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

The Long-Gestated Cat

So. Apple's "Leopard" operating system is set to debut in 10 days. My single prediction about the interface changes doesn't yet seem to be confirmed: that the system font will change to Helvetica, like the iPhone.

October 16, 2007

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Classic signs of fascism, continued

Again, since I don’t have time (or the fortitude) to bring you the avalanche of insanity coming from the right, I rely on the erstwhile Mac at Pesky Apostrophe to keep us all up to date. You’ll either laugh  [more...]

October 15, 2007
Fun Stuff

How to present a film festival with a Mac (cheap)

Many, many, many film festivals — the independent type — project the films from DVD. Either someone must sit in the projection booth and jockey a dozen DVDs, or they are compiled on to one disc. Here's what I came up  [more...]

October 12, 2007
Right = Wrong

Next up: Gold Medal in Skating

Don’t you kind of love the vindication inherent in winning the Nobel Peace Prize for people like Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, a kind of acknowledgement of the fact that they were misunderstood or something? I’m  [more...]

October 12, 2007
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Our own terrorists

In 2001, when a jet careened over my neighborhood and smashed into the Pentagon a mile or so away, I knew it signaled a change in the world — and in DC, it resulted in the battening down of every hatch, the  [more...]

October 11, 2007
Fun Stuff

“Offline” is On

You know that film I've been working on for what seems like the last 50 years? Well, those of you in DC or thereabouts are invited to the "Offline" World Premiere Screening!

October 11, 2007