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

There’s always more to the story

You just knew there would be more to this story, didn’t you? The victim of trampling at Wal Mart last week turns out to be a serial “faller” – someone who routinely falls in a store in order to  [more...]

December 5, 2003

On the Board

The War with the Customer

At least someone made money

Those class action lawsuits really pay off… for the lawyers. The big lawsuit over price-fixing of music CDs is over, and the checks for $12.60 are going out to all the plaintiffs. The settlement is totalled at  [more...]

December 4, 2003
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

The CE Bubble

You know, after reading the story about the woman who was trampled by mad consumers out to pick up a cheap DVD player, I stopped for a moment to think about the DVD player itself. It was $30. And that’s not the  [more...]

December 4, 2003
General Annoyances

Maybe I need a 50,000 watt transmitter

I’ve been a little frustrated with the poor Airport (wifi) reception on my Powerbook when sitting downstairs in the living room. Even though I’m only about 30 feet from the base station (albeit separated by  [more...]

December 4, 2003
The War with the Customer

Yep, the economy is rebounding

A snarky Fark entry says it all: In further proof that the U.S. high tech job market is booming, Accenture is more than doubling its Indian workforce to 10,000 This shipping off of jobs to India is really bugging me  [more...]

December 3, 2003
Fun Stuff

Nothing can extinguish the Flame Within

The latest 48 Hour Film on which I was a team member has made it through to the finals! We expect to be victorious come December 15 when the winners are announced. Wanna watch it?
[Real Player] [Quicktime 6]

December 3, 2003