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

Interesting: blogs are creating so much noise on the net that search engines are being overwhelmed by them. See Wired: With no deliberate effort, many dedicated weblog publishers are finding their blogs rank high on [more...]

May 16, 2003

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Don’t we all own the airwaves?

As you may have guessed, I’m watching NBC’s Thursday night comedies. Tonight, only two shows – Friends and Will & Grace. They’re purported to be supersized, and in a way they are – [more...]

May 15, 2003

The War with the Customer

The End of the Future

Fox announced its fall lineup today, and Futurama is officially, finally, history. I hate Fox. According to some reckonings, there are at least 6 completed episodes which still have not aired, some of which are from the [more...]

May 15, 2003

General Annoyances

Cow now?

Gateway made a much hyped identity change a little while ago, dropping the “cow print” box in favor of a stylized “power” icon. I just saw a commercial for Gateway, and the new identity was [more...]

May 15, 2003

General Annoyances

A little Mac moment

May 15, 2003

Fun Stuff

Another thing to paste onto the home page

My blogger code: b3 d++ t+ k s– u- f+ i+ o x e+ l c (decode it!)

May 15, 2003

Right = Wrong

Is Molly censored in Texas?

Molly Ivins, as always, puts it into blunt but funny words: The latest flap over a congressional redistricting map was the proverbial last straw for the Democrats, more than 50 of whom left the state or went into hiding [more...]

May 15, 2003