Just As I Thought

Is it just me, or is IBM’s Jeo…

April 27, 2009

Is it just me, or is IBM’s Jeopardy!-playing Watson computer the decades-late personification of Emirac from “Desk Set?”

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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...]

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The War with the Customer

Paying for privacy

Another pet peeve of mine is the huge number of fees we’re all subjected to, from ATMs to telephone companies. Today in the Washington Post, a story tells about the “accidental” publishing of thousands  [more...]

August 11, 2004
The War with the Customer

Time to come up with a fake persona

I think that even the most casual of readers here will notice that I often parrot the Washington Post. That’s because I read the paper each morning on the web as I lay in bed debating whether I will get up and go  [more...]

February 5, 2004

just read a noxious email from…

just read a noxious email from John Boehner (R, of course) in which he declares outrage against things that were a-ok when Bush did them.

March 29, 2009

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