Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The [more...]
I recently uncovered a CD-ROM when going through the house mercilessly throwing things away. It’s a disc that I wrote 10 years ago after getting one of the first CD writers. It cost $1200 (and it’s still [more...]
Here’s another reason to hate those ad-laden web pages: they’ve slowed the web to a crawl. These days, most ads on a page are served from different sources than the content of the page. This means that one [more...]
“I want the Iraqis to succeed.” “We need to help the [Iraqi] government to stop the violence.” “The American role is to help them.” The language has now changed, in that inimitable [more...]
