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

At least laws still apply in nature

Looks like breaking the laws of thermodynamics is not as easy as some people think. The initial claim by an Irish company called Steorn was laughable -- they announced that they had created a machine that puts out more  [more...]

July 6, 2007

On the Board

The War with the Customer

iPhone nice touches, part two

When you have a couple of people in your address book with the same number — say, a couple — then the iPhone, upon receiving a call from that number, will display both their names, thus: “George  [more...]

July 4, 2007
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Nothing new to report

Well, that’s misleading, because of course there are new things to report elsewhere — a tornado alert back home in DC leading to evacuation of the Mall just hours before the fireworks; the release of Alan  [more...]

July 4, 2007
Right = Wrong

Above the law

Well, c’mon now. Vice President Cheney — a man whose constitutional power is limited to a tie-breaking vote in the Senate and nothing else — feels that laws do not apply to him or his office, an office  [more...]

July 2, 2007