More on the Kindle (sort of)
Wired has a list of E-book readers at a glance "(old crappy ones not included)". The E-book reader is the ultimate geek toy; expensive, unnecessary and overly complicated (anything dealing with DRM is overly-complicated). That doesn't deter the want (at least not my want) of the device, just delays it a bit until the price point drops some more. Odd that the Apple itouch isn't in the list.

Is anybody listening?. The BBC has (yet another) article warning about the dangers of posting disturbing, illegal or just reputation-crushing details (not just photos mind) to social websites. "Millions of young people could damage their future careers with the details about themselves they post on social networking websites, a watchdog warns." If you know someone just starting their career - ask to see their social sites. They might be surprised to learn there are a lot of people over 40 on both FaceBook and MySpace (and LJ, and all the other social groups). Have you googled your name to see what comes up? Could you show it to your mother, your boss, your mentor? If you can't - you've got a problem.

Sad news
Verity Lambert died on Thursday, November 22, 2007. She was 71. She also was Doctor Who's first producer and the BBC's first female TV producer. Wikipedia entry, Screenonline biography, Times Obit.

More for my wish list.
Sling Media. Featured on Ars Technica's 2007 holdiay gift guide, the intro ads are great - and so too is the device. It's got a low price and seems readily available for online purchase from a host of online retailers. I've not seen anything about it in Canada, so I'm guessing the only way to get this things would be through the internet.

Home Trebuchet Kit, a Few Feet Short of Perfection. Gizmodo made my day by showing me this kit. It's only 1/20th scale (aww shuks!) but it's supposibly fully functional. Now this would be the thing to make a get-together something special. And, with winter already here - can you just imagine using snowballs in this thing?

Thanks to the Evil DM for the update - The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Vol1 (12 DVDs include seven feature-length empisodes [My First Adventure, Passion for Life, The Perils of Cupid, Travels With Father, Journey of Radiance, Spring Break Adventure, Love's Sweet Song], 38 companion documentaries, a Historical overview, an Interactive game and an Interactive timeline). Amazon.Ca has it for $91.99. Chapters has it for $104.99. This will eventually be a 3 box set detailing all 22 episodes of the series.

Metafilter question about buying dice has some good links to dice sellers. But what makes a "nice set of dice"? Is it their appearance? Is it the fact that they roll well (strange-shaped dice and d100s do not roll well - well, actually they roll too well as they almost never seem to stop!)? I've never really thought about it. I buy dice based on their appearance.

Events in Montreal
The 52nd Salon des metiers d'art will be at the Bonaventure west exibition hall from December 7th through the 22nd. If you're looking for handicraft, odd, or different Christmas gifts - this is a great place to go looking. The show typically has lots of small industry/home craft items for display and sale. The site doesn't have all the exhibitors up yet, but the list of exhibitors that are up are a great example of the myriad of exhibitors typical to the event.