Facts about my neighborhood, #4

This has been a bad couple of weeks for Hollywood. Word comes today of the passing of Alexander Courage, the composer best known for the theme for “Star Trek.” Imagine having created a piece of music that  [more...]

I just should not be watching reports from the Gulf Coast. I just keep getting weepy, which is just not what a man is supposed to be. But I feel like I need to be a witness to the horror, for these people. But what  [more...]

Just days ago, Apple Computer introduced a new flat-panel display, and promoted it with this image: On February 1, that image was changed to: The instantaneous nature of the net makes this change possible –  [more...]