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 future is reading

Am I the only one who has completely lost interest in podcasts and videocasts? I become so annoyed now when I see a link to what sounds like an interesting opinion or interview only to discover that it requires me to  [more...]

June 4, 2007

On the Board

Right = Wrong

The Plots Thicken

If you believe the authorities — and I don’t always believe their hype about this sort of thing — there have been four home-grown terrorist plots in the last year that have been disrupted: A year ago  [more...]

June 3, 2007
Fun Stuff

Education! Intelligence! LIVE!

In this era of rampant mistakes in spelling and grammar, where the internet is exposing the educational deficit of so many, isn’t it amazing and wonderful that a major television network — ABC — is  [more...]

May 31, 2007
The War with the Customer

But does it do the dishes?

The iPhone will put multitouch technology in the hands of many users in just a few weeks. The Microsoft Surface will... well, I'm not sure what it will do, considering that it will pop up in casinos and hotels sometime  [more...]

May 30, 2007
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Last of the Bee Lords

Every day, there is a single honeybee visiting the lavender plants in my backyard. He pokes around among the flowers, taking his sweet time, and I watch him – her – it as it moves from plant to plant. I feel  [more...]

May 29, 2007