Quasi-daily linkage

Links for January 11th from 11:11 to 11:11:

• A Democracy of Netbooks – I haven't found my netbook to be as revolutionary as Atwood suggests, but mine's an early model, and (I think) more hampered by the limitations of its hardware. I've had to replace its hard drive and screen once each. The newer ones I've used (Tyrone has one) are nothing short of amazing, and barely more expensive than the one I bought.