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

The Genius Formula

Some excerpts from this morning’s Style Invitational, in which you were asked to rewrite one of four famous observations. These are some of the entries seeking to rewrite the famous “1 percent inspiration  [more...]

November 2, 2003

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Using their words

The website of UC Berkeley features an interesting – if somewhat scholarly – feature on how conservatives have dominated the media message by the carefully choosing their words: Language always comes with  [more...]

November 1, 2003
Fun Stuff

I’ve smelled the future

Good news, everyone! GotFuturama.com reports that the Smelloscope, invented by the erstwhile Dr. Farnsworth of New New York in 3001, has fallen through a time warp to the present day: While commercial suicide booths and  [more...]

October 29, 2003
Fun Stuff

Security Lapses

From the always amusing As The Apple Turns comes a list of security flaws in the Mac OS: Is it just us, or do these Mac OS X security advisories seem a little… well, tame compared to Microsoft’s? That said  [more...]

October 29, 2003
General Annoyances

From the “duh” file

Via Reuters: Too much TV may impair kids’ reading skills Wed 29 October, 2003 09:47 By Brooks Boliek WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) – The amount of time children spend in front of a video screen, whether  [more...]

October 29, 2003