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
The War with the Customer

Use your feet

I chuckled at Toyota’s description of the Bluetooth system in the new Prius… especially their description of using a touch screen for a hands-free system: When combined with a Bluetooth® equipped phone  [more...]

October 28, 2003

On the Board

Right = Wrong

White House Priorities

Americans are dying every day in Iraq. Schools are crumbling. The economy is still in the toilet. No one knows the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. And this is what the White House is up to: Protection  [more...]

October 28, 2003
Fun Stuff

Picture #1

Look ma, there’s a camera in my cell phone! OK. I’m a gadget freak. But I tend to like really GOOD gadgets, and cell phone cameras don’t fit that profile – they’re too small and grainy. But  [more...]

October 27, 2003
The War with the Customer

Size Matters

Halloween candy comes in tiny little packets, which are labeled “Fun Size.” Frankly, I think it would be more fun if the packets were bigger. Bars of soap come in packages that say “Bath Size.”  [more...]

October 26, 2003
The War with the Customer

Close to home

Gotta wonder: The BBC News website includes a front-page story about the protests over Iraq in Washington today. The Washington Post doesn’t seem to have a story on it’s site. Guess it was too far for the  [more...]

October 25, 2003