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

Tree City, USA

Yesterday I spent the day in the yard — mowing, trimming, edging, raking, hosing — and it suddenly occurred to me: my little piece of California is something like 3,000 square feet, a miniscule fraction of  [more...]

March 31, 2007

On the Board

Fun Stuff

When pets and geeks collide

Yesterday, while doing some computing on the couch, I stepped away for a minute. When I got back, this is what greeted me.

Maybe I should give him his own account on my laptop.

March 30, 2007
The War with the Customer

On registration and pledges

I hate having to register for things. Especially websites. You'll note that I don't require any kind of registration for commenting here on my blog -- I just moderate the comments. But so many blogs now require  [more...]

March 28, 2007
Fun Stuff

Welcome to the Third Dimension

There is some chatter in the Mac world today about the potential for Apple's new version of the Mac OS to sport what they are calling "3D interfaces."

March 28, 2007
Fun Stuff

The San Jose Story

I found a cache of old cassette tapes last night, and this morning began listening to them — an exercise in nostalgia. One of the tapes held bits and pieces of some old episodes of Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home  [more...]

March 24, 2007
Fun Stuff

Sex Sells

I just turned on the television and some “paid programming” was on — and here’s what I heard before I changed the channel: I just whip this thing out, then I clean up my mess, and no one even  [more...]

March 23, 2007