I used to see them a lot around Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill, but they don't seem as common here in Clinton Hill. That bell says "summer" every time I hear it. It also says, "I know you just throw your good knives in a drawer and their edges are ruined. Have fun cutting yourself."

I think it's a fantastic idea, but I'm not crazy about the idea of pedaling at my desk. I'm a lifelong foot bouncer, though, and the day someone figures out a gadget that can harness that energy to recharge my iPod or DS, I'll buy two of 'em.

Cory, have you seen the "Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service" comic? In the first volume, one of the villains is an insurance adjuster who murders people by leading them into situations where they are statistically likely to die (lightning strikes, car accidents, etc.). It's a pretty fantastic series.

I'll be at the Jeff Smith event. I finally tracked down a copy of RASL #1 this week, and I'm really curious to see where he takes the series - it's definitely written for a more adult audience than Bone was.

Of all the iPhone's features and innovations, this is probably the one that would push my to break my Verizon contract. I hate myself.

Teresa, I listened to what he had to say as well, and came to the conclusion that he's mistaken. Lots of very smart people have a problem with the cast walking from Spring to 59th in about 10 minutes, because the "cut" in the tape is easy to miss. Nitpicking is fine, but only when you aren't demonstrably incorrect, as Gibson is here.

#28: If you have so much disdain for geeks, why in the world are you here? Maybe it's time to pack up your bafflingly random capitalization techniques and go play somewhere else.

I agree with #16 and #22. Gibson is great, but he's simply misinterpreting things. It's not called "The Killing Fields" or "The Ghastly Black Glass Ocean," it's a freaking wasteland of rubble that doesn't have a name anymore. Oh well. I did enjoy the phrase "typographically unconvincing."