There’s a review of The New Media Reader in the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung today. I’m told the link will only work for a day. And I don’t read the language. Any offers of help appreciated…

This photo, of part of a subway ad for a Japanese magazine, has the word “blog” highlighted. I’m told that a rough translation might be, “Become famous on the Internet with a ‘blog.’”

When I checked out, this morning in Melbourne, the clerk said, “You’re Dutch, yes?” The man — from Calcutta — who sat next to me on the plane to Christchurch said he would have guessed I was “anything but American.”

In the airport, at security, this scene: My clothing line is being confiscated. Possible weapon. Helpful security woman explains. “We even take plastic toothpicks.” My eyebrows raise. She says, “Straight in the jugular” and makes a short, expressive jerk with her hand toward her throat. Says, “You’re from the States. You should understand.” I say, “I’m from New York, and I don’t understand.”

A friend in England just sent me a scan of the paper version of the Guardian interview. It has a picture!

On a related note, I didn’t mention it at the time, but I was glad that the CD for The New Media Reader got slashdotted a couple months back.

I recently had a nice, long conversation with Hamish Mackintosh, who writes for The Guardian — one of my favorite newspapers. I’m pleased to say that today the resulting interview piece is online. In half a dozen paragraphs we manage to touch on The New Media Reader; the Electronic Literature Organization; the blogs of Jill, Gonzalo, and Tom Tomorrow; as well as things like Hunt the Wumpus and my dad’s Osborne.