Archive for September, 2005

Narrow your search

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

The new search engine Rollyo allows you to search your own hand-picked list of reliable sites (or unreliable sites, if you’re a deadbeat in search of community).

I’ve wanted just this sort of filtering tool—a “trusted sources” search—for a very long time. I can hardly wait for the promised bookmark-import feature.

First Wonder Showzen got renewed, […]

Target retains last vestige of its department store heritage

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Letting go is hard.

On the web site of Target Corp.—the former Dayton-Hudson Corp.—you can still find a Flash presentation promoting Marshall Field’s flagship on Chicago’s State Street. (One year and two owners ago, Field’s was owned by Target Corp.)

Shop at Behemoth’s

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

The Marshall Field’s brand name will be thrown in the trash, as new owner Federated Department Stores announced today that the stores will take the Macy’s name.

Shoppers “will continue to benefit from regional buying that remains attuned to local preferences and lifestyles, plus enjoy the distinctive merchandise and shopping experience that’s part of the […]

Comic-book romance

Monday, September 19th, 2005

When people fall in love, they should tell the world.

When two cartoonists fall in love, they should tell the world in their own way.

(Via waxy.org)

After Katrina, a very dark time. And then?

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

What does Katrina, and its aftermath, look like from South Africa?

Horror travels surprisingly well, it seems. People here are stunned by it, of course, as they are everywhere, and far too many South Africans remain, even today, conversant with despair; though this tongue, they would have thought, is but rarely spoken in America. (When […]