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

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Now THIS is what I call luck

Tales of my bad luck are legendary, and today is no exception. For two months now I’ve been using my iPhone to send and receive email from various accounts, with no problems at all — it worked perfectly. But  [more...]

September 9, 2007
Right = Wrong

“I am NOT a Republican!”

The news is horrible and sad, but I’m ashamed to say that my first thought on reading this story was I wonder if he’s a Republican? (09-07) 18:55 PDT Saint Petersburg, Fla. (AP) — A city councilman  [more...]

September 7, 2007
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Turn on, switch off

Here in sunny California, we hear a lot about power grids and predictions for the day’s usage. Usually this is followed by urges to conserve energy for the day, a “flex power” day. I came across this  [more...]

September 6, 2007
Right = Wrong

Suddenly, control doesn’t feel good

We bought the iPhone with expectations — that we’d get more functionality relatively soon, that we would get ringtones and the like. Instead, what we got was a pipeline between Apple and our wallet. Three  [more...]

September 6, 2007