My local Target is littered with the dying hulks of shopping carts which suddenly stop working when taken past the yellow line. A yellow line which is, in some places, mere yards from the entrance.

My local Target is littered with the dying hulks of shopping carts which suddenly stop working when taken past the yellow line. A yellow line which is, in some places, mere yards from the entrance.

The length to which advertising has infiltrated our lives is seemingly endless. I just turned on last week’s Will and Grace on the TiVo. Before the show, there was a short promo as usual — but in the past [more...]
Tech pundits everywhere -- perhaps realizing there is attention to be gained by mentioning iPad over and over -- are lambasting Apple (as usual) for what they call a "closed system."
So, the news is official — Disney has bought Pixar, and with it they’ve bought their way back into animation. I was dismayed and disappointed when Disney finally shut down their animation division, the part [more...]