Jobs Biography

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Janet Maslin, Making the iBio for Apple’s Genius. New York Times, Oct 22, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/2 ... ;sq=iBio&st=cse
(book review on Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs. Simon & Schuster, 2011)

Quote:

"He [Steve Jobs] gave Mr Isaacson a chance to play by the same rules. His story calls for a book that is clear, elegant and concise enough to qualify as an iBio. Mr. Isaacson’s 'Steve Jobs' does its solid best to hit that target.


Note:
(a) stockade fence
(i) fence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fence
(Stockade fence, a variation of the picket fence that is typically 5 to 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 m) high with pickets placed adjacent to one another with no space between. This type of fence is commonly used for privacy.)
(ii) photos:
http://www.hooverfence.com/wood/spruce-stockade.htm
(iii) stockage (n; Spanish estacada, from estaca stake, pale, of Germanic origin)
www.m-w.com
(b)
(i) hothead (n): "a hotheaded person"
(ii) hotheaded (adj): "easily angered : FIERY, IMPESTUOUS"
(c) list of school pranks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_pranks#Towel_snap
(section 1.16 Towel snap)
(d) turnkey (adj; First Known Use 1927):
"built, supplied, or installed complete and ready to operate <a turnkey nuclear plant> <a turnkey computer system>; also : of or relating to a turnkey building or installation <a turnkey contract> <turnkey vendors>")
(e) Wynton Marsalis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis
(f) Cuisinart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisinart