Men in black

This is the beginnings of a dictionary that I and a friend started to compile, circa mid 1990s. It was inspired by a person that we knew who mangled the English language so horribly that we often couldn’t  [more...]

Via Jason Kottke comes a link to a celebration of Post-It Notes. They turn 25 this month, and the article traces their inception and eventual success — it’s a fascinating read about the tortured process of a  [more...]

My iSight was waiting patiently for me when I got home, and I spent the next few hours in videoconference with my ex in California, who I haven’t laid eyes on in 5 years. I was pretty nervous about it – all  [more...]