my mind on books

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, Amazon products, and more. Pointing the cursor at the icon next to a link will bring up the Snap Shot preview.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you “look ahead,” before deciding if you want to follow a link or not. They work nicely for Amazon links, giving a little product and price information. (Plus the preview already helped me find an error in yesterday’s post on “The Political Brain” so I’ve fixed the link to the New York Times review!)

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

Update: 11/8/07 I’ve removed Snap Shots today because they added advertising & I thought the ads were too distracting.

Not the Wind, Not the Flag

Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said: “The flag is moving.”
The other said: “The wind is moving.”
The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He told them: “Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.”

[from Mumonkan, in Zen Flesh, Zen Bones p. 114]