Just As I Thought

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.

Oh, the places you’ll see

Here’s how I wasted my night yesterday, playing with Google Earth. Equator.kmz: I made my way around the globe at the equator, and this is the only thing I could see that was a monument of any kind — at  [more...]

On the Board

We never learn

I shouldn’t be surprised by now. I mean, we citizens just keep making stupid, stupid choices. We allowed our government to become what it is, and every time something happens it is usually something that was  [more...]

Here’s where our priorities lie

As I sit here refreshing websites to see what Mac announcements are being made 40 miles away in San Francisco, I can’t help wondering — as the Alito confirmation hearings are going on back in DC, are there  [more...]

Waiting for Jobs

Yes, tomorrow morning will bring us another Steve Jobs keynote, and strangely, the rumor sites seem to be rather low key. Among the predictions are an Intel-based iBook or Mac Mini, as well as some kind of Mini-based  [more...]