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Pagination in Instapaper

Instapaper Pro 2.2 is now available, and it supports pagination (in addition to the existing scrolling interface):

After the previous version’s release, I took a break from reading on the iPhone and read everything on the Kindle. I learned that I much preferred pagination to scrolling — even tilt scrolling — and that pagination is part of what makes the Kindle reading experience so great. So I spent a long time experimenting with different methods to bring pagination to the iPhone, and I finally found a solution that, while simplistic, allows any mix of pagination and scrolling in the dynamic web content that Instapaper is ideal for reading. I now prefer pagination to tilt scrolling. You can toggle between them with the Pagination switch in the Settings screen.

I like this. I've been reading a lot of books on the iPhone Kindle app, so I've gotten really used to its pagination interface vs the scrolling interface that Instapaper's historically had. A couple of days ago while reading an article in Instapaper, I realized that I'm constantly trying to scroll exactly one page's worth at a time. Which is... distracting.

So, yes: pagination.

yo-yo

A yo-yo performance at the Six Apart Japan office:

I'm now much less impressed that I can walk the dog.

No limits

Chimpanzees are just like you and me except that they are much stronger, much meaner, more violent, and much more terrifying. Also they have fangs and absolutely no limits.

via redfox.typepad.com

I read the article, unfortunately (though I won't link to it, either). Chimps are horrifying!

The cassette played...

Public Image Ltd. (or, more specifically, the most recent version thereof) are reuniting for a US tour. But can they actually improve upon their "interesting & special" 1980 American Bandstand performance?

My new wallpaper has a charming lighthouse.

It's just lovely. (Kitsune Noir, via fiftyfivehundred.org)

Vintage Herbsaint

via Serious Eats, Sazerac (the company, not the drink) is releasing a vintage Herbsaint:

The recent return of absinthe to the market has renewed interest in the early Herbsaint, and with assistance from Houston-based Herbsaint collector Jay Hendrickson (profiled by Robert Simonson in the March/April issue of Imbibe), Sazerac is releasing a version of Herbsaint made from the 1930s formula, complete with a label based on the original.

And just look at the lovely label!

It's a good show

via marathonpacks, some short comics at Hark, a vagrant. This one makes me laugh, every time:

Journalist Cocktail

via Serious Eats, the Journalist Cocktail:

2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes fresh lemon juice
2 dashes curacao
1 dash Angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir well for 20 seconds and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Ooh, this sounds good! Thankfully I've got everything I need for one of these, tonight.

Wire - "The 15th"

One of the delights in this morning's Genius mix: Wire's "The 15th", from 154. And here they are playing the song on television in 1979.

A free Kindle

via Andrew at quid.pro:

Michael Arrington writes this morning that Amazon is looking for ways to give free Kindles to all Amazon prime users:

In January Amazon offered select customers a free Kindle of sorts – they had to pay for it, but if they didn’t like it they could get a full refund and keep the device. It turns out that was just a test run for a much more ambitious program. A reliable source tells us Amazon wants to give a free Kindle to every subscriber.

Of the last nine books I've read, I've read eight of them on my iPhone using the Kindle app. As a matter of convenience, it's been pretty much perfect, compared to lugging books around.

But I don't think I'd necessarily want a free Kindle device; the marginal improvement to reading just doesn't seem worth it, and I'm not sure I'd want to lug it around, either. What I would love is a better experience for finding books to read (which, I think, is what Michael was also saying).