The Birth of the Uncool

I happened to be sitting near a radio tonight that was tuned to NPR's Marketplace, and caught an interview with Thomas Hayden, a blogger whose essay "Ixnay on the iPod: In Praise of Crap Technology" has been getting some attention. Appearing on the radio will probably help! The interviewer seemed a little baffled by Hayden's attitude: I mean, who wouldn't want all of the blessing that St.