Just As I Thought
Fun Stuff

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

April 24, 2023
Fun Stuff

One step closer to the Star Trek Future

Apple has announced the next step in it’s accessibility programs, the “Spoken Interface.” Those of you who had Macs way back when like me will remember the speech recognition of the Classic Mac OS  [more...]

March 16, 2004

On the Board

General Annoyances

Now I know

Speaking of cronies, I received an email today with the subject “Jeff is now your friend!” It was nice to have that announced officially by Friendster, as if it wasn’t really true unless a massive  [more...]

March 16, 2004
Right = Wrong

Speaking of actors…

From the “nothing surprises me anymore” department: The Bush Administration is being investigated for producing “ready made” television news packages in which actors were paid to pose as  [more...]

March 16, 2004
Fun Stuff

I should get a 900 number

My Vonage voice-over-IP phone service is now working, and with it I got an 800 number so that my relatives who need it can call me toll free. I started looking at my numbers to figure out what they spell, just so  [more...]

March 15, 2004
General Annoyances

The Coming Plague

Here comes Brood X – the 17 year cicadas. They’re about to emerge from their underground incubation and smother in green, bulbous insectoid creepiness. I remember with dread their emergence 17 years ago  [more...]

March 15, 2004