In Case You Missed It [Weekly Roundup]

Dell Reportedly Working on Pocket-Sized Web Gadget

The Wall Street Journal reports that engineers at Dell are developing a mobile device that would access the Web, but doesn't have cell phone capabilities.

Obituary: Jon Bessent from Tonecraft Amp Repair

Jon Byron Bessent, proprietor of the northeast amp repair shop Tonecraft passed away at the age of 56 last Tuesday. Bessent had opened in the store with his wife Merlyn.

The Domain Loses Local Shop

Bettysport, the locally-owned women's fitness apparel store, has given up on its Domain store after two years of operation.

I Am So Popular: Billie Jean Is Also Not MY Lover!

"Poor Michael Jackson. Like just about everyone else in the world, should I choose to think about him (and how can I not?) speculation is my only tool. The story I create for him is not original and surely drawn in part from bits and pieces of gossip I’ve read over the years and, especially, in the days after his death. He never had a childhood. He worked his whole life. The spotlight ruined him. Something Quincy Jones said really grabbed me—about how when people get a lot of attention they come to either think they really deserve it or that they really don’t. Both, he says, are problematic ways of dealing with fame."

Review: The Comedy of Errors at The Curtain Theatre

For any Shakespeare geek residing in Central Texas, we can imagine no greater treat than to watch one of his plays performed on the “wooden O” that is The Curtain Theatre. Richard Garriott’s Elizabethan replica space is nestled on his property on the shores of Lake Austin and provided the backdrop for Austin Shakespeare’s inaugural Young Shakespeare production of The Comedy of Errors this past weekend. The all-teen cast delivered a solid performance that was pleasantly surprising in many ways.