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

Ik wens dit ik het Nederlands sprak

Yesterday I arrived home to find a package on my doorstep–it was a DVD from the Netherlands that I ordered a few weeks ago, of the fun movie “Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster”. I went to see this film at the Reel  [more...]

November 6, 2003

On the Board

The War with the Customer

We’re just their cattle

FCC Chairman Michael Powell called Tuesday’s decision “an important step toward preserving the viability of free over-the-air television.” Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said that “by protecting  [more...]

November 6, 2003
The War with the Customer

The FCC vs. the consumer, round 2

The FCC has once again handed over the keys to their overlords, the Hollywood media conglomerates. Yesterday, they approved the “broadcast flag,” a sneaky little bit of technocrap that will give broadcasters  [more...]

November 5, 2003
Right = Wrong

Next step for Reagan: canonization

If there’s anything the Republicans worship more than corporate money, it’s Ronald Reagan. I simply can’t get my mind around their incredible worship of the man. It’s not merely enough to have  [more...]

November 4, 2003
The War with the Customer

Oh, god, no.

Microsoft, Google could cook up deal That Microsoft (MSFT) approached Google to discuss a possible merger underscores a stark fact for the No. 1 software maker: It is playing catch-up in a three-company race for the  [more...]

November 3, 2003
Fun Stuff

Theme of the day

I’ve spent the last week with my new cell phone playing with all it’s features and slowly but surely delving into it’s secrets. Yesterday, I began tinkering with the user-modifiable themes and created  [more...]

November 2, 2003