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 watch an awful lot of television – I admit it – but I often find so much of it annoying. Not just the ubiquitous logo bugs on the screen or the intrusive scrolling promos and truncated credits, but the [more...]
Remember a while back when Congress, outraged by violence and sex on television, started making noises about requiring television ratings? The broadcasters, scared of this threat, voluntarily came up with a system [more...]
We bought the iPhone with expectations — that we’d get more functionality relatively soon, that we would get ringtones and the like. Instead, what we got was a pipeline between Apple and our wallet. Three [more...]
