Archive for May, 2007

This is big news: Murakami’s short stories “Tony Takitani” has been made into a film by Japanese director, Jun Ichikawa. (“Tony Takitani” was first published in English in the April 15, 2002 issue of The New Yorker. Click here to read the abstract).
The 76 minute film was released in Japan in January 2005, but hasn’t [...]


Thank goodness we live in an advanced capitalist society, living but a click-of-the-mouse away from total fulfillment…!


Web-advertising companies have long been engaged in a silent war with developers of ad-blocking software, but the conflict has become a little noisier of late.
People on both sides of this virtual coin (sorry!) have been exchanging righteous words about freedom of content. Some people have found their very right to peaceful navigation challenged by evil, [...]