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
General Annoyances

Take my right arm instead

I’ve packed up my new Aluminum PowerBook for shipment back to Apple. It’s got that annoying “white spots on the screen” problem, and has since I got it in October. I waited to ship it back until  [more...]

December 11, 2003

On the Board

Fun Stuff

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

Just a little amusement: some of the interesting searches people have made here in the last month on Just as I thought: video download of the blizzard of 2003 [There’s actually a time lapse video from my backyard  [more...]

December 10, 2003
Fun Stuff

Happy Holidays to you, too

When I got home today, I found one of those family-portrait Christmas cards in my mailbox, from the Jimenez-Gomez family — Raul, Daddy, Ana, Papi & Oscar — in Granada Hills, California. I have no idea  [more...]

December 10, 2003
The War with the Customer

What a DVD player really costs

A few days ago I made some comments about the incredible slashing of prices on consumer electronics. How low can you go before you’re losing money on each $30 DVD player? Turns out you can go pretty low. From Mark  [more...]

December 10, 2003
Fun Stuff

Did the earth move for you, too?

Well, that was quite an interesting experience: we had an earthquake here in Virginia. About 4pm, I was sitting at the desk in my spare bedroom, puzzling over a possible production problem with Sara’s DVD  [more...]

December 9, 2003
Fun Stuff

There’s a reason it’s called Sci FI

The Sci Fi Channel, making some strange bid for publicity, I suppose, is suing NASA. Ready for this? December 9, 2003 — LAWYERS backed by the SCI FI Channel slapped NASA with a lawsuit today, alleging that the  [more...]

December 9, 2003