links for 2007-02-01

James takes a look at Negroponte’s 1995 book Being Digital, 12 years later

Jeez, the Chinese iPod knock-offs are starting to look pretty convincing, though the box is laughably bad.

What the flying fuck?! Did someone paste my head onto someone else’s body for a magazine? That is totally my hair, glasses, and giant nose of doom there, but those aren’t my arms.

I just bought the variety pack and will likely get some more. Expensive in the upfront sense, but cheap to run and they last years.