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

Sturm und drang mit Schwarzenegger

Because of equal time access rules, now late night television talk shows are opting to not make fun of Schwarzenegger’s candidacy – it seems that too many people get their news from Late Night, sadly, so the  [more...]

August 23, 2003

On the Board

Right = Wrong

A fair and balanced ruling

This fair and balanced post will include two different sources, just to cover the bases. From CNN: Saying “This is an easy case,” a federal judge ruled Friday against Fox News in its lawsuit asserting that a  [more...]

August 22, 2003
The War with the Customer

Why does Apple hate me?

Have I not spent enough money on their gadgets? Does their mercurial leader, the great Jobs, have some vendetta against me? Did I not buy enough Macs — the 512K, the SE, the $6,000 “Portable”, the  [more...]

August 21, 2003
Right = Wrong

Bob Barr Makes Sense

Amazing, eh? I’ve had it in for this guy since he forced us to rename our airport to “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.” I’d love to force his local airport to be renamed “William  [more...]

August 21, 2003
Fun Stuff

Nearly Infinite Power

Every so often, I whine about how short the battery life has gotten on my Powerbook. It seems that each new revision of the system takes 15 minutes off the battery, and now I can usually expect only 2 hours or so from a  [more...]

August 19, 2003
The War with the Customer

These companies don’t deliver

I just can’t understand the sharp drop in service by delivery companies. These are corporations that have one business: delivering things. On time. Or so I thought. Airborne Express, as I detailed here last week  [more...]

August 18, 2003