's how the book ends: You find out the book sucks.

Save the hours of your life you would spend reading it on something more fun, like pulling out your eyelashes.

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CyberTyger — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:48:07 -0000

What next - a Bhenchod edition of Options ?

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DougS — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:06:40 -0000

No wonder the iPhone SDK is late; SJ is reading Eco instead of personally micromanaging every detail. :-)

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Snake Charmer — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:55:11 -0000

Haha! this is sweet revenge for being a prick and not opening Apple Stores in India and shutting down Apple Tech Support in the land that gave you peace!
Bhenchod = sister (bhen) fucker(chod) in Hindi
You've been had FSJ!

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MichaelFowke — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:13:48 -0000

Get Celine's Death on Credit as well!

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ggrossman — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:39:21 -0000

Here's a spoiler: Belbo dies in the end. But don't we all? See, now you can just drop it.

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Paul — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:09:58 -0000

Yeah, Eco can be entertaining, but he's not always. In fact he's a bit of a pseud, and a peddler of that dreary "semiotics" nonsense to boot. But I guess that's the point: FSJ is not going to have RSJ reading something that's difficult but interesting - Kant, say, or William Langland. And one can see that he won't have him actually reading this book anyway - just name-dropping it.

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Sandip — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:17:35 -0000

pls visit www.bhenchod.com Its interesting......Left me in splits... After visiting this site you would understand why some wise men have said " a picture is worth a thousand words"

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rayray — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:39:24 -0000

"Bhenchod"--that's priceless!

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jim forbes — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:33:53 -0000

Rosebud was what BillyBob Hearst called Marion Davies clitoris ya heathen.

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Tim of the Sand — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:48:44 -0000

I think it's more like "If you believe strongly enough in conspiracy theories, you can generate your own conspiracy."

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Tim of the Sand — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:45:52 -0000

Brilliant, Nico. Many thanks.

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Simon — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:02:01 -0000

FSJ, you had a lucky escape - it was one of the most boring books that I've read in my life.

I shall summarize it for you:

'If you believe in conspiracy theories, you are a fool.'

It also has lots of post-structuralist stuff about the relationship between knowledge and power and stuff like that, but to be honest you're better off reading 'The Name of the Rose' if you like that sort of thing.

However, I'm not sure if the typography in that book is up to your standard either...

Re: Foucault's Pendulum: An update

gutenberg — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:32:49 -0000

As McLuhan stated, "The medium is the message". That explains why I prefer 24 pt Myriad MM Tilt these days.

FSJ, I appreciate the reminder about your experience and credentials. Please consider publishing your vitae, It would remind devotees, "we must do all"

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Mitesh — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:16:30 -0000

Sachit is right... Anywhoo... why would anyone call a font "Bhenchod"

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Michael Fowke — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:16:02 -0000

Don't read that pretentious nonsense. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine - that's what you want!

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Hostile Monkey — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:04:53 -0000

What's next Sachit? Going to tell us what "rosebud" means?

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Vedang Manerikar — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:02:54 -0000

lol... the font's called bhenchod?? seriously??
why would anyone name a font "sister-fucker"?

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Nico — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:02:23 -0000

Most audiobooks are made by reading books that are typeset in Arial. I can't stand the sound of Arial.

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Sachit — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:35:00 -0000

bhenchod means sister fucker in Hindi..

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Ola — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:31:24 -0000

What? Correct me if i'm wrong but i recall dear leader saying "people don't read anymore". So then: Who cares about typefaces? Put down the book and buy it on Audible so you can listen to it on the iPod or even better get it for the Kindle.

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intenselygreen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:17:39 -0000

The typeface is important to the user experience. You have always been about the user experience. This is not surprising that you would seize so immediately upon the book's primary weakness.