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
Right = Wrong

Time for an ex-Congressman registry?

I reiterate, this ship is taking an awful long time to go down and there is no shortage of rats. One more: Trent Lott, who should never have been put back into leadership last year, is resigning next month. He’s  [more...]

November 26, 2007

On the Board

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Verity Lambert

Long-time fans of “Doctor Who” and British television will join me in mourning the untimely passing of Verity Lambert, the original producer of “Doctor Who” and the person who laid herself on the  [more...]

November 23, 2007
Fun Stuff

Geeky for Helvetica

A bit of nerdiness this afternoon: before Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) arrived, I predicted that it would feature one radical change to its interface: a change from the Lucida Grande system font (used for menus and interface  [more...]

November 23, 2007
Right = Wrong

We need a rat trap

Another day, yet another rat. Matthew Dowd knows sorrow and loss. He has been divorced twice. A daughter died two months after she was born. And then there is the added heartbreak – a word he uses – of his  [more...]

November 23, 2007
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Digging up the past

I am working from home today, so although I got up at the usual 6am, I had time to putter around before work at 7. I rummaged around in one of my big bins of tech to find a few spare hard drives so that I could back up  [more...]

November 23, 2007