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{ Monthly Archives } March 1, 2009 - ה' אדר תשס"ט

Automated Recommendations Still a Work in Progress

Received moments ago in email, and posted without comment:
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We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased or rated Talking Music: Conversations With John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, And 5 Generations Of American Experimental Composers by William Duckworth or other books in the ( C ) > Cage, John category have also purchased Cage Fighter: The True Story of [...]

Video Dream

I love seeing customers meeting, talking, and comparing what they’re browsing. This is one of the great things about small, community-centered shops. It’s trickier in the Big Box stores, especially those with customers drawn from a wide geographical area or, as in the case of the more tourist-heavy store in which I worked before, around [...]

Separated at Birth?

In the course of disemboweling clearance-stickering the classical CD department, I spotted these two, one behind the other:
Given the odd Photoshopping of the de la Salle photo, they could be twins.

Aura

The voice chirped suddenly from behind me: “Look at his! It’s beautiful!”
I turned around. A few feet away, a man was carrying a little girl. One of her arms was around his shoulders. The other, as well as her steady stare, was pointed right at me. “Daddy, look!” she said. “Those colors!”
Her father smiled. “Yes, [...]

Remembering Rogol Domedefors

Fred Buck had many names. Online, I recall encountering him first as Enver Hoxha. Later, he became best known as Rogol Domedefors, but was also Cass Gilbert and Yncvic Syrdon. And I know I’m forgetting other names.
As I write this, I’m surprised and a bit dismayed to realize how much else I’ve forgotten about him. [...]

Relaunching my Home Site

I’ve completely redesigned and relaunched my home site, www.josephzitt.com. It’s needed it for a few years now, and I’m happy with how it’s turning out.
It has a news feed for a blog of my more promotional info, including news of my two new books, published by the Apocryphile Press. Point your RSS readers at http://www.josephzitt.com/home/feed/

Dollar Day

“I am searching for a stuffed moose.”
I had a feeling when I came in that the day would be odd, but to be inspired to say that over the walkies before my coffee had even kicked in seemed to be some sort of confirming omen.
I was, indeed, looking for a stuffed moose. A customer had [...]

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