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
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Louis Nye

It seems that we are nearing the end of the golden age of television comedians; Louis Nye is the latest to leave us. Louis Nye, 92, a straight-faced comic actor whose television career spanned a half-century, died of  [more...]

October 12, 2005

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Last minute Apple anticipation…

Hmm. It turns out that Apple is also holding an event at the BBC tomorrow, the same day as the anxiously awaited “Just one more thing…” event here in San Jose. This interesting development has, of  [more...]

October 11, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

A Too Close Shave

Sad news today (listen, the horrific tragedy in Pakistan is large enough that I can’t quite wrap my mind around it yet and I’m not going to be able to add anything to the narrative of that earthquake, so  [more...]

October 10, 2005
The War with the Customer

Excuse this mess

This is a sign I saw at San Jose airport. I can’t decide if the sign is apologizing for the mess of construction, or the mess of blue lettering with a busy dark red background rendering that lettering almost  [more...]

October 10, 2005