Archive for June 13th, 2007

Should I cancel my New York Times subscription? »

By William M. Hartnett on Jun 13, 2007 in newspapers | 2 Comments

We’re moving in a few weeks and trying to decide whether to cancel our Sunday-only home delivery subscription to The New York Times. We’ve kept it this long mainly for the magazines, but it seems a bit silly to pay $27 a month to have all those other sections delivered, too. I genuinely prefer to [...]

A moment of blog silence for Mr. Wizard »

By William M. Hartnett on Jun 13, 2007 in geekery | 0 Comments

> Don Herbert, 89; TV’s ‘Mr. Wizard’ taught science to young baby boomers (LAT)
I’m a little embarassed that the first time I saw Mr. Wizard’s real name, Don Herbert, was in his obituary, but that just goes to show how memorable he was in his TV persona. Obviously, I never saw any of his original [...]